The Biomedical Engineering MS program offers an MD/MSBME Track that enables qualified students to earn both the MD and the MSBME degrees.
For medical students, the combined MD/MSBME will run as a 5-year program where the students will complete the majority of the MSBME requirements in the third year after matriculation, prior to their clinical experiences. MD students apply and are admitted into the MSBME program in Fall. Upon successful completion of the Structure and Function and FIRE modules in their first year of medical school, students in the MD/MSBME program will receive 9 hours of credit toward the 30 credit hours required for the requirements of the MSBME degree. Medical students will complete the second year of the curriculum and take a year's leave of absence to take most of the MSBME degree requirements.
The Biomedical Engineering MS program requires a minimum of 30 credit hours for students who choose the MD/MSBME track. In this restricted admission MD track, students complete biomedical engineering core courses, concentration courses in Biofluids or Biomechanics, and a thesis.
For MD students in this track, the combined MD/MSBME will be a five-year program, where students complete the majority of the MSBME requirements in the third year (15 credit hours of coursework and 3 credit hours of thesis), receive 9 credit hours of transfer credit from their MD program toward the 30 credit hours required for the MSBME, defend their master's thesis and take the balance of 3 credit hours of thesis in the fifth year, and then graduate with both MD and MSBME degrees.
Total Credit Hours Required: 30 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree
Track Prerequisites
Students interested in pursuing both the MD and MSBME degrees must apply and be accepted into medical school and the Biomedical Engineering MS program. Separate applications are required, but students wishing to pursue this joint degree program should indicate this and state their reasons on both applications. Information regarding admission and application to UCF's MD program can be found at https://med.ucf.edu/administrative-offices/student-affairs/admissions/.
A bachelor's degree in Biomedical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline is required. A student with an undergraduate degree outside of the selected departmental discipline may be required to satisfy an articulation program.
Degree Requirements
Core Courses
18 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- BMS6001 - Cellular Function and Medical Genetics (5)
- BME6500C - Bioinstrumentation (3)
- BME6935 - Topics in Biomedical Engineering (3)
- EML6211 - Continuum Mechanics (3)
- Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
- BSC6433 - Biomedical Sciences II (5)
- replace BME 5216C and BME 5217C (9 credit hours transferred into MS program of study)
Concentration
6 Total Credits
- Complete 1 of the following
Biofluids- Complete the following:
- BME5267 - Biofluid Mechanics (3)
- BME6268 - Applied and Computational Biofluids (3)
Biofluids- Complete the following:
- BME5267 - Biofluid Mechanics (3)
- BME6268 - Applied and Computational Biofluids (3)
Thesis
6 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
- Students may not register for thesis credit hours until an advisory committee has been appointed and the committee has reviewed the student's program of study and the proposed thesis topic. The College of Engineering and Computer Science requires that all thesis defense announcements be approved by the student's adviser and posted on the college's website (www.cecs.ucf.edu) and on the Events Calendar at the College of Graduate Studies website at least two weeks before the defense date. Additionally, all students pursuing the thesis option must enroll in the following course: EML 5936 - Mechanical and Aerospace Seminar 0 Credit Hours Students must register for the seminar course a minimum of two times during their graduate career in the master's program (thesis option). The students must also complete the course with a satisfactory (S) grade in both attempts. If the student does not complete the course with a satisfactory grade, the student will be asked to repeat the course to meet program requirements.
Grand Total Credits: 30
Application Requirements
Financial Information
Graduate students may receive financial assistance through fellowships, assistantships, tuition support, or loans. For more information, see the College of Graduate Studies Funding website, which describes the types of financial assistance available at UCF and provides general guidance in planning your graduate finances. The Financial Information section of the Graduate Catalog is another key resource.
Fellowship Information
Fellowships are awarded based on academic merit to highly qualified students. They are paid to students through the Office of Student Financial Assistance, based on instructions provided by the College of Graduate Studies. Fellowships are given to support a student's graduate study and do not have a work obligation. For more information, see UCF Graduate Fellowships, which includes descriptions of university fellowships and what you should do to be considered for a fellowship.
All students must take at least 15 credit hours at the 6000 level. At least 24 credit hours of the program of study must be course work, exclusive of research and thesis hours.
All students must identify an adviser and file an official program of study prior to the completion of 9 credit hours of study. Students should consult with the MAE Graduate Program Director for assistance in filling out their program of study. The program of study must be approved by the department.
Substitutions to the program of study must be approved by the student's faculty adviser and department. More information is available on the MAE departmental website (http://www.mae.ucf.edu/).
Independent Learning
The Independent Learning Requirement is met by successful completion of a master's thesis.
