Overview & Welcome

Welcome to the undergraduate educational programs of the UCSD Department of Bioengineering. Since 1967, UCSD has offered an undergraduate major in Bioengineering. In the past forty years, UCSD Bioengineering has established a reputation of innovation and excellence in education.

Bioengineering is an interdisciplinary field in which the principles and tools of mechanical, materials, electrical, and chemical engineering are applied to biomedical and biological problems. Bioengineering plays an important role in medicine in projects that range from basic research in physiology to advances in biotechnology and the improvement of health care delivery. By its very nature, bioengineering is broad and requires a foundation in engineering and mathematics as well as in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences.

The UCSD Department of Bioengineering has an educational Mission and targeted Outcomes for its undergraduate major programs. Four undergraduate majors are offered: (1) Bioengineering, (2) Bioengineering: Biotechnology, (3) Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, and (4) Bioengineering: Premedical. At the left, please select a topic for more details.