The Coulter Department offers multiple undergraduate and graduate degree programs which are described below. The undergraduate and master’s programs are administered by Georgia Tech. Students gain admission to these programs through Georgia Tech, attend classes at Georgia Tech, and are awarded their degrees from Georgia Tech.
Students in the Georgia Tech & Emory University Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program gain admission through Georgia Tech, attend classes at both Georgia Tech and Emory University, and receive their degrees from both universities. Students in the Georgia Tech, Emory University & Peking University Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program gain admission through either Georgia Tech or Peking University, attend classes and receive their degrees from all three universities.
All Coulter Department students, regardless of the degree they are pursuing, have the opportunity to take classes or conduct research at any of the three partner universities.
Undergraduate Degrees
The true integration of the life sciences and engineering is essential in educating a substantial percentage of the next generation of biomedical engineers in order to benefit from the biological revolution and its applications to medicine. This degree program attracts outstanding students who wish to have that integration in their undergraduate education, so that they may be equipped with the tools to be the leaders in this field in the 21st Century.
This minor requires the successful completion of at least 15 credit hours of coursework selected from lists of approved biomedical engineering and bioscience courses. The goal of the minor program is to educate students in how to apply engineering fundamentals to solve problems in biology and medicine. The program should be of particular interest to those students who plan to pursue advanced degrees in biomedical engineering and/or medicine.
Master's Graduate Program
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering is ranked among the best biomedical engineering programs in the nation.
The Georgia Tech Master of Biomedical Innovation and Development (MBID) offers current and aspiring biomedical technology professionals two outstanding career-building components in one tightly focused program:
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Master's in Robotics (MS-Robotics).
Ph.D. Graduate Programs
A unique partnership and a BOLD experiment: The Ph.D. program is offered through the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a unique public and private partnership conferred jointly by both Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and Emory University’s School of Medicine. Training the next generation of biomedical engineers to become independent, thought-provoking leaders, the graduates of this joint program leave armed with a strong foundation in engineering principles and bioscience knowledge.
One degree from three institutions
To meet the needs of a rapidly changing society and global economy, three internationally renowned institutions, Peking University, Emory University and The Georgia Institute of Technology, have established a dynamic partnership in a global biomedical engineering program.
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering participates in several interdisciplinary programs. Prospective students apply through the "home school / department" of their choice and follow the academic requirements of the program while also fulfilling home department requirements such as serving as teaching assistants. Admitted students can choose from faculty members that participate in the specific program. Many of the department faculty participate in these programs.
