The Department of Biological Engineering was founded
in 1998 as a new MIT academic unit, with the mission
of defining and establishing a new discipline
fusing molecular life sciences with engineering. The goal of this
biological engineering discipline is to advance fundamental understanding
of how biological systems operate and to develop effective biology-based
technologies for applications across a wide spectrum of societal
needs
including breakthroughs in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
of disease,
in design of novel materials, devices, and processes, and in
enhancing environmental health. The
innovative educational programs created by BE reflect
this emphasis
on integrating molecular and cellular biosciences with
a quantitative,
systems-oriented engineering analysis and synthesis approach,
offering opportunities at the undergraduate level for
the SB
in Biological Engineering; (also
see pdf link) and at the graduate level for the PhD in either Applied
Biosciences or Bioengineering. BE
also partners with the departments of Biology and Electrical
Engineering & Computer
Science to jointly offer a PhD in Computational & Systems
Biology, and with the departments of Biology and Civil & Environmental
Engineering to jointly offer a PhD in Microbiology.
Research opportunities for BE undergraduate students,
graduate students, and postdoctoral associates abound across
an exciting landscape of interdisciplinary laboratories, centers,
and initiatives, including the Biotechnology
Process Engineering Center, the Center
for Biomedical Engineering, the Center
for Environmental Health Sciences, the Whitehead-MIT BioImaging Center,
the Division of Comparative Medicine,
and the Registry of Standard Biological
Parts. Graduate students in the BE PhD programs can participate
in the NIGMS Biotechnology Training
Program, the NIEHS Toxicology Training Program, the NIBIB Biomechanics Training Program, and the NIGMS
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program.
Send Inquiries To:
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Rm. 56-651
Cambridge, MA 02139
be-acad@mit.edu
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Restricted Electives List
Undergraduate & Graduate Educational Programs

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