Colorado State University’s School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) is proudly the first accredited undergraduate biomedical engineering program in the state of Colorado.

SBME is also the first accredited biomedical engineering degree in the country that has an obligatory tie to a partner degree in chemical and biological engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering. Biomedical engineering students receive degrees from both SBME and one of those disciplines. As an interdisciplinary program, biomedical engineering allows students and faculty alike to pursue research and education at the intersection of the life sciences, engineering and medicine.

The school was established at CSU at the graduate level in 2007 by Susan James, professor of mechanical engineering, who also planted the seed for an undergraduate program that welcomed its first students in 2010.

Under the leadership of undergraduate program director Kevin Lear, professor in electrical and computer engineering, SBME has grown to an enrollment of over 400 students as of fall 2016. Graduates of the undergraduate program have gone on to pursue degrees at various institutions including Stanford University School of Medicine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as careers at local and national companies, like Terumo BCT, Medtronic and Applied Medical.

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