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Columbia's biomedical engineering programs (BS, MS, PhD, EngScD, and MD/PhD) equip students to utilize engineering and applied science for addressing biological and medical challenges, understanding living systems and their functions, and creating biomedical technologies and instruments. Contemporary engineering involves advanced techniques for measurement, data collection and interpretation, modeling, and system characterization. These methodologies prove valuable when examining individual cells, organs, complete organisms, and groups of organisms. The growing importance of mathematical models in analyzing biological systems demonstrates the effectiveness of current research efforts. The biomedical engineering curriculum is delivered by our dedicated faculty, instructors from other Engineering departments, and professors from across the university with significant expertise and engagement in biomedical engineering. Many faculty members hold shared appointments between Biomedical Engineering and other academic departments within the University.
Applicants must present evidence that they are prepared for college work in the humanities, mathematics, social sciences, foreign languages and natural sciences. Accordingly, the College strongly recommends the following preparation: Four years of English literature and composition
The vast majority of successful applicants to the College have taken five academic courses per term for all four years of secondary/high school. Student must have 650 or higher on either the Critical Reasoning or Writing sections of the SAT, 700 or higher on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the redesigned SAT and 29 or higher on the English or Reading sections of the ACT
English Language Requirement
Applicant must have minimum score of 600 (paper-based test) or 100 (Internet-based test) and minimum IELTS score of 7.0