生物医学工程学作为研究学科的目的是发现适用于生物学和医学问题（包括医疗保健组织）的新物理和数学概念。生物医学工程涉及生物学的综合和数学方法，也涉及更实际的问题，例如信息系统的生物医学用途和先进生物医学仪器的开发。范德比尔特大学研究生院与工程与医学学院合作，提供生物医学工程专业的工程学硕士，理学硕士和哲学博士学位。范德比尔特计划的目的是在定量器官和细胞生物学，生物医学信息和仪器系统，成像以及治疗设备和过程起源的科学原理方面提供高级教育和研究培训。它特别涉及工程，物理，计算和数学科学以及生物学之间的接口。
The interdisciplinary Biomedical Engineering program is administered through Agricultural and Biological Engineering for the College of Engineering. Programs of study and research leading to both the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biomedical Engineering are available. Biomedical Engineering is the engineering discipline that applies engineering principles to study and finds solutions for problems associated with the human body, medicine, and the health care field. At MSU, students can concentrate on research in areas such as injury biomechanics and bio-inspired design, computational modeling, vascular calcification, hemodynamics and sickle cell disease, bone fracture healing, and cartilage regeneration.