Welcome BMES 2025!
Solve clinical problems in medicine using engineering technology.
The Department of Bioengineering, situated on the Anschutz Medical Campus, provides unparalleled instructional resources for biomedical engineering and health sciences.
The Anschutz Medical Campus is the largest academic health center in the Rocky Mountain region. It is home to more than 1,300 funded investigators, the CU health professional schools, two nationally ranked hospitals, and a growing bioscience industry complex.
The Department of Bioengineering offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, as well as certificates and dual-degree options.
Innovative, interconnected, and highly collaborative, the Anschutz Medical Campus is the best place in Colorado to be an engineer.
Faculty Spotlights
Applicants to the PhD or Master of Science in Bioengineering should meet the following minimum requirements:
- Completion of a bachelor's degree in engineering or physical sciences from an accredited United States institution or comparable international institution, or
- Completion of a bachelor's degree in a bioscience-related field with the following courses:
- Calculus I, II, and Differential Equations/Linear Algebra
- one year of college level Physics, preferably calculus-based
- computer programming coursework or experience is not required but highly recommended
Students without these pre-requisite courses may be required to take additional relevant undergraduate courses during their first year in the program; any such requirements will be specifically determined by the Bioengineering Graduate Affairs Committee on a case-by-case basis and will be made known to the applicant at the time of acceptance to the program. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is preferred (but not required) for admission to the program. Applicants with a GPA below the preferred level may still apply but have a lower chance of admission.
- Clinical and Translational Bioengineering
- Neural Engineering
- Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicine
- Assistive and Inclusive Technologies
- Medical Device Design, Entrepreneurship, and Regulatory Affairs
- Imaging and Biophotonics
- Orthopedics and Prosthetics
- Computational Biomechanics and Bioinformatics
MS
The MS in bioengineering requires 30 credit hours of coursework, including 3 to 6 credit hours of a master’s project or thesis:
- Research methods and clinical experiences core (3 credits)
- Department seminar (2-3 credits)
- Quantitative methods core (3 credits)
- Life sciences electives (6 credits)
- Technology electives (6 credits)
- General electives (3-6 credits)
- Master’s project or thesis (3-6 credits)
The MS Coursework Only track in bioengineering requires 30 credit hours of coursework, including:
- Clinical experiences core (1credits)
- Department seminar (2-3 credits)
- Quantitative methods core (3 credits)
- Quantitative methods elective (3)
- Life sciences electives (6 credits)
- Technology electives (6 credits)
- General electives (8-9 credits)
PhD
The PhD in bioengineering requires 30 credits of didactic coursework and 30 credits of research thesis.
- Research methods and clinical experiences core (3 credits)
- Department seminar (2-3 credits)
- Quantitative methods core (3 credits)
- Quantitative methods elective (3 credits)
- Life sciences electives (6 credits)
- Technology electives (6 credits)
- General electives (6 credits)
- Doctoral thesis (30 credits)
"I was driven to the Bioengineering program here at the University of Colorado given its affiliation with the reputable Anschutz Medical Campus. Being a part of Anschutz has allowed me and my peers to collaborate across multiple disciplines and specialties. It's a plus that Denver has the best of the city life and mountain life, making life outside of school truly a dream come true. I'm enthusiastic about the many career opportunities available to me in the Denver area."
Brookelynn
MS Student