ACADEMICS
Founded 2004 (undergraduate major since 2015)
PROGRAM FACTS
Current BME faculty (any can serve as PhD advisor)
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23 core faculty
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>60 graduate field faculty (includes faculty with labs at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City)
126 Current PhD students:
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48% female
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52% male
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>25% underrepresented minorities
Average time to degree: 5.4 years
Graduation rate: >90%
17 NSF GRFP Fellows since 2018
Required
Coursework
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Seminar for First-Year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Students (Fall of 1st year)
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Core Concepts in Disease (Spring of 1st year)
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Immersion Experience in Medical Research and Clinical Practice (Summer of 1st year)
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Biomedical Engineering Graduate Colloquium (total of 6 semesters)
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Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar (Work-in-progress seminar for PhD students) (total of 6 semesters; students present annually from 3rd year on)
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Teaching Assistant (TA) or equivalent experience (One semester)
*Freedom and flexibility in the selection of courses and thesis committee*
PhD Timeline
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Spring: BME Open House for all admitted students
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Year 1, Orientation: Learn about research opportunities
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Year 1, Fall Semester: Select lab/advisor for PhD research
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Year 1, Spring Semester: Prepare for clinical immersion term
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Year 1, Summer Term: Clinical immersion term in New York City
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Year 2, Fall Semester: Identify thesis committee members
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Year 3: Completion of A-exam (thesis proposal)
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Years 3-5: Annual WIP presentation and meeting with committee
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Year ~5: Complete B-exam, submit PhD thesis
Find the latest information in the in BME PhD Student Handbook.
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First-hand Experience in a Clinical Environment.
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Acquire clinical experience, identify needs and challenges of technologies in clinical practice, perform clinical research
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Summer of the 1st year (mid-June to mid-August), 7 weeks total
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Housing and stipend provided
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Identify clinical mentor together with your PhD Advisor