Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering

Program Code: E-EGR-BME
Degree Designation: Master of Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering Department
Website: bme.duke.edu/masters/degrees/meng-bme

Program Summary

The 30-credit Duke Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering provides a unique combination of opportunities:

• A respected and highly-ranked graduate program

• Engineering and business courses plus an internship

• Access to graduate certificate programs in high-demand career areas

• Dedicated career support

• A track record of positive career outcomes

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Academic Requirements

• Core Industry Preparatory Courses (complete all)

  • MENG 540 Management of High Tech Industries

  • MENG 570/ BME 590 (complete any)

    • MENG 570 Business Fundamentals for Engineers

    • BME 590 (topic: BUSINESS IN BME)

• Internship/Project and Assessment (complete all)

  • EGR 590-1  Special Topics in Engineering

  • MENG 550  Master of Engineering Internship/Project

  • MENG 551  Master of Engineering Internship/Project Assessment

• Departmental Requirements (complete all)

  • Advanced Mathematics Course (complete 3 credits)

    • BME 671L, BME 790L (topics: COMP LINEAR ALGEBRA IN BME; SIGNAL PROC & APP MATHEMATI; SIGNAL PROC & APP MATHEMATICS)

    • CBB 540

    • CEE 530, CEE 630

    • COMPSCI 520

    • MATH 541, MATH 545, MATH 551, MATH 561, MATH 563, MATH 565, MATH 577, MATH 660, MATH 721, MATH 753

    • ME 524

    • PHYSICS 760

    • STA 601, STA 601L, STA 611, STA 621

  • Life Science Course (complete 3 credits)

    • BIOCHEM 536, BIOCHEM 622, BIOCHEM 681

    • BME 790 (topics: PHYSIOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS; QUANTITATIVE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY), BME 790L (topic: QUANTITATIVE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY)

    • CBB 520

    • CELLBIO 730, CELLBIO 761, CELLBIO 762, CELLBIO 763

    • CMB 797

    • EVANTH 530

    • IMMUNOL 544, IMMUNOL 800

    • MEDPHY 505

    • MGM 701, MGM 732

    • NEUROBIO 719, NEUROBIO 720, NEUROBIO 759S, NEUROBIO 760S

  • BME Technical Course: Take at least 9 credits that match the following: BME 500 to BME 888, except BME 791, BME 792, and BME 899

• Electives (complete 9 credits)

  • BIOCHEM 536, BIOCHEM 622, BIOCHEM 681, BIOCHEM 761, BIOCHEM 762, BIOCHEM 763

  • CBB 520, CBB 540, CBB 622, CBB 726

  • CELLBIO 503, CELLBIO 730, CELLBIO 761, CELLBIO 762, CELLBIO 763

  • CMB 797

  • COMPSCI 520, COMPSCI 527

  • EVANTH 530, EVANTH 538S

  • HLTHMGMT 711, HLTHMGMT 712

  • I&E 720, I&E 721, I&E 835, I&E 590 (topic: HACKING FOR DEFENSE), I&E 790 (topic: BIODESIGN: IMPLEMENT)

  • IMMUNOL 544, IMMUNOL 800

  • INCH_BME 890

  • MATH 541, MATH 545, MATH 551, MATH 561, MATH 563, MATH 565, MATH 577, MATH 660, MATH 753

  • MEDPHY 505, MEDPHY 530, MEDPHY 734

  • MGM 701, MGM 732

  • MOLCAN 761, MOLCAN 762, MOLCAN 763

  • NEUROBIO 719, NEUROBIO 720, NEUROBIO 759S, NEUROBIO 760S

  • PHARM 533, PHARM 534, PHARM 835

  • PHYSICS 760

  • STA 601, STA 601L, STA 611, STA 621

  • UPGEN 732

  • AIPI 510 to AIPI 590L

  • BME 500 to BME 850

  • CEE 500 to CEE 890

  • CYBERSEC 510 to CYBERSEC 590L

  • ECE 500 to ECE 781

  • EGRMGMT 510 to EGRMGMT 590L

  • FINTECH 510 to FINTECH 590L

  • ME 500 to ME 775