Master's Degree Programs
The goal of the Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering is to educate students in the application of fundamental engineering principles to solve challenging problems in biology and medicine. This program prepares individuals for leadership positions in the medical products, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industries. A secondary objective is to provide students who may be considering either a medical degree or a doctorate in biological engineering or medical engineering with the opportunity to learn more about these fields. The five-year program leads to a bachelor's degree and a Master of Engineering in biomedical engineering from MIT.
The Biomedical Enterprise Program leads to an SM degree in Health Sciences and Technology from HST and, in some cases, the MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management. The program rigorously prepares tomorrow's entrepreneurs and managers to transform scientific discovery into patient-oriented, commercially successful products and services. The curriculum focuses on the complex process of product development and commercialization in the health-care industry, while providing students with a solid grounding in physiology, pathophysiology and issues involving patient care.
Training Programs with an Elective Master's Degree Option
The Biomedical Informatics Master's Program offers a master's degree in biomedical informatics from MIT for individuals who already hold an advanced degree in medicine or a medically related field. The goal of the program is to prepare graduates to become leaders in the development and application of information technology in health and biomedical science.
The two-year Clinical Investigator Training Program is a cooperative effort involving HST, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Pfizer Inc. The goal of the fellowship is the training of physicians from a variety of clinical disciplines in the techniques and processes utilized in patient-oriented research. The program prepares graduates to follow a career path as clinical scientists who are skilled bedside clinicians recognizing problems at the bedside and possessing the technical skill and knowledge to solve these problems at the bench. CITP fellows have the option to pursue the degree of Master of Medical Sciences from Harvard Medical School in conjunction with the Clinical Investigator Training Program.
