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Aug 17, 2026
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2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Medical Product Engineering, MS-MPE
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The Master of Science in Bioengineering - Medical Product Engineering (MS-MPE) is a non-thesis professional degree program administered by the Department of Bioengineering. The program prepares students for careers in the healthcare industry through coursework in medical product design and development, entrepreneurship, regulatory processes, and commercialization. Although the program is primarily directed toward students with an undergraduate engineering background, individuals with a strong quantitative background in a STEM discipline are also eligible. The MS-MPE curriculum also satisfies the engineering degree requirements for the joint MBA/MS program offered through SSOE and the Katz Graduate School of Business.
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I. Five Required (Core) Courses: 15 credits
II. One Required Biomedical Ethics Course: 3 credits
Students will be expected to enroll in “Societal, Political, and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology” (BIOENG 2241 ), which is offered both semesters by the Department of Bioengineering. In the event of class conflict, students can enroll in a course offered by another department (e.g., Bioethics) with the approval of the Director of Professional MS Programs.
III. One Required Math/Stats Course: 3 credits (choose one course from the approved lists of graduate level math and statistics courses):
Approved Math Courses
Approved Statistics Courses
Another option that may be well-suited for MS-MPE students is:
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is designed to teach you programming in the context of real-world tasks that you will likely encounter in future academic or industrial work.
IV. Elective Courses relevant to Medical Product Engineering curriculum (per approval by program director): 9 credits of Advanced Engineering/Science courses (12 credits if tested out of BIOENG 2152)
Students can take any program relevant 2000+ level courses as electives. Since program students can explore and examine all facets of the medical product engineering process from ideation to prototyping to clinical evaluation, the following list of elective courses, which have been offered one or more times since Fall 2011, are highly appropriate for graduate study in Medical Product Engineering.
V. One Rotation of Co-op/Internship: 0-3 credits
A minimum of one rotation of individually arranged co-op/internship is required. The co-op/internship requirement may be paid or unpaid and is waived for students who are working full-time. As such, when students enter the MS-MPE program, the internship requirement is co-determined with the Program Director.
MS-MPE students can opt to earn 0-3 course credits toward degree requirements, which are a part of the 12 required elective credits. Thus, if a student earns less than 3 credits for the co-op/internship, electives much be taken to hit the required total 30 credits.
VI. BIOENG 2024 - Bioengineering Seminar for Professional MS: 0 credits
BIOENG 2024 is a required, zero-credit seminar focused on career development for students in the Professional MS program. It is required for 1 Fall and 1 Spring semester.
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