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PhD Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

The PhD in Biomedical Engineering is a joint degree conferred by Georgia Tech and Emory University through the Coulter Department. Students pass a qualifying exam, serve as teaching assistants for two semesters and complete a thesis with a nine-hour minor outside the research area.

Faculty: College of Engineering  |  Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech and Emory)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Coursework comprises a BME integrative core (modeling/experimentation courses BMED 7011-7013), 21 hours of bioscience, engineering and data science fundamentals, an advanced graduate seminar, bioethics and teaching courses, BMED 7001 seminar and teaching/research practica.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum prerequisites: a BS in engineering or life sciences, one year of calculus-based physics and calculus through differential equations. 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.

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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