Department of Bioengineering
Students (both graduate and undergraduate) and faculty in the Bioengineering Department enjoy an association with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (UTSW), one of the top medical schools in the nation and only 22 miles (35 minutes) away. Students take engineering courses at UTA and life science courses at UTA or UTSW; they conduct research in laboratories located on either campus. Graduates of the program receive a diploma bearing the seals of both UTA and UTSW.
The combined faculty, staff and facilities of the two campuses provide tremendous resources and opportunities for biomedical engineering students. The department recently ranked #51 in the U.S. News and World Report graduate rankings.
More than 85% of students in the program receive financial assistance in the form of scholarships and graduate research and teaching assistantships. Internships with area businesses are also available on a limited basis.
Recently funded research includes grants for development of a nanoparticle drug delivery system, developing a way to . use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue, and finding similar approaches from cancer treatment to explore nanomedicine for radiation diseases.
