Quick Look At The Department

The JHU Department of Biomedical Engineering is housed in Clark Hall—a state-of-the-art facility for the education and advancement of BME students.

Biomedical engineering is a department in The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a program in the Whiting School of Engineering.

Biomedical engineering became a department in the School of Medicine in 1970. Since then, the Department has grown to more than 50 faculty members (23 primary appointments), 500 undergraduate students, and 130 graduate students, including MSE, PhD, and MD/PhD candidates.

In 1999, we received a Biomedical Engineering Leadership Award given by the Whitaker Foundation.

Our world-class educational and research programs span the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences. The Master's and Undergraduate programs, combined, are the largest in the School of Engineering. The PhD program is administered by a committee of faculty from all three schools, and our MD/PhD students are part of the School of Medicine's MD/PhD program.

Research within the department can be divided into seven Research Areas: Tissue Engineering, Cardiovascular Systems, Imaging, Systems Neuroscience, Molecular and Cell Systems, Neuroengineering and Computational Modeling. Ongoing research collaborations with faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences provide an exciting environment of cross-fertilization. The Department also has close ties with the Center for Hearing and Balance, Mind Brain Institute, Applied Physics Laboratory and the Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling.

Our 47 faculty members are complemented by about 38 faculty from other departments and divisions of the University who hold joint and secondary appointments in biomedical engineering. These faculty participate in our teaching and research programs and provide research opportunities for our students at all levels.