About us

Improving health, fighting disease, and aiding persons with disabilities.

The School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering provides transdisciplinary education, research, and practical experiences throughout a full range of degree programs. Our mission is to infuse chemical, biological, and biomedical issues and problems with engineering skills and solutions. Collaboration is a central component of our educational and research efforts at CSU and with our partners around the world.

Mechanical engineering graduate students Amelia Stoner (middle) and Jacqueline Linn (left) deploy the medical foam into a model wound. (CSU photo)

Bringing together robust

Research and education

The School brings together two CSU research areas of excellence for even greater impact on Colorado

In 2025, the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering invested significantly in two historic academic programs of excellence — chemical and biological engineering and biomedical engineering — by merging them into the School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. 

The new school combined faculty members from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering with biomedical engineering faculty from across the college. 

These professors are now based in the new department and support all three biomedical engineering dual majors: mechanical, electrical and computer engineering, and chemical and biological engineering. 

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Colorado’s first School of Biomedical Engineering

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Faculty, research, and staff members

Objectives and program details

Our programs will empower graduates with the educational foundation to:

  • Be highly successful, as defined by accomplishments, advanced certifications, and job satisfaction, in chemical, biological, and biomedical engineering practice, post-graduate education, or other careers making use of engineering knowledge.
  • Be identified for both their mastery of fundamental chemical, biological, and biomedical engineering principles and their creative application of those principles to the solution of problems across a diverse range of career disciplines.
  • Be recognized as critical, creative and independent thinkers who use their technical expertise and leadership to address the needs of society and advance their fields of expertise.
  • Be recognized for their effectiveness in teamwork, communication, and service to society through their professional contributions.
  • Hold paramount health and safety of the public and the environment.
  • Demonstrate the highest standards of professional, ethical, and civic responsibility in all endeavors.
  • Demonstrate continued professional growth through a commitment to lifelong learning.
An inside look at the inner workings of the da Vinci robot created by Intuitive Surgical. This is a practice model used at UC Health MCR. Photo Credit: Marianne LaCount

Accreditation

This program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for chemical, biological, and biomedical engineering.

All academic and professional degrees and all course credits earned at Colorado State University are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission through regional institutional accreditation. Learn more about the University accreditation on the CSU Accreditation page. In addition, many of CSU’s academic programs are accredited through professional organizations in their disciplines.

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Our commitment to access and success

We are dedicated to fostering a supportive and welcoming environment where all students, staff, and faculty can thrive. Our commitment to access and success—a core tenet of our land-grant mission—is realized through our initiatives.

We provide resources and support to cultivate positive academic and professional settings, empowering every member of our community to achieve their full potential.

Our Mission

Our mission is to educate future leaders in chemical, biological, and biomedical engineering who effectively combine their broad knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology with their engineering analysis and design skills for the creative solution of problems in technology, to infuse biomedical issues and problems with engineering skills and solutions, and for the synthesis of innovative processes and products.

Collaboration is a central component of our educational and research efforts at CSU and with our partners around the world.