Academic Stepping Stone

Prepare for grad school, medical school or a career developing health care devices and procedures.

Join the Biomedical Revolution!

Plug into one of the fastest growing occupations in the world at a top-25 research university in a department chock-full of options.

Work alongside award-winning faculty across disciplines on projects such as:

artificial hearts and limbs
screening for ovarian cancer
surgical procedures for brain cancer
wearable health monitors
rapid tests for disease
treatments for retinopathy

Earn your BS, MS or PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Arizona!

Students in the Spotlight

See how biomedical engineering undergraduates are succeeding.

ABET Accreditation

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Virtual Tour

Explore the College of Engineering and some of its research labs.

Featured News

The eCAMINOS program serves Arizona’s students, strengthens the state’s engineering workforce and helps the University of Arizona fulfill its missions as a Hispanic Serving and land grant institution. — The eCAMINOS program serves Arizona’s students and helps the University of Arizona fulfill its missions as a Hispanic Serving and land grant institution.

Oct. 23, 2024

$2.5 million eCAMINOS program focuses on student strengths

Oct. 9, 2024

By the Numbers

4th

highest starting salary
(U.S. News & World Report)

100%

fully funded doctoral students

50%

undergrads continuing to grad school

$3.9 million

annual research expenditures (2023)

Top 40

public biomedical engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)

19th

R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)

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Crossroads of Collaboration

"When we join forces, when we collaborate, when we are open to listening to new approaches and understanding the other, that’s when exciting things happen."

Biomedical engineering department head Mario Romero-Ortega