The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program ranked at No. 15 in the recently released rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The Department of Biomedical Engineering is part of the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin which was also named one of the nation’s top engineering schools.
In the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Texas Engineering came in as the 10th best undergraduate engineering program in the nation. It ranked No. 6 among public universities and No. 1 in Texas.
Biomedical engineering undergraduate students choose from four research tracks as they complete their degree:
- Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
- Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering
- Computational Biomedical Engineering
- Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics
Additionally, students have eight research areas they can choose from. More than 80% of undergraduate students participate in research opportunities within the Cockrell School of Engineering, the Dell Medical School, and Natural Sciences that facilitate new prospects for innovating human health through engineering.
Undergraduate students also engage with numerous student organizations where they give back to the community and practice engineering skills, such as WIPSS, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) UT Austin Student Chapter, Biomedical Outreach and Leadership Team (BOLT), Women in Biomedical Engineering, among many others.
The undergraduate program strongly values global perspectives, offering numerous short-term summer study abroad classes taught by UT Austin faculty. Nearly one-third of undergraduate students study abroad at least once before they graduate.
There are more than 6,000 students currently enrolled in the Cockrell School’s 11 undergraduate degree programs, where they participate in hands-on, team-based projects solving real-world problems.
The U.S. News ranking is one of the most widely referenced measurements of undergraduate programs nationally and is based on 19 key measures, such as graduation rates and student outcomes, faculty resources, expert opinions, financial resources and student excellence.
WRITTEN BY JOSHUA KLEINSTREUER
