Biomedical Engineering

The Graduate School of Biomedical Science & Engineering (GSBSE) offers a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering. The GSBSE contributes to learning and discovery on the “emerging frontier” of the biological, physical, clinical, and behavioral sciences, preparing new faculty, training scientists and engineers, and furthering Maine’s biotechnology and biomedical infrastructure.

The Graduate School of Biomedical Science & Engineering is a multi-institutional collaboration between:

• The University of Maine
• The Jackson Laboratory
• Maine Medical Center Research Institute
• Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
• University of Southern Maine
• University of New England

Students admitted to the GSBSE can choose a dissertation mentor from over 150 faculty located at any one of these world-class research and educational institutions.  Student access to courses, as well as faculty, is achieved through a high-end videoconferencing system.