MS Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Programme overview

The MS in Biomedical Engineering requires 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree through a thesis or non-thesis option, with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Full-time students aiming to finish in 12 months should start in the fall semester.

Faculty: College of Engineering | Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech and Emory) | Duration: 12 months for full-time students starting in fall | Study mode: full-time | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

The thesis option has 21 coursework hours plus 9 thesis hours; the non-thesis option has 30 coursework hours with a focus area (biomechanics, biomedical imaging, cell/tissue/biomaterials engineering, or neuroengineering). Fundamentals cover bioscience, data science and engineering (at least 3 hours each).

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Application information

Entry requirements

International applicants (Georgia Tech graduate admissions): TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with Reading, Listening and Writing at least 4 and Speaking at least 3.5 under the scoring used from January 2026 (earlier scale: 90 overall, 19 per section), or IELTS Academic 7 overall with at least 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 5.5 in Writing; scores are valid for two years, Duolingo is not accepted, and applicants with a degree from a regionally accredited US institution or an English-medium or approved-country degree can be exempt; individual programmes may set higher scores.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications use one online graduate application (gradapp.gatech.edu) for all programmes and campuses; deadlines vary by programme and are published on each programme page.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.gatech.edu/

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