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Biomedical Engineering

Doctorate

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Application Deadlines

Fall: Dec 15
Spring: n/a
Summer: n/a

School/Department

Biomedical Engineering

Location

Medford/Somerville

Format

On-campus

Commitment Options

Full-time
Part-time (Daytime)

Average Duration

3 - 5 years

Credits

Varies

Contact

gradadmissions@tufts.edu

Overview

The Biomedical Engineering PhD program is strongly research-oriented, with emphasis on the student independent research work reflected in a dissertation. Work in this discipline is of growing importance to society and is vital to industry, academics, and hospitals.

Program Highlights

Doctoral students are provided an exceptional academic experience, distinguished by close faculty interactions that propel students to pursue independent research work in areas like:

Biomaterials
Biometrics
Biotechnology
Data analysis of biomedical applications
Design of medical instrumentation and artificial joints
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Sensing systems

Career Outcomes

The booming biomedical industry demands skilled professionals whose expertise can cross traditional boundaries of science and engineering. Companies are seeking engineers who understand the medical uses of diagnostic imaging instrumentation, who have training in tissue engineering, or who are well-versed in biomaterials to design artificial joints.

Application Requirements

Applicants to the graduate program are expected to have a degree at the level of bachelor or master in engineering or basic/applied/health sciences. Requirements include a basic knowledge of biology, math through ordinary differential equations, and some basic engineering courses (for example, fluid mechanics, properties of materials, thermodynamics, circuit theory).

Students who do not meet all requirements may be admitted into the program pending the successful completion of courses aimed at the fulfillment of the requirements. Tufts will offer the opportunity for students accepted into the graduate program to attend courses specifically designed to provide appropriate background in areas such as biology, mathematics, circuit theory, chemical engineering, etc.

Application Fee
Resume/CV
Personal Statement
Transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
GRE General Test scores are not required
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo test scores (if applicable)
Portfolio (optional)

Tuition and Financial Aid

We recognize that attending graduate school involves a significant financial investment. Our team is here to answer your questions about tuition rates and scholarship opportunities.

Please contact us at gradadmissions@tufts.edu.

Faculty

David Kaplan

Distinguished Professor, Stern Family Professor of Engineering

biopolymer engineering, biomaterials, material science, tissue engineering, bioengineering, cellular agriculture

Alessandra Balduini

Research Associate Professor

regulation, environment and pathology of megakarocytes to platelets

Lauren Black III

Associate Professor

cardiovascular tissue engineering, dynamic tissue mechanics and visualization, computational modeling, myocardial infarction, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cardiogenesis

Barbara Brodsky

Research Professor

biophysics, collagen, protein structure

Sergio Fantini

Professor and Interim Chair of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical optics, diffuse optical imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, quantitative tissue oximetry.

Irene Georgakoudi

Professor

label-free high resolution tissue imaging, non-linear microscopy, metabolic imaging, matrix characterization, in vivo flow cytometry, cancer detection, osteoarthritis, neurodegenerative diseases

Janet Krevolin

Professor of the Practice

medical device design and development

Chunmei Li

Research Assistant Professor

biomaterials for hard tissue regeneration, biophysical control of macrophage polarization

Srivalleesha Mallidi

Assistant Professor

Ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, multi-modality imaging, image-guided surgery and therapeutics, nano drug delivery systems

Academic Leave

Fiorenzo Omenetto

Frank C. Doble Professor and Dean of Research for the School of Engineering

ultrafast nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, biopolymer multifunctional materials, material science, photonic crystals, photonic crystal fibers

Madeleine Oudin

Tiampo Family Assistant Professor

cancer biology, tumor microenvironment, mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance

Angelo Sassaroli

Research Assistant Professor

near-infrared spectroscopy, diffuse optical tomography

Igor Sokolov

Professor

Engineering for Health, Mechanics of biomaterials at the nanoscale, Synthesis and study of functionals nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and drug delivery, Advanced imaging for medical diagnostics, Novel processes and materials for dentistry: nano-polishing and self-healing materials