UCSD : Whitaker Institute

	Mission Statement
	History
	Research
	Education
	Project on Glucose Monitoring and Control

Education
Research activities at the WIBE are coupled with educational programs in the Department of Bioengineering. The Bioengineering program, established in 1966, is a joint venture between the School of Medicine (SOM) and the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (AMES). In July 1994 the program evolved into a Department of Bioengineering, the first established by the University of California system among its nine campuses.

Undergraduate student enrollment increased from less than 100 prior to 1987 to 950 today. There are 70 graduate students, about 50 studying for Ph.D. and 20 for M.S. degrees. Bioengineering graduate students win awards and fellowships at the national level. The Bioengineering Graduate Student Group holds a series of annual Graduate Bioengineering Symposia, for which they are solely responsible including Breakfasts with Industry and other industry-liaison activities. Graduate students benefit in their interdisciplinary training by having joint advisors from different fields.

UCSD has other graduate educational programs related to biomedical engineering in the schools of Engineering, SOM, and Natural Science. M.D./Ph.D. training at UCSD is administered by the Medical Scientist Training program, with active participation of Bioengineering faculty and graduate students.

The Biomedical Engineering program has approximately 20 postgraduate fellows. Many in other departments, pursue research related to biomedical engineering. These young scientists contribute importantly to the academic environment at UCSD.