Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering

Learn How to Make a Difference in Human Health

As an undergraduate in bioengineering, you will learn the foundations of engineering and health sciences that will help you understand and successfully address the nation's leading health problems.

Our multidisciplinary training in bioengineering makes our graduates competitive for positions in biomedical, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries, academia, and government. Mason bioengineers have been placed in some of the nation's top medical schools and graduate schools.

Information about the current concentrations can be found on the academic advising website. The current concentrations in the bachelor's program are:

• Biomedical Imaging and Devices (BMID)

• Computational Biomedical Engineering (CBM)

• Neurotechnology and Computational Neuroscience (NTCN)

• Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (BNM)

• Bioengineering Prehealth (BMPH)

• Bioengineering Health Care Informatics (BHI)

The bachelor of science Bioengineering program focuses on four pillars: Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Biomedical Imaging and Devices, Computational Biomedical Engineering, and Neurotechnology and Computational Neuroscience.

The curriculum provides a strong background in the engineering and biological fundamentals of bioengineering as well as a breadth of courses in Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioinstrumentation, Imaging, Computational Modeling, and Neuroengineering.

After completing this foundation, students choose a concentration in one of the above four pillars or in Health Care Informatics or Prehealth (Premed), to focus on one area in three courses. Each student also takes a clinically-focused course taught by MDs and an industry-focused course taught by experts in the commercialization of biomedical technologies. The senior year curriculum provides a senior design project and access to university-wide technical electives.

Many students include a summer clinical immersion option preceding senior design where they spend 6 weeks in a hospital identifying clinical needs that motivate their senior design project. The Mason Bioengineering BS program provides students with a complete and in-depth education in Bioengineering that leads to attractive industry positions or further graduate study.

Check the student guide and catalog for specific degree information. If you follow a different catalog year please check the catalog’s archive.

Minor in Bioengineering

A minor in bioengineering is available to both engineering and non-engineering majors. It provides considerable opportunities in a highly cross-disciplinary field involving the application of engineering concepts and tools to solve problems in biomedicine.

The minor prepares students to gain and reinforce their knowledge of biology and engineering fundamentals, as well as to develop and apply skills to clinically relevant challenges.

Bioengineering, BS Accelerated MS

In the fall of 2019 Mason’s Bioengineering Department started offering an accelerated master’s for highly qualified Mason Bioengineering students. The Bachelor’s Accelerated Master’s (BAM) follows the course work of the regular master’s with the ability to substitute up to two technical electives (6 credits) with approved graduate classes that count towards the MS degree. BAM students will be able to finish the MS degree in 1.5 – 1 year depending on the course load. Students interested in the BAM are encouraged to speak to the academic advisor beginning of their junior year. How to apply online, forms and deadlines find in detailed steps.

Students in Bioengineering, BS also have the option of obtaining an accelerated master's in several fields, which are:

• Bioengineering, BS/Biostatistics, Accelerated MS

• Bioengineering, BS/Data Analytics Engineering, Accelerated MS

• Bioengineering, BS/Operations Research, Accelerated MS

  • Bioengineering, BS/Systems Engineering, Accelerated MS