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 taken as an undergrad can be counted for your MS degree (including excess credit) as long as your degree requirements are being met and grades are B- or better;  courses should be taken in your senior year

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);
  • Approved* Plan of Study (POS) outlining the fourth and fifth years; *This plan of study must already be approved by Tammy Siemers (send to her at tsiemers@purdue.edu for approval) in order to be considered complete. 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

The following instructions are only for students who have been officially accepted into BME's combined BS/MS program after completion of the pre-application phase.

  • Online application
    • Campus: Purdue West Lafayette (PWL)
    • Location: Select your expected master's study campus location (where you will continue study after receiving your Bachelor's degree), either West Lafayette or Indianapolis
    • Major:  Biomedical Engineering
    • Degree Objective: MS in Biomedical Engineering (MSBME)
    • Research Area:
      • Biomedical Device Development or
      • Biomedical Device Development with Industry Immersion or
      • Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health or
      • Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health 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.
  • Official Purdue University Transcript - upload to online application, OR email eprowen@purdue.edu if you need BME grad programs to upload the transcript you submitted with your 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.