Master’s Degree Requirements

• Students must complete at least 30 credits of approved graduate level coursework to satisfy the course-based degree option requirements. Students are encouraged to select a focus area and complete coursework primarily within that discipline.
• With advisor approval, students may also pursue BME-relevant coursework in math, science, and/or other engineering disciplines to satisfy their own academic interests/needs. MSE students have the option to count up to six credits of research (three credits per semester with a confirmed lab) as well as up to two seminars (typically one credit each) towards their overall 30 credits.
• Any Johns Hopkins graduate (typically 600 or 700 level) math, science, engineering, or medicine/public health course qualifies. In some cases, advanced undergraduate level (i.e., 400 level) courses are allowed if a corresponding 600 level course is not taught. Please check with your advisor before enrolling.

Students are encouraged to select one of the following focus areas:

• Biomedical Data Science
• Computational Medicine
• Genomics and Systems Biology
• Imaging & Medical Devices
• Immunoengineering
• Neuroengineering
• Translational Cell & Tissue Engineering

Medical students, residents, and clinical fellows are eligible for the AI in Medicine focus area:

• AI in Medicine

Any Johns Hopkins graduate (typically 600 or 700 level) math, science, engineering, or medicine/public health course qualifies. In some cases, advanced undergraduate level (i.e., 400 level) courses are allowed if a corresponding 600 level course is not taught. Please check with your advisor before enrolling.

Ideally, the electives will align with a student’s focus area and career objectives

• Each student must complete the same requirements as noted under the course-based degree option. Upon completion of the course requirements during the first year, students will begin a second year of research only, which will lead to the submission of their thesis at the end of the second year.
• Students must declare their intentions to pursue the second year of research plus thesis submission in the spring semester of their coursework year by April 1st.