For more information on the admission process, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications may be submitted via the Common Application.

Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20052

Contact for questions:
gwadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-6040

 The following requirements must be fulfilled:

First semester
BISC 1111Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules
BME 1010Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
CHEM 1111General Chemistry I 1,2
or CHEM 1113 General Chemistry for Engineers
MATH 1231Single-Variable Calculus I 1
SEAS 1001Engineering Orientation
UW 1020University Writing 1
Second semester
BISC 1112Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms
BME 1020Introduction to Biomedical Engineering 1
CHEM 1112General Chemistry II 1,2
or an elective, which can be any course offered by GW.
MATH 1232Single-Variable Calculus II 1
PHYS 1025University Physics I with Biological Applications 1
Third semester
APSC 2113Engineering Analysis I
BME 2810Biomedical Engineering Seminar I
ECE 2110Circuit Theory
MATH 2233Multivariable Calculus 1
PHYS 1026University Physics II with Biological Applications 1
Fourth semester
BME 2815Biomedical Engineering Seminar II
ECE 2210Circuits, Signals, and Systems
Programming elective I 3
Restricted engineering elective 4
Restricted engineering elective 4
Humanities, social science, or non-technical elective 5
Fifth semester
BME 3820Engineering Analysis of Neural, Muscular, and Cardiovascular Physiology
BME 3825Medical Measurement Laboratory
BME 4820Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers
ECE 3220Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Programming elective II 3
Technical elective 6
BME 3910Capstone Design Preparation
Sixth semester
APSC 3115Engineering Analysis III
BME 3915WBiomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab I
Two Humanities, social science, or non-technical electives 5
Two technical electives 6
Seventh semester
BME 4920WBiomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab II
PHYS 3127Biophysics: Macroscopic Physics in the Life Sciences
Humanities, social science, or non-technical elective 5
Technical elective 6
BME elective 7
Eighth semester
BME 4925WBiomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab III
PHIL 2135Ethics in Business and the Professions
Humanities, social science, or non-technical elective 5
Technical elective 6
Science elective 8

1Course satisfies the University General Education Requirement in math, science, and writing.

2Students take either CHEM 1111 in the first semester and CHEM 1112 in the second semester; or CHEM 1113 in the first semester and an elective in the second semester

3One pair of programming electives selected from the following:

CSCI 1111Introduction to Software Development
or CSCI 1112 Algorithms and Data Structures
ECE 1120C Programming for Electrical and Computer Engineering
or ECE 1125 Data Structures and Algorithms for ECE
MAE 1117Introduction to Engineering Computations
or MAE 2117 Engineering Computations

4Two restricted engineering electives. Potential selections include:

APSC 2057Analytical Mechanics I
APSC 2058Analytical Mechanics II
CE 2220Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids
ECE 2115Engineering Electronics
ECE 2140Design of Logic Systems
ECE 3310Introduction to Electromagnetics
MAE 2131Thermodynamics

5At least two social and behavioral sciences courses must be selected from the University General Education Requirement list; the remaining course must be selected from either the University General Education Requirement list or the SEAS Humanities, Social Science, and Non-Technical Elective Requirement list. At least one humanities course must be selected from the University General Education Requirement list; the remaining two courses must be selected from either the University General Education Requirement list or the SEAS General Education Requirement list.

6All technical electives must be approved by the academic advisor and must include at least three courses approved by the advisor as having engineering content.

7BME course taken at the 3000 or 4000 level.

8One science elective selected from the following:

CHEM 3165Biochemistry I
PHYS 3128Biophysics: Microscopic Physics in the Life Sciences