Fifth-Year Combined BS/MS Professional Master's Biomedical Engineering (coursework only)

Criteria for Admission

Guidelines:

  • Open only to Purdue BME undergraduate students;
  • No particular grade point average automatically entitles a student to admission;
  • Up to 12 credits of graduate-level coursework can be dual counted for both your BS and MS degree as long as both degree requirements are being met and grades are B- or better.

Admission recommendations:

  • 3.0 grade point average or higher in undergraduate studies

Important Dates

Current Weldon undergraduates will submit a pre-application to the BME Graduate Programs office by May 1 of their junior year to determine if admissions qualifications are met.

Students will be notified by the BME Graduate Office in June if they have been accepted into the program. If so, the student will be instructed to submit the Purdue University Graduate School application on or before August 1 of their senior year.

Pre-Application Requirements

Pre-application Deadline: May 1, junior year

Submit the following materials to the BME Graduate Office at eprowen@purdue.edu:

  • One letter of recommendation (best from internship/co-op supervisor, faculty member or any other individual that can attest to your success in this program. Please direct the person writing your letter of recommendation to send the letter directly to eprowen@purdue.edu.)
  • CV or resume;
  • Statement of Purpose;
  • Official Purdue University transcript (online request from Registrar to eprowen@purdue.edu);
  • Plan of Study (POS) outlining the fourth and fifth years which must be approved prior to submission with application. This plan will need to be approved by Tammy Siemers at tsiemers@purdue.edu. Use this form: Fifth Year Professional Master's Plan of Study Worksheet

Students will be notified by the BME Graduate Office in early June you are accepted into the program. If so, the student will be instructed to submit the Purdue University Graduate School application on or before August 1 of their senior year. BS/MS students will have dual status as undergraduate and graduate students and therefore will be eligible for undergraduate financial aid until they have completed all of the BS degree requirements. Student's are also eligible for financial aid for the MS portion of their degree, if needed.  This is a self-funded Master's program and is not an intended path to a PhD.

Purdue Graduate School Application

  • Online application
    • Major:  Biomedical Engineering
    • Research Area:
      • Biomedical Device Development or
      • Biomedical Device Development with Industry Immersion
    • Semester: immediate upcoming fall semester for 'Term/Year.'
  • CV or resume - upload to online application.
  • Statement of purpose - upload to online application.
  • Application fee paid online via credit card, unless you qualify for a waiver, i.e., through participation in SURF. Mark application accordingly.
  • *Letters of recommendation - see below.
  • The BME Graduate Office will upload to online application your Purdue University transcript that was submitted with the pre-application.

*Letters of recommendation are not required, but the online application system will require applicants to enter the names of three recommenders with email addresses. Since we don't actually want anyone to be notified by email to submit a letter, students should list the following as "ghost" recommenders: Sandy May (smmay@purdue.edu), Tammy Siemers (tsiemers@purdue.edu), Purdue Grad School (gradinfo@purdue.edu). Each person will know to disregard the request.