美国人口老龄化以及国家对健康问题的关注正在生物医学工程领域创造许多新的机会。随着对更具成本效益和效率的医疗设备，设备和程序的需求不断增加，对生物医学工程师的需求也在不断增长。美国劳工统计局预测，在未来十年中，生物医学工程领域将增长27％，这是所有职业中增长最快的速度之一。生物医学工程师的年薪中位数为87,000。生物医学工程学是一个多学科领域，它将工程学工具和问题解决方法结合在一起，以促进生物学，生物化学，生理学和心理学方面的生命科学发现，从而创造出预防，诊断和治疗临床疾病的新程序和技术。生物医学工程师在
The Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering merges the strengths of UT Health's clinical and bioscience researchers with the excellence in engineering, artificial intelligence, life sciences and biomaterials at UTSA to pioneer solutions to cutting edge problems in medicine and health. The Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering offers a Graduate Certificate in Medical Device Commercialization, a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education, a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Technology and Commercialization, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Education, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical Engineering, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical Engineering.