Biomedical Engineering

Working in close collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at Arlington, UT Southwestern’s Biomedical Engineering joint graduate program offers a robust set of resources for biomedical research and education.

The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program also works closely with a number of high-tech industries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Led by international companies such as Texas Instruments, the region’s technology sector has helped develop a strong base of engineers to lead product innovation for the world. Many area companies provide resources for the program and help ensure the latest in technology development is available for students in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program.

The program features six research and teaching tracks:

  • Biomaterials and tissue engineering
  • Medical imaging
  • Bioinstrumentation and human performance
  • Biomechanics
  • Orthopaedics
  • Molecular and computational biomedical engineering

Students interested in joining the Biomedical Engineering PhD program can apply here to the umbrella program within the Division of Basic Science. First-year students complete a core curriculum that includes a core course, three or four laboratory rotations, and training in the responsible conduct of research. Students who perform satisfactorily in the first semester Core Course are qualified to enter the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program.

A Message from the Program Chair

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Edward Livingston, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Chair of GI Endocrine Surgery Division
Medical School: University of California at Los Angeles
Residency: UCLA, General Surgery

Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern is a robust program that works in close collaboration with UT Dallas and UT Arlington to provide a three-campus resource for bioengineering research and education. UT Southwestern is one of the premiere research medical schools in the world and has the largest number of Nobel Prize winners and National Academy Science members on its faculty of any medical school faculty.

When coupled with engineering resources at our sister campuses at UT Dallas and UT Arlington, the program has a robust set of resources to facilitate a biomedical research program. We have an especially close relationship with high tech industries in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. The Dallas-Fort Worth region is growing faster than any other in the country and has attracted a number of high tech industries to this region who have been locating to Texas from the coasts. As a consequence, many talented scientists have moved into this region to a very dynamic hub of industries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 

The Biomedical Engineering program has a close relationship with many companies in our area that provide resources to the program and can ensure the latest in technology development for our students.