MDH Digital Health at Rice University

Programme overview

The MDH is a non-thesis master's degree offered through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduates apply embedded systems, signal processing, modelling and data visualisation to healthcare challenges, apply statistical, machine learning and AI methods to healthcare data and work in interdisciplinary teams.

Faculty: George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing | Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering | Duration: 30 credit hours (minimum 10 courses) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Houston, TX, United States

What you will study

Six core courses from Digital Health Foundations (e.g. ELEC 509 Artificial Intelligence for Health, ELEC 540 Fundamentals of Biosensors in Medicine) and Technical Foundations (e.g. ELEC 558 Digital Signal Processing, ELEC 578 Introduction to Machine Learning), an engineering communications course, an elective and the ELEC 594 capstone over two semesters.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Degree completion needs a 2.67 overall and 3.00 programme GPA. Rice science and engineering undergraduates may use a fifth-year option. Rice engineering master's programmes (applies to the programme group): applicants generally need at least a 3.0 (B) undergraduate GPA; the GRE is generally not required, though individual programmes may recommend or require it; three letters of recommendation; official transcripts from every university attended. International applicants without a degree from an English-language institution need TOEFL iBT 90, IELTS 7 or Duolingo English Test 115. Deadlines vary by programme.

Requirements published at program group level.

Fall 2027 entry; most doctoral programmes close December 1, 2026; professional master's programmes such as MCS, MDS, MME and MChE use rolling or later deadlines (May 1 international, July 1 domestic).

Master's application fee is $85. Mechanical Engineering MME and Chemical Engineering MChE close May 1 (international) and July 1 (domestic) for Fall; Computer Science MCS/MDS close between February 10, 2027 (scholarship consideration) and July 1, 2027.

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