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Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

Steven W. Graves, Director
Center for Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering Concentration for the Ph.D. in Engineering

Ph.D. Admission Requirements

Prospective candidates can apply directly for admission to the Ph.D. program. The Admissions Committee will make admission decisions on a case-by-case basis.

Ph.D. Degree Completion Requirements

The general requirements for this degree are identical to those specified in the Graduate Program section of this catalog. (Please see the Graduate Program section for detailed requirements and procedures common to all UNM graduate programs.) In addition to the general requirement specified in the Graduate Program, graduates must complete the core and elective BME curriculum specified below. BME 567 (Biomedical Engineering Seminar) should be taken every semester, but a student can only apply a maximum of 8 credit hours of this seminar toward the course degree requirements.

Students must pass the Qualifying Examination before applying for Candidacy or proceeding to the Comprehensive Exam. upon successfully passing the Doctoral Comprehensive Exam and following approval of their application for Candidacy by the program faculty and the Dean of Graduate Studies, students are admitted to Candidacy for the doctoral degree.

For successful completion of the program requirements, all candidates must pass a Final Examination (Defense of Dissertation).

Curriculum for Students Pursuing the BME Concentration for the Ph.D. in Engineering

Focus area: Molecular and Cellular Systems

The following core courses are required of all students pursuing the BME Concentration for the Ph.D. in Engineering. These courses will be taught once per academic year.

Equivalent graduate-level courses taken at other institutions may be used to satisfy these requirements. The BMEGP Graduate Advisor or the BMEGP Curriculum Committee must approve such substitutions.

For completion of the Ph.D. degree, the student must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours of elective courses from the list below. At least 9 of these must be from courses offered in the School of Engineering.

For the BME Concentration for the Ph.D. in Engineering, the student may substitute electives other than those listed below as approved by the BMEGP Graduate Advisor or the BMEGP Curriculum Committee.