Academic Stepping Stone
Prepare for grad school, medical school or a career developing health care devices and procedures.
Join the Biomedical Revolution
Step into one of the world's fastest-growing fields at a top-25 research university. Endless opportunities await to ignite your passion and pave the way to a lucrative career.
Collaborate with award-winning faculty and tackle crucial projects:
- Develop artificial hearts and limbs
- Detect cancers at earlier stages
- Invent surgical techniques for brain tumors
- Create life-changing wearable health monitors
- Design rapid diagnostic tests for diseases
- Pioneer treatments for retinopathy
Shape the future of health and technology with a BS, MS, or PhD in biomedical engineering. Your journey starts at the University of Arizona!
Featured News
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)
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