VCU's graduate programs in biomedical engineering allow students to participate in cutting-edge research in one of the nation's most advanced engineering facilities. The department has ongoing collaborations with industry, federal labs, science departments throughout VCU's Monroe Park Campus and MCV Campus, the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park and biomedical and clinical programs throughout the VCU Medical Center. This is designed as a two-year program leading to the M.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Each Master of Science student must successfully complete a thesis describing his or her individualized research project. Upon successful completion of the examination and thesis, the student may apply for graduation from VCU with the Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering.