Becoming a Biomedical Engineer

Assuming that you have already decided to follow a career in biomedical engineering, you might want to check out the websites of the five best universities that offer degrees in biomedical engineering in the U.S. : The John Hopkins University, The University of Carolina – San Diego, Duke University, The University of Washington and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Your choice seems to be a perfect one especially in these times when biomedical engineering is regarded as the job to have. There will be many career opportunities and a variety of positions available to you in various companies. You could be a pharmaceutical engineer, a biomedical equipment technician, a quality control manger or an imaging service engineer. All across the U.S.A. there are now around 15,000 biomedical engineers. Many of them already work in the pharmaceutical area or in the medical equipment area. Recent surveys indicate the fact that the need for biomedical engineers will rise during the next years by more than 20 percent, which is good news for all those who are likely to graduate within this period of time. Although biomedical engineering requires extensive knowledge and most biomedical engineers have a M.Sc. or a PhD, more and more undergraduate programs are being recognized. The ABET has so far accredited over 65 undergraduate programs and the process is ongoing.

The Sub-disciplines of biomedical engineering that you are very likely to become familiar with during your studies are: Biomedical Electronics, Bionics, Cellular, Tissue, and Genetic Engineering, Neural Engineering, Biomechanics, Bionics and many others. What you might want to know, as a high school student, is what subjects you should focus on with a view to your future biomedical engineering career. Here are the most important subjects for you in this case: geometry, precalculus, trigonometry, high school algebra and advanced algebra. Also, you might want to pay attention to your grades in science classes.