What is Biomedical Engineering?
Biomedical Engineering blends traditional engineering techniques with biological sciences and medicine to improve the quality of human health and life. The discipline focuses both on understanding complex living systems – via experimental and analytical techniques – and on development of devices, methods and algorithms that advance medical and biological knowledge while improving the effectiveness and delivery of clinical medicine. The UConn BME Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD., 21202-4012; telephone: (410) 347-7700. BME Laboratories The BME undergraduate program was developed with a virtual instrument approach for our nine required BME laboratories from its inception. Learn more about the laboratories. Study Abroad in Biomedical Engineering The UConn BME program has as one of its Educational Objectives the training of global leaders in biomedical engineering. Participating in study abroad is the fir