Engineering/Medical Integrated Curriculum

General Information

The Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering and the School of Medicine offer a joint, early-selection program for the training of biomedical engineers interested in becoming physicians. Qualified sophomores will be admitted into the joint program, Engineering/Medical Integrated Curriculum (ENGMEDIC), which will integrate some preclinical medical training with undergraduate engineering education. The program leads to a BS in Biomedical Engineering after four years, and the MD after an additional four years at the School of Medicine. The early selection aspects of the program permit a decompression of the first year of medical school and avoid the expensive and stressful process of application to medical school. ENGMEDIC is designed to effect a better educational transition from engineering and undergraduate studies to medical education; it is not designed to accelerate engineering or medical training.

Admission

Students must be registered at the College of Engineering while pursuing the BS in Biomedical Engineering, and at the School of Medicine while pursuing their post-baccalaureate medical education. This requires a total of eight years of combined study for those students without significant AP credits.

Application

Additional information may be obtained from Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering, 44 Cummington Street, Room 107, Boston, MA 02215. Further information is available by phone at 617-353-6447 or 800-578-1223, or in the College of Engineering Bulletin.

Alternative Curriculum

Students who have earned their bachelor’s degree and have been accepted to the School of Medicine may, at any time during the first 16 weeks of the first year, apply to the alternative curriculum. This option is designed for students who wish to have the time to pursue other interests along with their medical studies or to reinforce selected aspects of their medical education. In the alternative curriculum the courses of the first year are divided between two years. A number of different schedule combinations are possible, all of which yield significant curricular decompression. Additional scheduling possibilities are available by substituting MMEDIC courses for their medical curriculum counterparts. Tuition is prorated. A maximum of 10 students can be accepted into this program. If more than 10 students apply, the School will select those students who appear best able to benefit from the program.