抖阴旅行射 Boulder Engineering Center. (Credit: Glenn Asakawa/抖阴旅行射 Boulder)
Undergraduate and graduate students at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder will soon get new opportunities to pursue careers in the biomedical industry.
At a meeting this week, members of the 抖阴旅行射 Board of Regents voted to approve a series of new degrees in biomedical engineering offered by the 抖阴旅行射 Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Through these bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees, students will have the chance to pursue classes from across the university, across engineering, biology and mathematics. The goal, organizers say, is to tap into a medical world that increasingly gears treatments to individuals and depends on rapidly evolving technologies.
The degrees are the first of their kind in the 抖阴旅行射 system, and no other university in the state offers a stand-alone undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering.
抖阴旅行射 Boulder Provost Russell Moore touted the new programs, which could launch as early as fall 2020.
鈥淭his initiative within the College of Engineering and Applied Science is well matched to our campus strengths in biomedicine, health and life sciences and should further strengthen educational and research collaborations in these areas across campus, in particular with the Department of Integrative Physiology, the BioFrontiers Institute and the Department of Biochemistry,鈥� Moore said.
It's a particularly timely effort. Earlier this year, Forbes labeled biomedical engineering the .听
Bobby Braun, dean of engineering at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder, said that these latest educational opportunities will give students an edge in pursuing medical school or jobs in high-demand fields like bioimaging, neuroengineering, medical device design and more.
鈥淚 am grateful to the more than 30 college faculty who signed on in support of these new degrees and more than 100 current students who spoke out in support of this effort,鈥� Braun said. 鈥淏y expanding our research and teaching mission, we will enhance the quality of life for all Coloradoans and grow our national impact in the medical and health sciences domains.鈥�
抖阴旅行射 Anschutz Chancellor Donald M. Elliman Jr. added that the degrees will open up new opportunities for collaboration between his university and 抖阴旅行射 Boulder.
鈥淏y hosting faculty research activities, sponsoring joint appointments and connecting 抖阴旅行射 Boulder engineering faculty with like-minded practitioners and clinicians on our medical campus, 抖阴旅行射 Anschutz looks forward to collaborating with the 抖阴旅行射 Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science to strengthen the impact and national reputation of the biomedical, health and life sciences research across our state,鈥� Elliman said.
