Biomedical Engineering

Program Overview

Engineering science and technology applied to biology, medicine and biotechnology, from physiological measuring and diagnostic systems to quantitative understanding of how the human body works and fails. How competitive: for fall 2025, Boston University admitted 16% of its 15,794 international first-year applicants (13% of all 76,776). It sets no IB minimum: IB students must send predicted results, and BU is test-optional for applicants through fall 2028. You apply to the BU school or college that teaches this major. This major is in the College of Engineering, which requires a year of calculus: for IB students, Maths AA at HL or SL, or Maths AI at HL.