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BIOE Accelerated Master’s Program

BIOE Accelerated Master's Program (4+1)

The BIOE Accelerated Master’s Program (also known as the 4+1 Program) enables Biomedical Engineering students to earn both a B.S. and M.S. in just five years. Students can take up to four (4) graduate courses (12 graduate credit hours) during their undergraduate years, which count toward both their Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. This program offers the flexibility to pursue either a thesis or non-thesis Master’s option.

How It Works

While you're still an undergraduate student, you can take up to 4 graduate-level classes (12 credit hours).

Those classes count toward your Bachelor's degree and your Master's degree 

Upon admission into the BIOE Master’s Program, students will transfer the 12 credits from their undergraduate program into their graduate program. 

Benefits

-Earn a B.S. and M.S. in about 5 years

-Take graduate classes before finishing your bachelor's degree

 -Up to 12 credit hours count toward both degrees

 -Choose either: Thesis option (research-focused) or Non-thesis option (coursework-focused) 

Who Can Apply?

You must:

  • Be a Biomedical Engineering Junior (completed at least 24 hours of engineering courses) 
  • Have at least a: 
    • 3.0 overall GPA 
    • 3.0 engineering GPA 
  • Provide one recommendation letter from a faculty member or professional familiar with your academic performance. 

Application Due Date

Accelerated Master’s Program Application Deadline 

  • July 1 for taking courses in the Fall term.
  • January 1 for taking courses in the Spring term. 

Application Process

  1. Email the completed Accelerated Master’s Program application form to Gabriela Lazalde (bmeugrad [at] central.uh.edu (bmeugrad[at]central[dot]uh[dot]edu)).
  2. Have your reference email your recommendation letter directly to Gabriela Lazalde (bmeugrad [at] central.uh.edu (bmeugrad[at]central[dot]uh[dot]edu))
  3. If selected, our office will swap you into the graduate section. Please make sure to be enrolled in the undergraduate section of the course you selected.
  4. Apply to the UH Graduate School during the semester you're graduating with your bachelor's degree. 
    • Spring graduates apply by the February 15th (priority) or May 15th (regular).
    • Fall graduates apply by October 15th 

Important: Being accepted into the 4+1 program does not automatically mean you're admitted to graduate school.

What Classes Will You Take?

Below is the list of BIOE track electives, you'll enroll in the 3000/4000 level equivalent and we will swap you into the 6000-level BIOE courses.

BIOE 6303 — Biomaterials (equivalent to BIOE 4303)
BIOE 6305 — Brain-Machine Interfacing (equivalent to BIOE 4305)
BIOE 6306 — Advanced Artificial Neural Networks (equivalent to BIOE 4313)
BIOE 6307 — Cell Biology for BME (equivalent to BIOE 4347)
BIOE 6308 — Neural Eng. Methods & Apps (equivalent to BIOE 4308)
BIOE 6309 — Neural Interfaces (equivalent to BIOE 4309)
BIOE 6310 — Drug Delivery and Design (equivalent to BIOE 4310)
BIOE 6311 — Advances in Vision Research (equivalent to BIOE 4311)
BIOE 6319 — Mass Transport for Bio Systems (equivalent to BIOE 4319)
BIOE 6320 — Tissue Engineering (equivalent to BIOE 4348)
BIOE 6342 — Biomedical Signal Processing (equivalent to BIOE 4342)
BIOE 6343 — Global Healthcare (equivalent to BIOE 5319)
BIOE 6345 — Biomedical Informatics (equivalent to BIOE 5318)
BIOE 6346 — Advanced Medical Imaging (equivalent to BIOE 5317)
BIOE 6347 — Intro to Optical Sensing and Biophotonics (equivalent to BIOE 4307)
BIOE 6349 — Biomedical Microdevices (equivalent to BIOE 4349)
BIOE 6351 — Diseases in Biomarkers (equivalent to BIOE 3351)
BIOE 6397 — AI-Driven Biomedical Data Mining (equivalent to BIOE 4397)
BIOE 6397 — Clinical Translation & Care (equivalent to BIOE 4397)
BIOE 6397 — MRI & Spectroscopy + AI (equivalent to BIOE 4397)
BIOE 6397 — Responsible Conduct of Research (equivalent to BIOE 4397)

These courses count toward both degrees.