The University of Texas at Austin offers both graduate and undergraduate degree programs in the field of biomedical engineering. The program is actually a joint-venture between the university and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Undergraduate students pursue studies at the Austin campus while graduate students can attend either the Austin or Houston campuses. Undergraduate degree concentrations include premedical engineering, biomedical instrumentation and engineering, computational biomedical engineering and biomolecular and cell engineering. At the graduate level students can pursue a Master of Science, Ph.D. or the M.D. degree. The M.D. is pursued in conjunction with the Ph.D. Concentrations are the same as those at the undergraduate level.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, C0800
Austin, TX 78712
512-475-8500
www.bme.utexas.edu
Texas A & M University also offers various degree programs in biomedical engineering. At the bachelor's degree level, Texas A & M offers a basic degree, but the program is constructed in such a way that students who graduate from the program have received adequate training to prepare them for medical school admission, should they choose to go that route. Graduate level degrees include the Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Engineering (M.En.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and the Doctor of Engineering (D.En.). Students pursuing the M.En. program also have the opportunity to pursue a joint-degree program and obtain the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) as well. Research involves a variety of fields such as biomaterials, vascular biomechanics, cardiac mechanics, tissue microscopy, cellular biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics and biomaterials and medical device systems safety, among others.
Texas A & M University
337 Zachry Engineering Center
3120 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
979-845-5532
biomed.tamu.edu
Rice University in Houston, Texas, is the only biomedical engineering program in the state that ranked in the top ten among all biomedical engineering programs nationwide. In 2010, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked the program at No. 8 in the nation, tied with Boston University and Stanford University. Specific areas of research specialization offered through the Rice program include tissue engineering and biomechanics, biomaterials and drug delivery, supramolecular biophysics and bioengineering, biomedical imaging and diagnostics, theoretical and computational biomedical engineering; and cellular and biomolecular engineering. Rice offers a Bachelor of Science, Master of Bioengineering (M.B.E.) and the Ph.D.
Rice University
6500 Main St.
Suite 135
Houston, TX 77030
713-348-5869
bioe.rice.edu