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95%
Of Ph.D. students are fully funded
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Texas Biomedical Engineering alumni around the world
81%
Of undergraduate students participate in research
UT Austin biomedical engineering associate professor Jeanne Stachowiak, Ph.D. received the 2023 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for her paradigm-shifting discovery in the field of membrane biophysics. Her research unveils how cells control the shape and content of their membranes.
Two UT Austin Biomedical Engineering graduate students received the prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship Award.
The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) elected professor of biomedical engineering Pengyu Ren, Ph.D., as a 2022 AAAS Fellow.
A collaboration between UT Austin professor of biomedical engineering Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández and Dr. Mehdi Razavi of the Texas Heart Institute is showing promise to prevent fatal arrhythmias—one of the leading causes of cardiac arrest.
The Cockrell School of Engineering has named Professor Tyrone Porter, an accomplished imaging scientist, as the next chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
Manuel Rausch, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at UT Austin, has received a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3.9 million. He will use the funding to lead a study of the heart’s tricuspid valve to better understand functional tricuspid valve regurgitation (FTR)—a condition that causes leakage of the valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart.
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News
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Among Top 20 in U.S. Yet Again
The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering graduate program ranked No. 19 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 graduate engineering program rankings, released on Tuesday.
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Pharmacoengineering Program Enables Advanced Drug Development and Delivery
Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin have a new opportunity to revolutionize how medicines are developed and delivered. The graduate portfolio program in pharmacoengineering is an interdisciplinary effort that bridges expertise in pharmaceutics, chemistry, engineering, biochemistry, biologics and drug metabolism.
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5 Questions With Jeongwook "Luke" Yun: An Austin Inno Under 25 Recipient
Jeongwook “Luke” Yun, a senior in The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Biomedical Engineering, is being recognized for his passion, dedication and transformative work involving the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and health care.
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Biomaterials
A wide range of fundamental Biomaterials approaches is actively explored for regenerative and...
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Biosensors and Instrumentation
The development of advanced biosensors and Instrumentation is a focal point for several of our...
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Cell and Tissue Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering is a hub of pioneering...
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Computational Biomedical Engineering
Computational Biomedical Engineering harnesses the world-class computational facilities at UT...
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Drug Discovery and Delivery
Integrating engineering principles with biomedicine, our faculty specialize in developing...
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Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions
The field of biomedical imaging employs physics, mathematics, computational science, and...
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Multiscale Biophysics and Biomechanics
While helping patients is the ultimate goal of biomedical engineering, faculty in our department...
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Neuroengineering
Neuroengineering is a growing area that develops methods to improve neurological health and...
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