Graduate Programs
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory is training the next generation of research leaders at the interface between engineering, medicine, and biology in the academic, government, and industrial sectors. We have an innovative and integrated approach to educating our Ph.D. students in the classroom, laboratory, and in their professional development. The Department is ranked No. 3 in U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of the nation’s top graduate biomedical engineering programs. The department is a partnership between Emory University’s School of Medicine and Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering.
To meet the biomedical demands of today’s world, we believe the global biotechnology and bioengineering community should include a highly integrated and interdisciplinary group of engineers and bioscientists; and the BME graduate program here at Georgia Tech is an important contributor to that community. Our program offers students a variety of academic options, depending on how that student wants to participate in this global community.
BME Graduate Program Options
Master's Graduate Program
The Georgia Tech Master of Biomedical Innovation and Development (BioID) offers current and aspiring biomedical technology professionals two outstanding career-building components in one tightly focused program:
Ph.D. Graduate Programs
A unique partnership and a BOLD experiment: The Ph.D. program is offered through the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a unique public and private partnership conferred jointly by both Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and Emory University’s School of Medicine. Training the next generation of biomedical engineers to become independent, thought-provoking leaders, the graduates of this joint program leave armed with a strong foundation in engineering principles and bioscience knowledge.
Overview - Global Partners
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 established a dynamic partnership in a global biomedical engineering program.
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering participates in several interdisciplinary programs. Prospective students apply through the "home school / department" of their choice and follow the academic requirements of the program while also fulfilling home department requirements such as serving as teaching assistants. Admitted students can choose from faculty members that participate in the specific program. Many of the department faculty participate in these programs.
