Doctor's degree Biomedical Engineering - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Doctor's degree Biomedical Engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham is a Campus Ph.D Biomedical Medical Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The Ph.D. degree prepares students for careers in industry and academics. Students entering the doctoral program will possess an M.S. or be currently enrolled in the D.M.D/Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. program at UAB. Students earning an M.S. in BME and desiring to stay for the Ph.D. can petition the BME Gradiuate Program Committee upon successful defense of their MSBME. Only Plan I M.S. students are considered for the Ph.D. program; these students do not have to reapply to the Graduate School, but instead petition the BME Graduate Program Committee. The decision is based on the student's academic record as well as recommendations from the student's M.S. thesis committee. Students who have earned a M.S. degree elsewhere may apply directly to the BME Ph.D. program. Admission to the Ph.D. program is competitive, and successful applicants will usually present scores of at least 550 on the verbal and at least 750 on the quantitative sections of the GRE General Test. Typical students have a graduate GPA of 3.5 or greater and have their previous research in a peer-review journal. Students admitted to the Doctoral program typically receive a competitive stipend that usually includes payment of tuition. The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 18 semester hours of graduate coursework beyond the Master's. This includes: BME 517 Engineering Analysis, BME 770 Quantitative Physiology, and at least one 3-hour Biostatistics course (BST 621) if not taken as part of the students Master's program. One additional statistics course is strongly recommended for the Ph.D. degree (BST621 and 622). Additionally, Ph.D. students must complete three semester hours of Departmental Seminar (BME 701). At least 12 hours of Dissertation Research (BME 799) is required for the Ph.D. degree . Additional graduate level life sciences and/or bioengineering coursework may be required in conjunction with the student's dissertation research committee. The program of study for each student is defined by the student and the Research Advisor and approved by the Graduate Program Committee during the student's first year of doctoral study. Near the completion of the course plan, a written proposal for the dissertation research must be submitted and presented to the Dissertation Committee before the student can be admitted to candidacy for the degree. A dissertation that presents the results of the student's original research must be successfully defended. Ph.D. students are required to publish two additional manuscripts, typically first-author peer-review publications. Ph.D. students are required to present their research in a BME seminar near the end of their studies. Ph.D. students are expected to present their research at a relevant national or international scientific or technical conference meeting. View more details on University of Alabama at Birmingham . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Biomedical Medical Engineering courses.