Master of Science in the Field of Biomedical Engineering at George Washington University

The School of Engineering and Applied Science offers the MS degrees in biomedical engineering through the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The MS program in biomedical engineering at GW is a 30-credit-hour graduate program, which can include a 6-credit master’s thesis.

The program is strongly interdisciplinary and prepares students to apply engineering principles to problems in medicine and biology, to understand and model multiple attributes of living systems, and to use this knowledge to develop novel biomedical systems and devices. Graduate students can choose from among a large array of areas of study, mentored by both core Departmental faculty and external faculty from SEAS and elsewhere in GW, who qualify, on the basis of their expertise and teaching abilities, for joint or secondary appointments in the Biomedical Engineering Department. The core faculty expertise includes cancer therapy, cardiac electrophysiology, biosensors, microfluidics, ultrasound applications in medicine, and medical imaging and image analysis.

The program is offered on the main campus in Foggy Bottom, and take full advantage of the close proximity of the Department’s home in the new Science and Engineering Hall to the GW School of Medicine, the Milken Institute School of Public Health at GW, and the GW Hospital. These interactions are supplemented by collaborations that take advantage of nearby clinical and research facilities, including Children’s National Health System and Federal agencies such as the FDA and NIH.