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Application Deadlines
Fall: Dec 1
Spring: n/a
Summer: n/a
School/Department
Biomedical Engineering
Contact
gradadmissions@tufts.edu
Location
Medford/Somerville
Format
On-campus
Commitment Options
Full-time
Part-time (Daytime)
Average Duration
3 - 5 years
Credits
Varies

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
  • Short Answer Prompts
    • In no more than 2,500 words single spaced, answer the following prompts:
      • Why do you want to be a scientist or engineer and how will you use your training to impact society?
      • Tell us about a project you may have done for a class or in a research lab or other setting discuss the problem you were trying to solve, how you approached it, and what you learned.
      • Share an experience where you challenged of failed at something. How did you deal with it or stay motivated and work to overcome it?
      • What are you passionate about outside of school or the lab?
      • Why have you chosen to apply to Tufts BME? Are they are any research groups you are especially interested in?
      • Is there any other relevant information not specified in your CV or questions above that you think will strengthen your candidacy to the program?
  • 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

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Alessandra Balduini

Research Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
regulation, environment and pathology of megakarocytes to platelets
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Lauren Black III

Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
cardiovascular tissue engineering, dynamic tissue mechanics and visualization, computational modeling, myocardial infarction, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cardiogenesis
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Barbara Brodsky

Research Professor
Biomedical Engineering
biophysics, collagen, protein structure
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Sergio Fantini

Professor and Interim Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical optics, diffuse optical imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, quantitative tissue oximetry.
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Irene Georgakoudi

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

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
reproductive biology and tissue engineering to understand the immune-endocrine mechanisms driving both reproductive physiology and disease pathogenesis.
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Nisha Iyer

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
stem cells, neural tissue engineering, organoids, disease modeling, spinal cord injury, biomanufacturing
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David Kaplan

Distinguished Professor, Stern Family Professor of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
biopolymer engineering, biomaterials, material science, tissue engineering, bioengineering, cellular agriculture
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Janet Krevolin

Professor of the Practice
Biomedical Engineering
medical device design and development
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Chunmei Li

Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
biomaterials for hard tissue regeneration, biophysical control of macrophage polarization
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Srivalleesha Mallidi

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, multi-modality imaging, image-guided surgery and therapeutics, nano drug delivery systems
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Fiorenzo Omenetto

Frank C. Doble Professor
Biomedical Engineering
ultrafast nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, biopolymer multifunctional materials, material science, photonic crystals, photonic crystal fibers
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Madeleine Oudin

Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
cancer biology, tumor microenvironment, mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance
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Angelo Sassaroli

Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
near-infrared spectroscopy, diffuse optical tomography
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Igor Sokolov

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering for Health -> Physics of cancer and aging -> 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
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Brian Timko

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
nanoelectronics, biosensing, biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery
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Qiaobing Xu

Professor
Biomedical Engineering
biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue engineering

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