Admission

• While thousands of schools offer general and specific engineering degrees, not every school with an engineering department has biomedical engineering. As of February 2011, the Accrediting Board of Engineering Technology, or ABET, accredits over 100 schools offering biomedical engineering. Undergraduate programs in biomedical engineering require a high school diploma and additional prerequisites that vary by school. SAT and ACT scores are usually a requirement for admission. Admission to graduate programs in biomedical engineering requires a bachelor's degree, often in biomedical engineering or a related engineering field.
  
  

Introductory Courses

• Many of the introductory courses deal with the foundations of the field. At Bucknell University, these courses include fundamentals of biomedical engineering, fundamentals of biomechanics, introduction to engineering computing, fundamentals of biomedical signals and systems, and statistical methods in biomedical engineering. Students enrolled at the IIT Armour College of Engineering receive courses such as introduction to the profession, introduction to design concepts in biomedical engineering, mathematical methods for biomedical engineers, control systems for biomedical engineers and biomedical imaging and sensing.
  
  

Advanced Courses

• After students learn the basics about their field, they more onto more advanced biomedical engineering courses such as Bucknell's courses in bioinstrumentation, biotransport, fabrication and experimental design, light-activated therapy, biomimetic materials, neural signals and systems, and biomechanics and injury prevention. At the University of Maryland College Park, students take classes in human anatomy and physiology, membrane biophysics, biomechanics of human motion, vertebrate physiology and mammalian histology. The IIT Armour College of Engineering roster includes in-depth coursework in bio-fluid mechanics, concepts of tissue engineering, quantitative neural function, quantitative physiology, advanced biomaterials, thermodynamics of living systems and neuromechanics of human movement.
  
  

After Graduation

• After completing a minimum of a bachelor's degree, biomedical engineers are ready to enter the job market, although some employers may require study at the postgraduate level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for biomedical engineers was $82,550 in 2009. While the medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industries were the highest per-capita employer of biomedical engineers, it was consulting services that paid the highest average salary at $103,020.