Biological
Engineering [BE] was founded in 1998 as a new MIT departmental academic
unit, with the mission of defining and establishing a new discipline
fusing molecular life sciences with engineering.
The goal of our
biological engineering discipline, Course 20, is to advance fundamental
understanding of how biological systems operate and to develop
effective biology-based technologies for applications across a wide
spectrum of societal needs including breakthroughs in diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of disease, in design of novel materials,
devices, and processes, and in enhancing environmental health. The
innovative educational programs created by BE reflect this emphasis on
integrating molecular and cellular biosciences with a quantitative,
systems-oriented engineering analysis and synthesis approach, offering
opportunities at the undergraduate level for the SB degree in
Biological Engineering, and at the graduate level for the Ph.D. in
Biological Engineering (with emphasis in either Applied Biosciences or
Bioengineering).
Department of Biological Engineering links
Visit the MIT Department of Biological Engineering home page at:
http://web.mit.edu/be/index.htm
Review the MIT Department of Biological Engineering curriculum at:
/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#20