The Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering is a jointly offered program between The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and UT Health San Antonio.
The program is designed to build on the scientific interactions and cooperation between the biomedical engineering and clinical scientists of the UT Health San Antonio and the engineering and basic science faculty at the UTSA. Because engineers, basic scientists, and clinicians will participate in the education and training of each student, the new graduates from this program will be uniquely trained in the fundamental sciences and engineering related to medicine.
The objective of the program is to train students in the use of basic biomedical engineering approaches for the investigation of fundamental bioengineering questions associated with the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Students interested in this program apply through UTSA.
Learn more about our program.
Please see the types of courses offered and our program handbook.
Students who hold an undergraduate or masters degree may apply to the program.
Highly qualified students have been attracted to the program from its inception. Applications have been received from all over the United States, India, China, South Korea, Venezuela, and Italy.
UTSA and UT Health San Antonio offer many resource facilities with biotechnology equipment and state-of-the art laboratories.
Learn more about our faculty.
Scholarships and assistantships may be available.
Learn more about career options.
Take a look at our current students.
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$21,000-$31,000
Graduation, student, faculty and institutional statistics for Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
Marcus Webster Discipline Coordinator
210-562-3708
websterm@uthscsa.edu
Jean Jiang Biomedical Engineering Discipline Director
jiangj@uthscsa.edu
“I was drawn to the joint program because of the opportunities at both campuses as well as the resources of both campuses. This program inherently embeds medicine into it.”Francisca Acosta, 3rd year student