The School of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was founded in April 2011, but the history of our BME program can be dated back to 1979, when the subject of biomedical instrumentation was first established. It has been consistently ranked at the forefront in China by the Ministry of Education, based on national assessment conducted every five years. By leveraging the unique engineering strength of SJTU and significant clinical resources of our teaching hospitals, the school has placed a particular emphasis on “interdisciplinary, international collaboration, and concrete clinical applications". In 2019, our undergraduate program was certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which accredits college and university programs in disciplines of applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology to ensure the highest education quality for our students and prepare them to enter a competitive global workforce. This is the first BME program in China certified by ABET, demonstrating its quality and international standard. It is also among the first to be classified into the top tier programs by the Ministry of Education.

Our research has three main major themes: 1) biomedical instrumentation; 2) nano, molecular and regenerative medicine; and 3) imaging, computational and systems biomedicine. To nurture the new generation engineers and scientists in BME, our program has focused on the ability of the students to master and synthesize knowledge across different disciplines with in-depth understanding of the human and societal needs from different cultures and economic background.