University of Virginia | Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)

Upcoming Events
SEBECC 2011 – The Southeast Biomedical Engineering Career Conference is Friday, October 28th!
Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia and George Washington University will co-host with the BME Career Alliance a one-day career conference at the Hyatt Dulles Conference Center in Herndon, Va, on Friday, October 28, 2011. SEBECC will provide the opportunity to:

learn about our industry from Johnson & Johnson and NIH, our keynote speakers
interview with companies for internships and jobs
network with BME students & faculty from other universities
showcase your research/corporate internship projects
discuss career topics with corporate and academic BME alums, and
learn where and what the jobs will be in the future!

We expect 300+ undergraduate students from 15-20 regional schools to attend. Check out the web site early and submit your poster!

Contact Bobbe Nixon for more details at ran2x@virginia.edu .
Contact James Muller at jbm9z@virginia.edu for UVA student travel plans and registration.

Register early to ensure a spot!

If you are an undergraduate or graduate student in BME or Nanomedicine, set up an appointment with Bobbe Nixon regarding your career plans. Begin early—we recommend early in your second year!

UVa’s BME Internship Program provides opportunities for BME and Nanomedicine majors to experience real-world problem solving in biomedical engineering, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Students participate the summer after their second and third years. Interns work 40 hours/week at the corporate site and earn an average $4,000 over ten weeks. Interns present their work at the annual BME Research and Internship Resource Fair in late August.

Since 2000, 129 students have been placed in specially-created internships with 56 companies. Companies range from large corporations to small, high-tech ventures across the U.S. More recently, we’ve begun to foster corporate experiences of a global nature.

Corporate partners benefit from the engineering skills, current knowledge, lab experience, and leadership abilities of our students. They also identify new talent for future positions in the company! Both corporate hosts and BME students report the summer internship to be a very productive experiential education opportunity.

We work with students to develop international internships, both in corporate and university settings. To date, BME Majors have worked in Spain, Palestine, South Africa, and China. If you have always wanted to visit a particular country, think about experiencing a BME summer internship there. Some opportunities are paid; others are not. Although you may be responsible for your own expenses, the practical experience as you build your career can be invaluable.

Our office works directly with companies who are interested interviewing and recruiting our graduates for permanent positions. We also advertise a wide variety of job openings to current and graduated students, as these prospects become available from different companies and recruiting resources.

Our office helps BME majors locate summer experiences, as well, such as Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) at different universities, industry internship programs run directly by large companies, and specialty agency programs.