生物工程学是一门跨学科专业，其中将传统工程领域的原理和工具（例如机械，材料，电气和化学工程）应用于生物医学和生物学问题。从生理学基础研究到生物技术的进步以及医疗保健的改善，工程在医学中的作用越来越重要。就其本质而言，生物工程是广泛的，需要工程科学以及生理学和其他生物科学的基础。该部门还提供生物工程学士学位：生物技术。该专业为学生准备生物技术行业的职业和研究生院的进修奠定了基础。该课程具有扎实的工程基础，重点是生化过程应用。该计划涉及生物化学，代谢，动力学，生物转运，生物系统，生物反应器，生物分离，组织工程
Bioengineering is an interdisciplinary major in which the principles and tools of traditional engineering fields, such as mechanical, materials, electrical, and chemical engineering, are applied to biomedical and biological problems. Engineering plays an increasingly important role in medicine in projects that range from basic research in physiology to advances in biotechnology and the improvement of health-care delivery. By its very nature, bioengineering is broad and requires a foundation in the engineering sciences as well as in physiology and other biological sciences. The department also offers a BS in Bioengineering: Biotechnology. This major prepares students for careers in the biotechnology industry and for further education in graduate school. The curriculum has a strong engineering foundation with emphasis on biochemical process applications. This program addresses the bioengineering topics of biochemistry, metabolism, kinetics, biotransport, biosystems, bioreactors, bioseparations, tissue engineering, and the complementary fields of cellular physiology. Education in these areas allows application of bioengineering and physicochemical principles to cellular and molecular biology, with the applications that benefit human health.