APPLICANT INFORMATION
PROGRAM PREPERATION
The program is designed primarily for students who have received four-year baccalaureate degrees in engineering, but students from other baccalaureate degree programs may qualify for the program. The undergraduate curriculum should include courses in calculus through differential equations, biology, and anatomy, as well as in-depth training in engineering or the physical sciences. Some formal training in the biological sciences is also desirable. Students wishing to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering but who have not had substantial training in engineering or the physical sciences at the undergraduate level may be admitted to the program, but would be expected to remedy any deficiencies, usually during the year before desired entry term. Students for whom English is not a native language are strongly urged to come to Rochester early, in order to prepare for the first-year program.
COST TO ATTEND
Students will register for 30 credit hours over 2 semesters. Additionally, students are able to transfer up to 10 Graduate level credits as long as they have not been applied to any degree.
More information can be found here!
The cost per credit hour can be found at the Office of the Bursar.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
No stipend support is available for MS degree candidates but partial tuition scholarships are available. ALL FULL TIME CMTI STUDENTS RECEIVE A TUITION SCHOLARSHIP.
Prospective students are highly encouraged to apply before January 1st!
Additional Federal Student Aid is available. More information on these loans can be found here: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/loans
ADMISSIONS
There is a $70 application fee.
If this fee would cause financial hardship, you may submit a request for a fee waiver before you apply. The BME Department will evaluate your request to determine if you qualify for the waiver. We will review only your statement. Please do not send any confidential financial documents (including copies of tax returns, bank statements, etc.).
Please forward the following information:
- Your application number (see page 13 of the Online Application)
- A brief statement explaining why you might qualify for a fee waiver
All foreign applicants whose native language is not English must take the TOEFL and achieve a minimum score of 250 for the computer-based test (CBT), 600 for the paper-based test (PBT), or 100 for the internet-based test (IBT), unless they are graduates of a U.S. undergraduate program. The institution code is 7267. Since there is no department code for Biomedical Engineering please use the following codes:
- 45 for Biomedical Sciences
- 69 for Other Engineering
- 99 for Department Not Listed
In addition to completing Online Application and personal statement, the following materials must be uploaded to the application:
- Three letters of recommendation (uploaded to the application per instructions)
- Transcripts
- Curriculum vitae
- If needed, TOEFL test scores should be uploaded to the application and official copies should be mailed to the University for verification
Other than the test scores, all documents that are uploaded do not need to be mailed to the Department.
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TRANSFER CREDIT
AS&E allows up to 10 credit hours of acceptable graduate work taken at this or another university to be transferred towards the MS degree. All transfer credits must not have been used as part of an undergraduate degree program and require the approval of the BME Graduate Committee and the AS&E Dean of GEPA in order to be applied. The BME Graduate Committee is responsible for determining the specific requirement fulfilled by the transferred credits (e.g., Advanced BME, Approved Biology, etc.). Students seeking to transfer credits must first fill out and submit the BME Transfer Request form to the Program Coordinator.
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