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DEPARTMENT FACTS
- Highly interdisciplinary faculty and research program
- Highly ranked graduate (#9 in US) and undergraduate programs (#12 in US), according to U.S. News and World Report
FACULTY FACTS
- 58 core and courtesy faculty members
- 7 NSF CAREER or PYI Award winners
UNDERGRADUATE STUDY
- 150-180 undergraduate students in biomedical engineering
- Class size is typically between 20 and 50 students
- Cooperative education program available
- Study abroad and foreign externships available
- Departmental awards for summer research and academic merit
- Undergraduate research opportunities with world-class faculty members
GRADUATE STUDY
- Highly interdisciplinary graduate research with world-class faculty members often involving collaborations through interdisciplinary research centers and at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- All doctorate candidate graduate students are supported by fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships
- MS degree without thesis can be completed in as little as one academic year, and MS degree with thesis can be completed in fewer than two years
- PhD degree completion is typically five to six years (beyond BS)