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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!

 
 

 
 
 

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See how biomedical engineering undergraduates are succeeding.

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Featured News
Jocelyne Rivera on a bench

Alum First Hispanic Woman Accepted to NIH Oxford Scholars Program

June 5, 2021
Judith Su working in her lab

Judith Su Developing COVID-19 Detection Technology

May 30, 2021
Lane Breshears looks into a microscope

Students Discuss Diagnostic Biosensors for Cell Therapy

May 24, 2021
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Jeong-Yeol Yoon's Smartphone COVID Test Highlighted in Nature

July 5, 2021
Yoon sitting at a desk
By the Numbers
1 st
highest paying college major
(Forbes)
100 %
fully funded doctoral students
50 %
undergrads continuing to grad school
$ 3.5 million
annual research expenditures
9 +
research centers and labs
22 nd
R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)
Upcoming Events

Sept. 20, 2021

BME Seminar: Travis Sawyer
12:00pm

Travis Sawyer, an alumni from the Barton Lab and assistant professor at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences will be presenting, "Advancing Cancer Diagnostics and Other Medical Imaging with Biomarker-Specific Sensing Using Multispectral Imaging."

Event information and registration

Nov. 2, 2021

Real-Time Research Webinar
12:00pm

Wildcat Engineers on the Leading Edge: Sensors for Medical Diagnostics

Learn how UA researchers are changing the landscape of medicine with ultra-sensitive sensors and biosensors for disease detection medical diagnostics. With panelists Judith Su and Jeong-Yeol Yoon. Hosted by Dean David Hahn.

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Fall 2021 Speaker Series

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Technology-Health Care Nexus

“The future of health care is not only in providing improved treatments for injury or disease, but in providing the resources and tools for individuals to take a more active role in monitoring and maintaining their own health.”

Department Head Arthur Gmitro

Interdisciplinary Signature

“Through my own research, I know the absolute necessity of an interdisciplinary approach in solving important health challenges.”

BIO5 Director Jennifer Barton

Grads in High Demand

“It is incredible to see so many alumni return to scout and hire our students.”

Undergraduate Bailey Bellaire

Perfect Choice

“I applied to several universities across the United States looking for the perfect place to study biomedical engineering. The UA has delivered.”

Undergraduate Victoria Lantzy

In Good Health

“I considered many options for majors during my first few semesters in college, but my heart is truly with the medical side of engineering. I want to help people directly with their health.”

Alumna Justine Bacchus
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