Overview
Biomedical Engineering at Boston
The Biomedical Engineering Department, perennially ranked among the nation's elite, offers Master of Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor or Philosophy degree programs. Boston University's biomedical engineering department is the only one in the country to win both a Whitaker Foundation Leadership Award and a Coulter Translational Partnership Award. With over 30 full-time faculty members, the department is among the largest in the country. The university's collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to biomedical engineering programs focuses on biotechnology, neural engineering, biophotonics, nanotechnology, and biomechanics.
Pursuing their own original research, many graduate students in BU's biomedical engineering programs are supported with fellowships from prominent national agencies. Students have the opportunity to work with researchers from both within bioengineering and throughout Boston University, including engineers from other disciplines, natural scientists, and clinicians at the Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University utilizes an extensive network that stretches from Boston throughout the world to support graduate students in areas ranging from exploratory research to the global marketplace.
Research laboratories and centers apply bioengineering techniques to biological systems from the nanoscale level of DNA to the macroscopic level of organ systems. These laboratories have strong collaborations with other institutions in the Boston area and bring together a number of faculty members from different departments in the College of Engineering and throughout Boston University.
Ranked among the top 15 percent of the nation's engineering graduate schools, the College of Engineering is an interdisciplinary research institution within a large, urban university. Located in the country's academic capital, Boston University is situated in proximity to some of the world's most prominent hospitals and laboratories.
Materials Science and Engineering
Combining renowned faculty members and researchers from many disciplines of engineering, the Division of Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University drives innovation in biological sciences, biomaterials, electronic and photonic materials, nanomaterials, and materials for energy and the environment. The division offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs. Materials science research is leading the way in many emerging areas of engineering, and applications for new materials¿and modifications of existing ones¿are expected to keep the demand for trained, graduate-level, materials-experienced engineers growing in large companies, start-ups, and academia.
Graduate degree programs integrate course work from engineering, physics, and chemistry, and students can specialize in areas such as materials for clean energy conversion and processing, semiconductors, solid-state lighting, tissue engineering, and materials for MEMS applications. The curriculum in the materials science and engineering programs is designed to provide interdisciplinary training that combines advanced computational methods with the latest materials-processing techniques. Students have access to state-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities and the interdisciplinary instruction and cross-cutting resources available throughout Boston University.
Ranked among the top 15 percent of the nation's graduate schools, the College of Engineering is an interdisciplinary research institution located within a large, urban university. Located in the country's academic capital, Boston University is situated in proximity to the world's most prominent hospitals and laboratories. A diverse collection of faculty members, students, and researchers have strengths across engineering disciplines. This broad and thorough education gives BU's materials science graduate students a distinct advantage in the progressively interdisciplinary world of engineering.
Systems Engineering at Boston University
The Division of Systems Engineering offers Master of Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs for students with cross-disciplinary interests in the analysis, control, optimization, and management of complex systems. The diverse nature of the systems engineer degree programs leverages university-wide expertise in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and management to create a unique program committed to cutting-edge research in the design and optimization of systems. Faculty members are accomplished leaders, and their close interaction with students is a hallmark of the division, which produces graduates with systems engineering degrees that are well-respected by potential employers.
The College's renowned Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) unites faculty members from throughout Boston University, providing research opportunities to graduate students and emphasizing the division-wide theme of interdisciplinary research. The interaction between researchers from engineering, management, and the natural and computer sciences provides broad experience in the real-world complexities of systems engineering.
Graduate systems engineering degree programs focus on automation, control and robotics, communication and networking, computational and systems biology, information sciences, service systems, and supply chain management. Combining course work from several colleges from within Boston University, the programs provide students with the theory, methods, and tools that enable them to design, analyze, and optimize systems in a broad array of applications.
