The newest dual-degree program at the University of Minnesota Medical School provides top-ranked medical students with master’s degree training in biomedical engineering. Biomedical engineering is a rapidly evolving field that applies high-tech research to improvements in health. The 5-year dual-degree program will prepare new physicians who have a command of technology. Most students will begin the M.S. program following completion of the Year 2 Medical School curriculum.
Medical students who wish to be considered for the M.D./M.S. Dual Degree must make separate application to the Biomedical Engineering Program. Students who are accepted to this program will receive a scholarship for the Master of Science degree year of training.
The University of Minnesota Medical School is one of 10 schools that offers an M.D./M.S. in Biomedical Engineering or a similar master’s degree. Among the advantages of our program:
• The University of Minnesota has a well-established Biomedical Engineering Institute, which takes advantage of its strength in the Institute of Technology, and
• The state of Minnesota has a vibrant medical-device industry, with which the Medical School has strong ties.
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John Bischof, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a 2006 Distinguished McKnight Professor.
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The University’s Biomedical Engineering Institute is an interdisciplinary research organization bringing together the collective expertise, imagination, and energy of University of Minnesota faculty from engineering and health sciences with local industry leaders. The BMEI’s goal-oriented research projects aim solve problems in health care.
Research areas include:
- Blood Biocompatibility
- Cardiac Cellular Therapy
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Medical Device Design
- Muscle Bioengineering
- Neural Bioengineering
- Orthopaedic Bioengineering
- Thermal Therapies
- Tissue Engineering
This research aims to produce new concepts, procedures, devices, and materials that will enhance the University’s portfolio in health-care delivery and will support Minnesota's health-care product industry.
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