{"id":120518,"date":"2022-08-08T21:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=120518"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:14:28","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/biomedical-engineering\/department-resources\/about-bme\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>The mission of the Biomedical Engineering Department<\/strong> is to pursue excellence in biomedical engineering education, research, and innovation, generating and imparting knowledge to better <span>health care and the societal condition<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u00a0 \u00a0 To achieve our educational mission, we cultivate our students\u2019 problem-solving and communication skills, nurture their creativity, promote their ability to think critically and independently, and help them to understand and ethically apply scientific and engineering approaches.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Educational Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>We train a diverse population of undergraduate students to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span>become successful practitioners of biomedical engineering or other professions (e.g., medicine, law, management), drawing upon and guided by their knowledge of biomedical engineering and ethical considerations;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continue improving and expanding their technical and professional skills through formal or informal means (e.g., continuing education and training, attending conferences, learning new tools and methods); and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contribute to community and professional groups using the unique competencies provided by their biomedical engineering educational experiences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Mission of the College<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To educate new generations of engineers to impact in all facets of society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To advance the frontiers of knowledge via engineering science and research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To produce innovations from research and translate them into use for the betterment of society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To participate as global leaders in all dimensions of science, education, technology, and society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/Zaman-Lab-15-9399-BME-015-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121164 size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/08\/Suki-Lab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121165 size-full\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Biomedical Engineering Department is to pursue excellence in biomedical engineering education, research, and innovation, generating and imparting knowledge to better health care and the societal condition. \u00a0 \u00a0 To achieve our educational mission, we cultivate our students\u2019 problem-solving and communication skills, nurture their creativity, promote their ability to think critically and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11977,"featured_media":0,"parent":119299,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120518"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174001,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120518\/revisions\/174001"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}