Facts & Stats
Mission
To provide an outstanding educational and research environment to train engineers who go on to profoundly impact industry and medicine.
HISTORY
First accredited undergraduate BME program in the U.S.
Since our founding as the Division of Biomedical Engineering in 1967, our faculty and students have been leaders in biomedical engineering research, education and innovation.
In 1972, our undergraduate BME program was the first accredited in the United States. Today, BME is among the largest educational programs at Duke University.
Rankings
#3 highest median starting U.S. salary for biomedical engineers
#4 undergraduate biomedical engineering program
#4 STEM university for women
#7 graduate biomedical engineering program
Top 20 national university
Sources: U.S. News & World Report, Medical Product Manufacturing News
Duke bme at a Glance
- 45 tenured or tenure-track faculty, including:
- 3 Members, National Academy of Inventors
- 2 Members, National Academy of Engineering
- $48 million in new research awards, fiscal 2021
- 182 undergraduate students, fall 2020
- 89 BSE graduates in the Class of 2021 (May graduates, BME first major only)
- 70 Master of Science students
- 45 Master of Engineering students
- 232 PhD students
- 20-plus companies launched by Duke BME faculty
Centers and Institutes
BME faculty participate in the following centers and institutes:
- Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (CBTE) — includes NIH predoctoral training grant (Gersbach, PI)
- Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
- Duke MEDx
- Duke Cancer Institute (DCI)
- Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology
- Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI)
- Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS)
- Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization (CERC)
- Center for Global Women's Health Technologies
- Center for the Study of Neurodevelopment and Improving Children’s Health Following Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure (NiCHES)