MD + Master of Engineering

Enhance your MD with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation

Summary

The Doctor of Medicine-Master of Engineering Dual Degree is a five-year program designed for MD candidates within the Duke University School of Medicine who have strong interests in health care, engineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Duke MD+MEng students are eligible to receive the Barr-Spach Medicine and Engineering Scholarship to support tuition and fees.

Curriculum

  • 7 Engineering Courses—taken during the third year of medical school
  • Thesis—With a focus on the discovery of a health care need and the design of a solution, completed in the fourth year
  • Internship—Focused on engineering, completed in the fourth year

Program Details

Courses

Thesis

  • Focused on engineering innovation
  • Identify, prioritize and select a health care need with high potential impact and value
  • Create a conceptual design of an innovative solution

Internship

Complete an engineering practice-oriented internship, which can be a further development of the design in your thesis:

  • Detailed engineering design, construction, and test of a proof-of-concept prototype
  • Protection of the resulting intellectual property
  • Presentation of a plan for development that addresses licensing, marketing, regulations, technology, manufacturability, distribution, costs, financing, and risks

Clinical Clerkship Re-Scheduled

Clinical clerkships take place in the Fifth Year, instead of in the Fourth Year.

Barr-Spach Scholarship

This competitive scholarship, awarded annually, was created through the generosity of Maynard Ramsey III, Classes of 1969 and 1975, in honor of his mentors Roger C. Barr, BS’64, PhD’68, and Madison S. Spach, T’50, MD’54, HS’54-59.

How to Apply

1

Be a Duke medical student in good academic standing

2

Obtain clearance from the director of Third-Year Study Program

3

Send a Notification of Interest by email to the Engineering Program Coordinator.

4

Apply to a Duke Master of Engineering program.

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

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