Academics
Our co-location within UVA Engineering, the UVA School of Medicine and the UVA Health System uniquely positions us to make a difference. Our culture values and rewards collaboration, initiative and the translation of basic advances to achieve clinical and real world impact.
We have a highly collaborative student population of more than 90 graduate students and nearly 300 undergraduate students from across the country and around the world. Recognized with international awards, publications in highly respected journals, and as leaders of externally funded projects, BME students earn B.S., M.E., M.S., Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. while working side-by-side in our labs with students pursuing degrees in the biomedical sciences graduate program and medical scientist training program.
Our Programs
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Undergraduate Program
We offer a bachelor of science degree and a minor in biomedical engineering.
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Graduate Programs
We offer leading M.S., M.E., and Ph.D. programs, as well as an M.D./Ph.D. option.
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UVA Researchers Uncover Key to Preventing Fibrosis in Biomaterial Implants
Researchers in the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering have discovered a type of fibroblast cells that appear to drive a deadly disease progression.
Nanoparticle Therapy Offers New Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients
Dean Jennifer L. West and a team of researchers developed an innovative approach to treating prostate cancer, successfully eliminating cancerous cells in 73% of patients in the study.
UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives FDA Clearance for AI Muscle Health Analysis Tool
Silvia Salinas Blemker’s spin out company, Springbok Analytics, can now commercialize its precision health technology.
Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives $3.1M NIH Grant to Improve Heart Attack Outcomes
Jeff Saucerman will collaborate with researchers at the School of Medicine to study the role of lipoprotein receptors in heart failure.
