Program Overview

Physician-Engineer Training Program

The Physician-Engineer Training Program is a joint venture between the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. This program is designed for individuals interested in becoming physician-engineers to innovate and translate next-generation medical devices and therapies.

Program Overview

The program offers an MD-PhD BME, which represents the only engineering doctoral degree of the nine degrees offered through the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). This unique program leverages the combined strength and excellence of two nationally top-ranked schools with state-of-the-art facilities and resources, multidisciplinary centers, and institutes focused on global health and impact.

Curriculum

The MD-PhD BME curriculum is built on engineering excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, translation, and professional development. The program features a unique curriculum that is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in both medicine and engineering.

Research Areas

The program focuses on four signature research areas, including:

• Engineered Biomaterials and Biomechanics
• Imaging
• Instrumentation
• Computational Biomedicine
• Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology

Faculty and Mentoring

The Weldon School fosters a highly collaborative environment, featuring significant cross-talk between engineering and clinical faculty. A diverse body of engineering and clinical faculty with broad expertise provides individualized training and mentoring to students.

Location

Purdue University is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, which offers a safe, inexpensive Midwestern city with many of the best elements of a metropolitan area, including a vibrant arts scene, large international community, festivals, trails, breweries, and much more. Purdue is also within easy access to multiple cities, with Indianapolis being about a 45-minute drive from campus.

Community

The program features a cohesive, supportive community, with students, faculty, and staff enjoying a high success rate of student internal and external fellowships. The individual mentoring and collegial community foster a high success rate of student internal and external fellowships.