The Best Schools for Biomedical Engineering

Building a career as a biomedical engineer begins with a strong undergraduate education. These three universities were selected by U.S. News and World Report, whose annual rankings of universities and colleges is the most respected survey of educational institutions in the world. The below universities, ranked as the top three in 2010, all provide outstanding undergraduate educational programs in biomedical engineering.
  1. Johns Hopkins University

    • Students study at the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where nearly 100 undergraduates join the study of biomedical engineering under 24 primary faculty.

      The Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute

      720 Rutland Ave.

      Baltimore, MD 21205

      410-955-3131

      www.jhu.edu

    Duke University

    • Duke students study biomedical engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, which specializes in topics like neuroengineering, the biomechanics of blood flow, electrical activity of the heart, biomolecular and tissue engineering, and biomedical optics, biophotonics and ultrasound imaging systems.

      Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

      Room 136 Hudson Hall, Box 90281

      Durham, NC 27708-0281

      919-660-5131

      duke.edu

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    • Another top institution is the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. A combined effort of the Georgia Tech Engineering School and Emory's Medical School, this institution offers students instruction in a wide variety of fields as well as hands-on research opportunities.

      Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

      at Georgia Institute of Technology

      313 Ferst Drive, Room 2127

      Atlanta, GA 30332-0535

      404-385-0124

      gatech.edu

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