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The Virginia Tech 鈥� Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (SBES) is a unique multidisciplinary program which couples the biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, and real-world applications to enhance the quality of life. Our world-class faculty and students innovate and discover across a continuum of systems, from natural to engineered to medical.

SBES is a fully joint graduate program formed in 2003 that brings together three prestigious academic units: the Virginia Tech College of Engineering, the Wake Forest School of Medicine, and the VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine. Each of these separate entities contributes unique strengths to the combined enterprise so that students are offered a wide spectrum of first-class educational and research opportunities in a beautiful part of the country.

The SBES program is available to students at two campus locations. Blacksburg, Virginia is home to the VT College of Engineering and the VA-MD Veterinary College, both of which provide faculty to the program. Winston-Salem, NC is the home of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center consisting of Wake Forest University Health Sciences and North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Contributors to SBES include the clinical departments and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

SBES encourages innovative thinking and novel approaches to problem-solving and seeks to tailor students' academic programs to their individual goals and research ambitions. Please refer to the SBES handbook for further details regarding concentrations. One campus is chosen as the 鈥渉ome campus鈥� but students have the opportunity to experience both environments and the faculty of each through courses taught by video broadcast and by inter-campus visits. Many research projects are collaborative efforts between faculty and students across the two locations. All PhD students experience a required Clinical Rotation course much of which is given at the Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Combination Degrees: MD/PHD and DVM/PHD

In addition to the regular M.S. and Ph.D. degrees SBES also offers two combination or collaborative degree programs; the M.D./Ph.D. and the D.V.M./Ph.D. through which a student completes both a medical degree and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. The M.D./Ph.D. degree is available only in Winston-Salem and is offered through the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and SBES. The D.V.M./Ph.D. is available only in Blacksburg and is offered through the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and SBES. The veterinary school is on the Virginia Tech campus. Application to these programs differs from the standard process involving the VT graduate school online system which is used for regular M.S. and Ph.D. applications.

The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 90 total credit hours beyond the baccalaureate. Additionally, a dissertation must be written and defended before a 5-person committee. The Ph.D. plan of study is due by the end of the third semester of study registered as a Ph.D. student. All coursework must be 5000-level and above (VT campus) and 600-level and above (WFU campus).

• Automotive Safety
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
Biomedical Imaging
Cardiovascular Engineering
Nanomedicine & Nanobioengineering
Neuroengineering
Tissue Engineering
Translational Cancer Research