Biomedical Engineering Affiliate Initiative

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If you’re a Russ College undergraduate student, you may apply to join our Biomedical Engineering (BME) Affiliate Initiative which provides opportunities for undergraduate students to gain knowledge in BME. As part of this initiative, qualified students can pursue our biomedical engineering 4+1 option, where you’ll complete an engineering bachelor’s degree and the biomedical engineering master’s degree in a total of five years. Get the same world-class educational and research experience in less time, so you can begin creating for good and improving health care sooner.

Affiliates are provided:

  • A mentor who does research in biomedical engineering.
  • The opportunity to participate in two BME activities per year.
  • Connection to the broader Ohio University biomedical engineering community.
  • The possibility of doing research in biomedical engineering.
  • Guidance on how to pursue the 4+1 option where you can complete an engineering bachelor’s degree and the biomedical engineering master’s degree in a total of five years. Get the same world-class educational and research experience in less time, so you can begin creating for good and improving health care sooner.
  • The opportunity as an undergraduate to take graduate-level courses for graduate credit, contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements (e.g., minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2).*

Apply to become a BME Affiliate as soon as you’re eligible, which is when you attain sophomore status. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required. 

Return your completed affiliate application via e-mail to the address listed on the form. For more information, contact biomed@ohio.edu.

*Please note that you must be in an Accelerated Graduate Pathway (AGP) to apply credits to both the undergraduate and graduate programs. AGPs allow approved undergraduates to apply up to 9 of these hours to both their B.S. and M.S. degrees. The AGPs are ran through the department in which you are receiving your B.S. degree. Please contact your department for details about admission into the AGP and which courses can be taken. You can take up to 16 credit hours total of graduate work as an undergraduate through the BME Affiliate Initiative or an AGP. However, you must be in the AGP to count credits (up to 9) towards both degrees.