<p>How is the biomedical engineering at NYU? I always thought that they didn’t have a good one but apparently they do from what others have said any ideas?</p>
<p>Right now there is biomedical engineering at NYU-Poly (to become the NYU School of Engineering by August 2014). However, it is only at the graduate level (masters and doctoral). </p>
<p>For undergraduate, the main engineering fields are all offered: mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, and computer engineering. It is better to major in one of these core engineering fields and then specialize in something such as biomedical engineering or environmental engineering at the graduate level if you wish to do so. This is the way things are set up right now. It is often hard to find a job with a very specialized degree at the undergraduate level; this is why NYU-Poly doesn’t offer them at that level.</p>
<p>If you are interested in biomedical engineering, you should consider either mechanical engineering, chemical & biomolecular engineering, or electrical engineering. These three are the core components of biomedical engineering. </p>
<p>Out of all these, chemical & biomolecular engineering gives you somewhat more of an advantage since you’ll have knowledge of organic chemistry and biochemistry, which you’ll need anyway for biomedical engineering. But mechanical and electrical engineering are both fine as well. Right now I’m majoring in chemical & biomolecular with a minor in electrical. I’m mostly interested in alternative energy sources but biomedical engineering is something I would definitely not look over as a future career path as well.</p>