Degree Details
The College of Engineering encourages our students to tailor their academic experience by offering highly customizable master's programs, including interdisciplinary specializations and real-world opportunities. Depending on a student's individual academic interests, the duration of a master's program can vary. This program also offers part-time study options.
Degree Type
- Masters
Minimum Requirements
- 2 Semesters
- 32 Credits
Formats
- In-Person
A Practical, Professional Degree
Customized Curriculum
The Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Biomedical Engineering is an individually designed professional master’s degree program for students who are focused on a career in the medical device and technology field. This flexible program can be completed in as little as two semesters of full-time study, but part-time options are available.
Clinical Immersion
Our students are clinical observers in a participating specialty at Boston Medical Center, where they perform 50-100 hours of observations. They then develop a medical device to solve one of the clinical challenges they identified.
Practical Skills
Students in the MEng program develop deep technical skills through advanced biomedical engineering courses and learn about product development, intellectual property and commercialization.
MEng Program FAQs
Graduate Resources
Required Coursework
- BE 694: Biomedical and Clinical Needs Finding
- BE 695: Advanced Biomedical Design and Development (satisfies the practicum requirement)
- Math course selected from approved list
- Two BE graduate-level electives
- Two graduate-level technical electives
- Technology Leadership elective
Applying
Any inquiries related to application status and/or receipt of supplemental application materials should be directed to the Graduate Programs Office at enggrad@bu.edu or 617-353-9760. Students are strongly encouraged to apply by the January 15 deadline in order to be considered for tuition scholarships. The GRE is not required from applicants to all master’s programs (except LEAP) who have earned, or will earn, a 4-year degree from a U.S. institution. It will not negatively impact evaluation of your application if you do not submit these scores. We encourage students of limited means to apply for an application fee waiver.Fall 2025 Application Deadlines
March 15, 2025 Applications received after March 15th will be reviewed on a space-available basis.Where do our graduates work?
Professional development is an important co-curricular feature of our program. Faculty, alumni and current students share networking references and mentoring to provide advice and assistance to meet each student’s career goals. Our graduates are employed by leading companies in the medical device and healthcare fields, including:
| Accellent, Inc | Global Prior Art |
| Accenture | Health Advances |
| Adapteva, Inc. | Hologic |
| Adidas | Humedica |
| Allen Medical | Intuitive Surgical |
| Analog Devices | inviCRO |
| Applied Analytics | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Becton Dickinson | Medica Corporation |
| Boston Scientific | Medtronic |
| Cellanyx Diagnostics | Merck |
| CSA Medical | Partners Healthcare |
| DEKA Research and Development | Phillips Healthcare |
| DePuy Synthes | Smith & Nephew |
| Draeger Medical | Terumo Cardiovascular Systems |
| eClinicalWorks | Thoratec |
| Forsyth Institute | Vivonics, Inc. |
| GE Healthcare | Wyss Institute |
More Information
Clinical Specialties: Cardiac Surgery, Otolaryngology, Interventional Cardiology, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery
Course offerings: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Neural Engineering, Synthetic and Systems Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Biomedical Imaging, Computational Modeling and Data Sciences, Nanotechnology and Sensing
For additional information regarding the MEng curriculum, or to get in touch with a Master Student Ambassador, please contact BME’s Master’s Program Administrator (bmemast@bu.edu).
BME Master of Engineering Program Brochure
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