The joint MS/MBA program is a 76 credit program including 31 credits of Biomedical Engineering and 48 credits in business with one course in the business of bioscience counting in both programs. The program would also require a summer internship in the bioscience industry for which students would be expected to get paid but obtain no graduate credit.

Admissions Process:
The admissions process starts with an application to the MS in Biomedical Engineering program.  Please indicate that you would to participate in the joint degree.  Those applicants accepted by the Biomedical Engineering Department for the MS degree are then forwarded to the College of Business for review and approval. The College of Business accepts the admissions information required of the Biomedical Engineering program so that applicants will not have to provide any further information or take any additional tests for the joint program.  We expect students seeking to enter the joint degree to address their interests in such a program in their personal statement, which is part of all graduate student applications.

Completion of the Program:
Students in the MS in Biomedical Engineering have the option of taking one of the following courses to complete the degree requirements: BME 509 Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry, MBA 511 Technological Innovation, MBA 506 Leadership, Teamwork and Communications or MBA 589 Organizational Behavior. Whichever course is chosen from the above will be counted towards both degrees.

Students would receive both degrees upon completion of the entire program.  Because the MS portion of the joint degree program is completed first, if a student decided to leave prior to completing the MBA portion of the degree that student would be eligible to receive the MS degree provided that the student completed the MS degree requirements.

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