A bioengineering degree designed for your background
Master of Science in Bioengineering
Northeastern’s Master of Science in Bioengineering equips you with the interdisciplinary education and real-world skills to meet the growing demand for professional engineers to lead in physiological processes in health and disease and improve medical device and treatment methods.
The College of Engineering has carefully crafted our program to ensure that students from diverse backgrounds are fully equipped for success, providing a seamless transition into the world of bioengineering.
Which program is right for you?
- Master of Science in Bioengineering This program is designed for engineers looking to excel in a rapidly growing industry, from biomedical to biofuel cell research and innovation. The College of Engineering’s approach allows students to focus on one of four concentrations, mapping their education to career interests in healthcare, sustainability, and beyond.
- Master of Science in Bioengineering—Connect The Connect program, with a concentration in biomedical devices and bioimaging, is designed for life sciences, medicine, and other nonengineering backgrounds to transition their careers to bioengineering. Upon completion of the program, students earn an MS in Bioengineering.
Take the next step in your career
"Northeastern’s bioengineering program allowed me the freedom to choose classes to suit my career goals. Doing the co-op increased my interest in medical device design."
—Vineel Kondiboyina, Bioengineering, MS’18
Entry terms
- MS in Bioengineering: Fall and spring
- MS in Bioengineering—Connect: Fall
Course delivery
- On campus in Boston
Application deadlines
Domestic students:
- Fall: August 1
- Spring: December 1
International students (within the U.S.)
- Fall: July 1
- Spring: December 1
EXPERIENCE-POWERED LEARNING
You will have the opportunity to participate in federally funded research on campus, as well as gain up to eight months of real-world industry and research experience as part of the academic curriculum through Northeastern’s top-ranked cooperative education (co-op) program. Boston is a leading hub of high-tech, biotech, and medical institutions with world-renowned hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.