Your biomedical engineering future starts here

Foster wide-ranging career opportunities through the bachelor of science in biomedical engineering (BSBME) at Wayne State University. Whether you intend to work in a laboratory, attend medical school or design life-saving medical equipment, our biomedical engineering major prepares you to thrive in this high-impact field. The 120-credit degree in biomedical engineering follows a four-year course path. You will begin with broad foundations in engineering design, chemistry, materials science, programming and more. As you advance through the program, you will select the courses and electives that prepare you for career success.

Program highlights

Rolling admissions — apply whenever you are ready!
Transfer friendly
Complete hands-on biomedical engineering research projects
Gain professional experience in co-ops and internships
ABET-accredited

Biomedical engineers apply engineering principles in medical contexts such as prosthetics, medical imaging, safety equipment and stem cell research. When you study biomedical engineering, you prepare to look at the human body and medical interventions through the technical lens, alert to problems and at the leading edge of solutions that can revolutionize people’s well-being.

Biomedical engineering is a multidimensional, rewarding field that brings life sciences like biology, anatomy and physiology together with areas like mechanical and electrical engineering.

Hani Qaqish

BSBME w/Minor in CS '23

The industry is becoming increasingly diversified, which is great. I knew that I wanted to learn in a diverse environment, and that’s part of the reason I chose to study at Wayne State.