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The exciting field of biomedical engineering involves developing devices and procedures that solve medical and health-related problems by combining a knowledge of biology and medicine with engineering principles and practices.

Whether you want a career in medicine, public health, or in the rapidly growing biotechnology industry, a biomedical engineering degree from Florida Tech gives you a strong background in biology and engineering with experience in biomedical instrumentation and biomechanics.

Gain Practical Experience

Our biomedical engineering program integrates biological sciences, engineering, and applied technical training—perfect preparation for medical school and professional careers. Collaborative efforts between Florida Tech faculty and the local medical community offer unique research learning experiences for students working toward a biomedical engineering degree. In addition, the biomedical engineering learning experience is enriched through design courses, where students work as teams to solve biomedical engineering problems, and interactions with local practicing physicians through internships.

Other opportunities students seeking a biomedical engineering degree find at Florida Tech include:

• A senior design project in collaboration with a team of your peers that involves interaction with local physicians, medical institutes, and hospitals such as those for Veteran Affairs. Together, you’ll conceptualize, design, construct and present a machine, gadget or structure that fulfills a real-world need. You’ll also present your project to industry leaders and employers, and may participate in international events.
• Learning in labs dedicated to experimentation and research in lasers, instrumentation, medical imaging, microscopy, neural imaging, physiology, biomaterials, and biomechanics.

These activities give you practical experience, an expanded professional network and perhaps even a pre-graduation job offer.

Career Options

Because careers in biomedical engineering are still relatively new, this field provides an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of not only the work performed, but also in defining the profession itself.

Careers in biomedical engineering include:

• Biomedical engineer
• Design engineer
• Product engineer
• Plant engineer
• Medical scientist
• Physician and surgeon
• Health care policy advisor
• Health care consultant
• Clinical engineer
• Medical imaging specialist
• Rehabilitation engineer
• Systems physiologist
• Bio-mechanical engineer