Master’s Admissions

Engineer Better Diagnostics, Therapies & Medicines

Take on today’s challenges. Design tomorrow’s solutions. With eyes on emerging trends and real clinical needs, our flexible degree programs equip and inspire biomedical engineers who shape the future. Accelerate your career at Duke.

Specialties to Shape the Future

With a Duke master’s degree, you’ll launch into the world with the know-how and sense of purpose you need to create innovative solutions to serious challenges faced by real people.

Biomedical Engineering

Train in one of the oldest, most respected and highly ranked BME departments in the world.

Medical Tech Design

Few universities are as equipped as Duke to deliver best-in-class graduate education in the design of new medical devices.

MD + Master’s

Duke med students can enhance their doctorate with a master’s in an engineering specialty.

The Duke Difference

We’re invested in your success. Duke BME graduate students learn in a best-in-class graduate student experience, which includes 1:1 mentorship and career coaching.

#2

graduate BME program in the United States

#10

high-research impact national university in the U.S.

Top 10

U.S. engineering school, by research expenditure per faculty member

84%

of our recent master’s graduates were working or onto med school or other training within 6 months of graduation

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Explore Your Options

Master of Science, Master of Engineering or MD+Master’s

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You’re Gonna Like It Here

There’s more to life than textbooks and lab experiments. In addition to access to leading faculty, state-of-the-science facilities, and an inclusive, supportive community, our master’s students enjoy a high quality of life in our hometown of Durham, NC.

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Master’s Contacts

Have a question about the program or admissions? Contact the Admissions & Recruiting team.

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Sina Farsiu

Director of Master’s Studies, Anderson-Rupp Professor of BME

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Paul J Fearis

Associate Director of Master’s Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME