Graduate School Entrance Requirements

For admission to the MS program in Biomedical Engineering, the student must fulfill all of the following criteria:

1. A bachelor’s or degree in Biomedical Engineering or a related field (e.g. another engineering discipline, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine or mathematics).
2. Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above (students from countries that operate on a percentage basis will be required to have a GPA of 65% or above).
3. Composite verbal plus quantitative GRE score of 1070.
4. Demonstrated undergraduate coursework in the 5 key areas below:

a. Chemistry (8 Hours, 6 Hours of lecture + 2 hours of lab).

b. Calculus-Based Physics (3 semester hours of mechanics and 3 semester hours of electricity & magnetism)

c. Engineering (Statics, Circuits, and Thermodynamics; 3 semester hours of each, i.e. 45 50 minute lectures).

d. Calculus, through Differential Equations

e. Introductory Biology

For admission to the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering, the student must fulfill all of the following criteria:

1. A bachelor’s or medical degree in Biomedical Engineering or a related field (e.g. another engineering discipline, physics, chemistry, biology, or mathematics).
2. Undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or above (students from countries that operate on a percentage basis will be required to have a GPA of 65% or above).
3. Composite verbal plus quantitative GRE score of 1270.
4. Demonstrated undergraduate coursework in the 5 key areas (a-e) listed above.

or

1. A MS or other post-bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering or a related field, (e.g. other engineering disciplines, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, or mathematics.
2. Graduate GPA of 3.5 or above.
3. Composite verbal plus quantitative GRE score of 1170.
4. Demonstrated undergraduate coursework in the 5 key areas (a-e) listed above.

The above requirements do not guarantee admission.