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Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering

Program Details

Degree

Bachelor of Engineering

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Learn to apply design and analysis techniques as you engineer solutions to problems at the interface between physical and biological systems in the biomedical engineering bachelor’s program.

Biomedical engineers design medical devices and instruments that improve patient quality of life and help doctors diagnose and treat diseases, like artificial hearts, pacemakers and defibrillators, imaging devices, prosthetic limbs, and more.

In the biomedical engineering program at Stevens, you’ll learn the fundamentals of math, science, engineering, biology, physiology and the interactions of engineering materials with biological surfaces.

Our program’s design-based curriculum includes a capstone senior design project where you’ll work with a team to design, build and test a real medical device. You'll also get extensive laboratory experience working alongside faculty on cutting-edge biomedical engineering research in areas like biorobotics, brain-machine interface, spinal implants, lung mechanics, emergency medicine (with Hoboken University Medical Center), and tissue engineering.  

Concentrations

  • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

  • Biomechanical Rehabilitation

  • Neuroengineering and Biomedical Imaging


The Stevens Advantage: Hands-On Learning, Real World Experience

At Stevens, you’ll learn to think like an engineer. Our design-focused curriculum features a hands-on course every semester that will instill you with broad, foundational knowledge, the complete fundamentals of engineering, and entrepreneurial thinking. Learn more about what makes an engineering education from Stevens a unique experience:

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  • The Design Spine: a unique, design-focused, hands-on course every semester that incorporates entrepreneurial thinking and experiential learning, culminating with Senior Design, a team capstone project working on prototypes for real business problems, potentially in collaboration with a real company

  • Innovation Expo: an exciting design and entrepreneurship competition where students showcase their senior design prototypes and pitch business ideas

  • Engineering Cooperative Education Program: nearly 30% of all engineering students participate in Stevens’ Cooperative Education Program where you get on-the-job experience working for real companies

  • State-of-the-Art Research Labs and Facilities: build, tinker and test your designs in Stevens' MakerCenter, Prototype and Object Fabrication Lab, or numerous other research facilities

  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities: our research-oriented curriculum gives you in-the-lab experience while you're still an undergraduate student

Stevens undergraduate students have the unique opportunity to gain hands-on research experience by working closely with our expert faculty in our state-of-the-art laboratories.


Hands-On Biomedical Research

At Stevens, you have the ability to join research groups with students at a variety of levels of experience, and outstanding faculty so you can learn cutting-edge technology as a team, just like in the real-world. In our state-of-the-art research labs and facilities, you'll have the opportunity to engage in experiential learning in the following areas:

  • Biomaterials

  • Biomedical Imaging

  • Biomechanics and Rehabilitation

  • Neural Engineering

  • Tissue Engineering

  • Drug Delivery

  • Medical Devices and Instrumentation

  • Lung Mechanics

  • Translational Biomedical Engineering


Two biomedical engineering Ph.D. students working in the Center for Healthcare Innovation tissue engineering laboratoryMore opportunities for Stevens undergraduate students include:

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An ABET Accredited Program

The Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Bioengineering and Biomedical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs. 


Attila with male student at Career Fair Putting You on Track for Professional Success

The biomedical engineering bachelor’s program develops in-demand knowledge and skills to put you on track for career success in the biotech industry, to enter medical school, or to continue your education in graduate or professional school. Career opportunities include:

  • Biomedical Engineer

  • Product Development Engineer

  • Clinical Engineer

  • Research Scientist

  • Quality Engineer

  • Medical Technology Developer

Potential hiring organizations include companies like: Becton Dickson (BD), Deloitte, Flowonix Medical, GE Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker Orthopedics, Zimmer Biomet, Integra Life Sciences, MTF Biologics and more


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