Quick facts about the Bioengineering Department
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Founded:
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1998 |
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Number of faculty:
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24 core faculty, 6 joint, 6 adjunct, 7 emeritus, 2 lecturers |
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Department chair:
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Professor Phillip Messersmith |
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Undergraduate students:
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457 |
| Professional masters students: | 93 |
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PhD students:
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220 |
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Program ranking, Graduate:
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#6, US News and World Report |
| Program ranking, Undergraduate: | #7, US News and World Report |
Faculty Honors
- 16 AIMBE Fellows
- 14 NSF CAREER Awards
- 4 AAAS Fellows
- 4 TechReview35 honors
- 3 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- 3 NIH New Innovators Awards
- 2 National Academy of Engineering members
The 24 core faculty have over 150 active or pending patents.
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is the No. 2 U.S. engineering school and No. 1 U.S. public university and 8th overall in the world in the 2022 Times Higher Education‘s World University Rankings.