生物医学工程（BME）将工程原理和方法论与物理，化学和数学科学相结合，以解决生物学，医学，行为和健康方面的问题。生物医学工程师受雇于制药行业，政府机构，生物医学产品公司，大学，医学中心实验室和新兴的高科技行业。由于他们的跨学科背景，生物医学工程师具有各种各样的研究兴趣，通常充当技术和临床社区之间的联络人。生物医学工程专业提供理学硕士学位和哲学博士学位，并拥有80多名教师导师供您选择，这些大学包括：牙科，工程，医学和兽医学。
The purpose of biomedical engineering as a research discipline is to discover new physical and mathematical concepts that are applicable to the problems of biology and medicine, including the organization of health care. Biomedical engineering is concerned with the integrative and mathematical approach to biology and also with more pragmatic problems such as the biomedical use of information systems and the development of advanced biomedical instrumentation.<br>The Graduate School of Vanderbilt University, in collaboration with the Schools of Engineering and Medicine, offers Master of Engineering, Master of Science; and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in Biomedical Engineering. The goal of the Vanderbilt program is to provide advanced education and research training in quantitative organ and cellular biology, in biomedical information and instrumentation systems, imaging and in the scientific principles underlying the origination of therapeutic devices and processes. It is specifically concerned with the interface between the engineering, physical, computing and mathematical sciences, and biology.