The department's undergraduate degree program offers a modern and comprehensive curriculum that helps prepare biomedical engineering students to find meaningful employment in the biomedical science and medical device industry, including manufacturers, research organizations, government agencies and hospitals. Through the program, students also are prepared to enter and succeed in graduate school in biomedical engineering or other engineering and related disciplines as well as professional schools, including medical, dental and law.

Biomedical engineering graduates will be prepared to work in a wide variety of different areas: Industry - research and development, customer engineering, sales, and regulatory affairs related to medical devices Hospitals and clinics - clinical engineering, involving direct participation in patient care and medical research as well as responsibility for the medical equipment in the hospital environment Government - research and development and enforcement of medical device regulations