生物医学工程学是工程学中不断发展的学科，它利用工程师，医师和科学家之间的协作来提供对医学和生物学问题的跨学科洞察力。该领域已经建立了自己的知识库和原则，这些基础和原则是哥伦比亚大学生物医学工程系设计的学术课程的基础。哥伦比亚生物医学工程课程（BS，MS，PhD，EngScD和MD / PhD）培养学生将工程学和应用科学应用于生物学，医学以及对生命系统及其行为的理解的问题，并开发生物医学系统和设备。现代工程学包含用于测量，数据采集和分析，仿真以及系统识别的复杂方法。这些方法可用于研究单个细胞，器官，整个生物
The programs in biomedical engineering at Columbia (BS, MS, PhD, EngScD, and MD/PhD) prepare students to apply engineering and applied science to problems in biology, medicine, and the understanding of living systems and their behavior, and to develop biomedical systems and devices. Modern engineering encompasses sophisticated approaches to measurement, data acquisition and analysis, simulation, and systems identification. These approaches are useful in the study of individual cells, organs, entire organisms, and populations of organisms. The increasing value of mathematical models in the analysis of living systems is an important sign of the success of contemporary activity. Programs in biomedical engineering are taught by our own faculty, members of other Engineering departments, and faculty from other university divisions who have strong interests and involvement in biomedical engineering. Several of the faculty hold joint appointments in Biomedical Engineering and other University departments.