BME MS pre-2021 Program Requirements

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Biomedical engineering, a multi-disciplinary field, is behind some of the most important medical breakthroughs today. Working closely together, engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and physicians have developed artificial organs, internal and external prosthetics, multiple imaging modalities, and diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Biomedical engineering has significantly contributed to improved health care and quality of life.

The MS program in Biomedical Engineering merges course work from Tandon’s engineering departments along with research opportunities with biomedical engineering faculty from across NYU to create a degree path that matches a student’s BME career objectives.

The Biomedical Engineering MS program offers three tracks that reflect the discipline’s major areas of involvement. These are:

Biomaterials
Medical Imaging
Bioinstrumentation

About the Program

Goals and Objectives

The principal objective for the program is to provide an educational environment and experience for students to acquire the analytical skills required to perform academic or industrial activities that result in technological innovations. The two specific programmatic goals include:

Providing each student with an individualized, advanced course of study that delivers the analytical tools to perform fundamental and applied research in each track’s focus area.
Obtaining the requisite technical knowledge that can be applied to management, marketing, sales, entrepreneurial, and other activities related to biomedical engineering.

The program’s three MS degree tracks include specific course sequences that ensure that a student is prepared to pursue a career in their field of interest. Further, within each track, students can elect to pursue research in laboratories at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NYU School of Medicine, and other NYU-affiliated schools and hospitals.

Admission Requirements

The BME MS program will consider applications for admission from students with a BS/BA or a more advanced degree in biomedical, chemical, mechanical, or electrical engineering; computer engineering or science; physics; mathematics, chemistry; or biological sciences. We also consider applications from students with medical, dental, nursing and legal degrees.

The program requires that all applicants must have taken two semesters of college-level calculus and two semesters of calculus-based physics. It further highly recommends that each student’s undergraduate preparation include the following sequence of math and science courses:

1 semester of linear algebra
1 semester of ordinary differential equations
1 semester of multivariable calculus
2 semesters of biology with labs
2 semesters of general chemistry with labs

For those focusing on the Biomaterials track, additional background in organic chemistry and biochemistry is desirable. For those choosing the Medical Imaging or Bioinstrumentation tracks, additional advanced mathematics courses, e.g. complex variables, partial differential equations are recommended. Though not required, exposure to CAD/FEA, Matlab, C++ /Python computer programming experience is highly desirable.

For International Students:

Applications can only be considered from international students who have completed all of the undergraduate math and science courses listed above.

For Domestic Students:

Applicants pursuing a career change and lacking some of the undergraduate courses listed above may be admitted conditionally if they present a strong record of achievement in their undergraduate field of study and agree to enroll in the missing undergraduate courses to raise their level of knowledge so that they are better prepared for the analytically rigorous coursework that is part of the BME MS program. Such undergraduate courses do not count toward the MS degree’s credit requirements.

Find out more about Admission Requirements.

Curriculum

Overview

The Biomedical Engineering MS program offers 3 tracks:

Biomaterials Track
Medical Imaging Track
Bioinstrumentation Track

Each track includes 2 options. The first specifies course requirements that include research with submission of a master's thesis. The second option specifies course requirements plus research performed as guided studies. If you choose to perform a thesis research-based degree, you must register for at least 6 credits of BE-GY 997X and then write and defend a master’s thesis according to School guidelines. You will also be required to take training in laboratory safety.

To meet graduation requirements in your chosen track, you must achieve an overall B average in all courses (including MS thesis or guided studies) and must not have more than two grades of C in required (core) subjects.

Biomaterials Track - Total Credits: 30

Required Courses

BE-GY 6103 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6113 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6463 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6753 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6803 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 9443 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BT-GY 6063 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CM-GY 9433 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Taken once per year:

BE-GY 9730 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 9740 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Electives or Research

You may choose up to 6 credits from the list of electives below. With permission from a graduate adviser, you may substitute a course not listed. You may also elect to do research as Guided Studies in Biomedical Engineering (BE-GY 873x, 3 to 6 credits) without writing a thesis, or MS Thesis in Biomedical Engineering (BE-GY 997x, 6 credits).

Medical Imaging Track - Total Credits: 30

Required Courses

BE-GY 6103 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6113 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6403 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

ECE-GY 6113 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 6203 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

ECE-GY 6813 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

BE-GY 6453 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

ECE-GY 6303 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
ECE-GY 6123 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
CBE-GY 6153 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Taken once per year:

BE-GY 9730 Please refer to the bulletin for more information
BE-GY 9740 Please refer to the bulletin for more information

Electives or Research

You may choose up to 9 credits from the list of electives below. With permission from a graduate adviser, you may substitute a course not listed. You may also elect to do research as Guided Studies in Biomedical Engineering (BE-GY 873x, 3 to 6 credits) without writing a thesis, or MS Thesis in Biomedical Engineering (BE-GY 997x, 6 to 9 credits).

Bioinstrumentation Track - Total Credits: 30