From a Program to a Department

The University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering is a joint venture among the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It was established as a joint department spanning the three institutions on Sept. 1, 2006. This multi-institutional effort combines the strength of one of the nation's largest research universities with one of the top most cancer research centers and a premier medical school. This new department fosters an environment, unique to the Biomedical Engineering community, and excels in both fundamental research and its translation to clinical applications.

At UT Austin, Biomedical Engineering has been a graduate program within the College of Engineering since 1969. In Fall 2001, BME became a full academic department and now offers degrees at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The BME Department faculty at Austin is comprised of 20 primary members with broad and diverse interests in many areas of Biomedical Engineering. Together with M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and UTHSC-Houston the primary faculty strength of the Department will approach 30. A 148,000 sq. ft. BME building is under construction at UT Austin and is scheduled to be completed by early 2008.

Undergraduate degrees are offered at UT Austin. Graduate students may reside either in Austin or Houston, and can pursue their studies at whichever institution best meets their educational and research goals.

For more information contact

Joni Burks (Executive Assistant): burks@mail.utexas.edu
Heidi Fagerlund (Graduate Coordinator): fagerlundhm@mail.utexas.edu
Cindy Zimmerman (Undergraduate Coordinator): cindy.zimmerman@mail.utexas.edu