Accreditation

The U-M Biomedical Engineering (B.S.E.) program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET), under the General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Bioengineering and Biomedical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Biomedical Engineering is to provide leadership in education, training, and innovative research by translating science and engineering to solve important challenges in medicine and life sciences for the benefit of humanity.

Goals

To provide students with the education needed for a rewarding career that will make a difference in the world.

Objectives

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) defines the Program Educational Objectives as accomplishments that are expected of our graduates within a few years after graduation. In recognition of the fact that Biomedical Engineering graduates may pursue a broad range of careers, the Biomedical Engineering Program Objectives are phrased to reflect the preparation provided by the program for these career options. The Program Educational Objectives for the Department of Biomedical Engineering are as follows:

Within 3-5 years after graduating, our students are:

1. Actively engaged in and making contributions to post-graduate opportunities, whether they are entry-level biomedical engineering positions, graduate study in engineering, medicine, or other professional degree programs. Using the skills and knowledge gained from rigorous instruction in the engineering sciences and biology, with a complementary emphasis on laboratory and design experience.
2. Applying critical thinking, curiosity, teamwork, communication, and other non-technical skills, acquired through a program of related technical electives that deepens understanding in a particular subject, to a variety of careers.

Outcomes

Graduates of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan will have been exposed to or will have gained:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Program Criteria

In addition to providing both breadth and depth across the range of engineering and science topics consistent with the program educational objectives and student outcomes, our curriculum also provides experience in the following Biomedical Engineering program-specific criteria: 

1. An ability to apply principles of engineering, biology, human physiology, chemistry, calculus-based physics, mathematics (through differential equations), and statistics.
2. An ability to solve bio/biomedical engineering problems, including those associated with the interaction between living and non-living systems.
3. An ability to analyze, model, design, and realize bio/biomedical engineering devices, systems, components, or processes.
4. An ability to make measurements on and interpreting data from living systems.