Biomedical Engineering

Why Earn Your EngScD in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia?

Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for unmatched opportunities and impact.

As a student, you’ll benefit from:

• New York City
  Join top talent in one of the world’s most exciting and influential cities. Students choose Columbia Engineering over MIT, Berkeley, and others because of the New York City ecosystem of research and enterprise that can’t be found anywhere else. 
   
• Groundbreaking Faculty
  Work with researchers, teachers, and scholars who are pushing innovation forward. Over 45 strong, our faculty includes numerous award recipients, individuals with deep industry experience, and researchers working on cutting-edge projects like using machine learning to study the microenvironment of tumors or developing biomaterials that can reprogram the body’s immune system to fight cancer, infection, and autoimmune disease. 
   
• Broad Departmental Expertise
  You’ll find faculty engaged in exciting research in areas including genomics and computational modeling; neural engineering; biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomechanics; biosignals and biomedical imaging; and robotics and control of biological systems.
   
• Columbia University
  With a PhD from Columbia, you’ll join one of the world’s most international, accomplished networks of researchers and alumni. Your Ivy League credential will open doors wherever you go and the relationships you build here will accelerate your career. 

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Research Areas

• Neuroengineering
• Mechanobiology
• Biomechanics
• Medical Devices and Systems
• Medical Robotics
• Rehabilitation Engineering
• Brain-Machine Interfaces
• Regenerative Medicine
• Wearable Devices
• Mechanics
• Mechatronics
• Robotics and Control Systems
• Human-Centered Design
• Human-Centered Robotics
• Movement Control
• Rehabilitation Engineering
• Robotics and Automation

Research Areas

• Sensorimotor Control
• Proprioception