General Information
The Department of Electrical Engineering offers a graduate Certificate Program in Bioengineering that is associated with the Florida Center for Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology. The Department of Electrical Engineering administers the program in consultation with an Industry-Medical Advisory Board. This certificate program is a practice-oriented, part-time graduate program designed to assist engineers, scientists, technical professionals, and qualified senior undergraduates in the launch and/or development of their careers and to provide the technical expertise needed in the rapidly changing business, government, and industrial environments.

Admission Requirements
Admission to, and completion of, this program is handled by the Department of Electrical Engineering. For admission, the applicant must satisfy the following criteria:

1. A bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, physics, or engineering with a mathematics background through differential equations. Courses in computer programming, databases, probability and statistics, and molecular biology and/or physiology are desirable. Qualified senior undergraduates may be accepted in the graduate certificate program with appropriate committee recommendation.

2. GPA of 3.0 in science, mathematics, and engineering courses.

3. No GRE scores are necessary. Student transcripts should demonstrate competency in science, mathematics, and engineering course work.

Interested individuals should complete an application form available from the Department of Electrical Engineering Bioengineering website www.bioeng.fau.edu and email or fax it to Dr. Salvatore D. Morgera, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, e-mail: smorgera@fau.edu, fax: 561-297-2336.

Completion Requirements and Distinctive Program Characteristics
This is a 15-credit graduate certificate program focused on the application of engineering and computer science principles to biotechnology, bioinformatics, and biosystems. It is designed for engineers and scientists working in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health care, drug discovery, biomedical, medical instrumentation, and allied sectors. Faculty members from a variety of departments in both the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science teach the certificate courses. These courses cover human physiological system modeling, bioinformatics, molecular genetics, biotechnology, biosystems, biosignal processing, genomics, drug discovery, and nanotechnology in engineering and biology. Prior to taking courses to satisfy the 15-credit Certificate requirement, students must obtain the approval of the Coordinator, Academic Programs. Students will have the opportunity to become acquainted with the Florida Atlantic University Core Biotechnology and Proteomics Facilities.

Note: Also see the detailed description of the Bioengineering Masters program proposal (pdf file).