Biomedical engineering integrates biology, chemistry, medicine, and engineering science into a cross-disciplinary field focused on improving human health & solving problems in healthcare delivery. The field covers such diverse areas of bioinstrumentation and imaging, biomaterials, tissue engineering and regeneration, and biomechanics. 

This accelerated five-year coursework-based program allows up to 12 approved credit hours taken while a UMass undergraduate to count towards our 30-hour master's degree, and up to 6 of those hours can be double-counted to meet both BS and MS degree requirements.  

Contact academic advisor Natalia Kolk at nkolk [at] umass [dot] edu (nkolk[at]umass[dot]edu) for more information. 

Requirements: 

  • Successful completion of BS degree. Application to graduate school.
  • Interested students should meet with a faculty advisor to discuss this option by end of junior year
  • Through our fast-track program, students with a 3.5 GPA or above benefit from a simplified application process
  • Open to UMass Amherst or Smith College engineering students. Inquiries are welcome from students in other STEM disciplines, but additional time may be needed for prerequisite coursework