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Featured Video: Philipp Gutruf

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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Featured News
Philipp Gutruf giving a tour of the Peter and Nancy Salter Medical Device Design Lab. He's holding up a small chip and reaching out to touch a 3D printer.

Philipp Gutruf Earns Sensor Lab Seed Grant for Robotic Surgery

April 12, 2022
Spencer Ciammitti holding a 3D printed Stealth Tag, which can be attached to a bike to track them in case they are stolen.

Senior Spencer Ciammitti Combines Cycling with 3D Printing

April 11, 2022
Elizabeth Hutchinson

Elizabeth Hutchinson Secures TRIF Funding for Brain Injury Treatments

March 27, 2022
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Dongkyun Kang Leads $1M Project to Fight Vision Loss

April 13, 2022
Dongkyun Kang examines a "portable in vivo confocal ophthalmoscope" with multiple with multiple lenses
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 (2021)
9 +
research centers and labs
19 th
R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)

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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