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Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Medicine and Technology

With the nation’s demand for health-related services, products, and professionals expected to skyrocket over the next decade, Virginia Tech biomedical engineering students will be uniquely trained to bridge the gap between traditional medicine and the technology needed to address emerging and complex health care problems. 

Our program emphasizes technology transfer, engineering fundamentals, and hands-on learning opportunities. Students will have access to undergraduate research alongside program faculty, internships and clinical rotations, and innovative entrepreneurial training. 

Virginia Tech offers a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering as well as a minor in biomedical engineering.

A BEAM undergrad peers through a microscope while his partner prepares slides for observation

Student researchers from the Socha Lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics perform testing involving gliding snakes on the lawn at the German Club. Professor Jake Socha is an organismal biomechanist studying the relationship between form and function in animals, with a broad range of projects involving locomotion, breathing and feeding. Current work focuses on gliding flight in snakes.

A machine with a bright green laser
Students laugh during a lecture.

Undergraduate Admissions

All prospective undergraduate students should apply for admission to Virginia Tech through the university’s undergraduate application portal.

Once admitted, first-year and transfer engineering students must enroll in the general engineering program through the Department of Engineering Education. After specific course requirements are complete, students then become eligible to declare any of the 15 undergraduate degree-granting engineering majors offered at Virginia Tech, including biomedical engineering.

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