Biomedical Engineering

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), a joint effort between Georgia Tech and the Emory University School of Medicine and Graduate School, provides superb education and research in biomedical engineering with an emphasis on applications to human health. The BME Ph.D. program is ranked second in the country by US News and World Reports. The curriculum integrates life sciences, engineering, and mathematics to train researchers who can formulate and solve significant biomedical problems quantitatively and with a systems perspective.

The department now offers a unique joint degree with Peking University -- scroll down or click the link to the right for more information.

The BME doctoral program has identified six critical areas of research where our combined strengths are the foundation of strong research programs:

• Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
• Cardiovascular Biology and Biomechanics
• Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering
• Integrative Biosystems
• Medical Imaging
• Neuroengineering

Joint Program with Peking University

To meet the needs of a rapidly changing society and global economy, three internationally renowned institutions, Peking University, Emory University and The Georgia Institute of Technology, have forged a partnership to provide the opportunity to create a new paradigm for global biomedical engineering education and research. The program offers a unique means for U.S. and Chinese students who want to learn and work in a global economy and in global health settings. Program graduates will be prepared to become global leaders of innovation who can contribute to cultural, political, economic and health concerns in their home countries and around the world.

Students apply to the program through the school designated as the home campus, either the Department of Biomedical Engineering at PKU in Beijing or the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory in Atlanta. Students will have an advisor at the home campus and co-advisor at the secondary campus, and will spend at least one year taking classes and participating in research in the co-advisor's lab on the secondary campus. A single dissertation will satisfy the thesis requirements of all three institutions.  For details, follow the links at right.