<p>Hello,
so I am a student who lives in saudi arabia, and I want to major in biomedical engineering just because there is almost no colleges in the middle east that offers biomedical engineering,because I Hate living in saudi arabia because there is no good social life here or any of the middle east,I have an interest in biomedical engineering but the job prospects isnt very good as it seems,so is it worth it even if i get masters in biomedical engineering?or should I look for another engineering major?can you recommend one that is similiar to it or a major that is not common outside usa and canada?because my parents refuse to send me to college abroad if i can study it here.
Thank you,and sorry for the long post</p>
<p>Have a look at the course offerings at Waterloo. A vast number of specific majors with a math/quant/engineering type focus, and many unusual combinations. Some random examples are biotechnology and chartered accountancy, computing and financial management, geomatics, medicinal chemistry, nanotechnology engineering and mechatronics.</p>
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<p>Surely some of these are not offered in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, most of these programs involve a co-op so you get a lot of work experience during your degree, and the employment rate for graduates is really high (as an int’l student, you can definitely work in Canada after your degree…and the job market is much healthier at the moment than it is in the US…today’s stats for my province put the unemployment rate at 6%).</p>
<p>Thank you starbright, Waterloo now is one of my prime universities to go to.And do you recommend utoronto engineering science with PEY.</p>
<p>So the kid wants a fun place with a good social life and the best you got is Canada? Yikes, eh!</p>
<p>Plenty of universities in the US offer bioengineering, as it is very popular, even though the job and career prospects tend not to be as good as many other kinds of engineering.</p>
<p>[ABET</a> accreditation](<a href=“http://www.abet.org%5DABET”>http://www.abet.org) can give you a list of schools with bioengineering, although some very well known for engineering schools have not pursued ABET accreditation for their bioengineering degree programs, since (unlike for civil engineering and some types of jobs in other engineering) ABET accreditation for PE licensing is not generally considered an issue.</p>
<p>Most universities in the US will have little or no financial aid for international students. A few do offer financial aid for international students, but are extremely highly selective for admissions. If you are concerned about cost, look for universities with a low “list price” (put “cost of attendance” in the search box in the university’s web site).</p>
<p>bump, any more recommendations</p>
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<p>Haha. Well I was focused more on finding unique majors not available elsewhere (so he can convince his parents). Now granted, Waterloo is not exactly famous for fun now that you mention it :)</p>
<p>Syrianguy, Engsci at U of T is supposed to be very good but also extremely demanding (maybe it will ruin any chances for a social life from what I have gathered, but I don’t know this from any sort of firsthand experience).</p>
<p>bumppppp…</p>
<p>another shameless bump for more recommendations</p>