Today’s biomedical engineers develop instrumentation, materials, diagnostic and therapeutic devices, artificial organs and other equipment needed in medicine and biology and to discover new fundamental principles regarding the functioning and structure of living systems.

Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E.

Biomedical engineering is the discipline of engineering that bridges the engineering, physical, life and medical sciences, helps to overcome limitations inherent in traditional engineering, and to identify, understand and solve problems in medicine, physiology and biology.

Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.

Engineering Special Studies (pre-medical engineering), B.S.E.

This program’s focus is of special interest to students who desire entry into a medical college and whose medical interests lie in research, aerospace and undersea medicine, artificial organs, prostheses, biomedical engineering or biophysics.

Admissions Requirements

The admission standards for biomedical engineering majors in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are higher than university admission standards. First-time freshmen must meet the following criteria:

  1. Minimum 1140 SAT combined math and verbal or minimum 24 ACT combined score; or 3.00 minimum ABOR GPA; or class ranking in top 25 percent of high school class, and
  2. No high school math or science competency deficiencies.
Refer to the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering page on admissions requirements for freshmen, transfer students and international students, the 2012-13 Undergraduate Admissions Requirements chart and ASU’s admissions site for additional detail. You can also contact our academic advisors at sbhse@asu.edu or 480-965-3028 with any questions.