The biomedical engineering undergraduate program in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been ranked No. 16 in the U.S. News & World Report’s latest undergraduate rankings released on Sept. 13.
The Texas BME undergraduate program is highly diverse; in fact 67 percent of this year’s incoming class are women. In the past year, half of our students participated in internships, 74 percent conducted research, and 31 percent studied abroad. Students participate in numerous student organizations where they give back to the community and practice engineering skills, such as Texas Engineering World Health, Biomedical Outreach and Leadership Team (BOLT), Women in Biomedical Engineering, among many others. Students also have opportunities to interact in hospitals and with patients through Texas BME’s new Imaging Clinical Immersion course.
In other notable rankings, the Cockrell School of Engineering ranked No. 10 nationally. UT Austin rose four spots to No. 38 among national universities — the highest the university has ranked since 1985. Among public universities, UT now ranks No. 10 nationally, up three spots from last year, and remains the top public university in Texas.
