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Programs · Columbia Engineering · 2026-2027

Biomedical Engineering at Columbia Engineering: what LionPlan checks

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The groups below are the ones LionPlan actually checks for this program. They were transcribed from the 2026-2027 Bulletin. Confirm them with your school before you register.

  1. Calculus

    All of these

    All of these: MATH UN1102, APMA E2000.

    The grid starts biomedical engineering students at Calculus II. APMA E2000 carries a required 0-point recitation, APMA E2001, which is not matched here.

  2. Applied Mathematics

    All of these

    All of these: APMA E2101.

    Taken in semester IV. Required of all biomedical engineering students, with no alternative offered.

  3. Physics

    One sequence

    One sequence: Sequence 1 (PHYS UN1401, PHYS UN1402, PHYS UN1403), or Sequence 2 (PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602, PHYS UN2601), or Sequence 3 (PHYS UN2801, PHYS UN2802).

    One complete physics sequence. Sequences 1 and 2 run three terms; the grid gives sequence 3 no third term.

  4. Chemistry

    One sequence

    One sequence: Sequence 1 (CHEM UN1403, CHEM UN1404, CHEM UN1500), or Sequence 2 (CHEM UN1604, CHEM UN1507), or Sequence 3 (CHEM UN2045, CHEM UN2046).

    One complete chemistry sequence, both terms of whichever you pick. Sequence 1 also carries the general chemistry laboratory, taken in either term.

  5. Introductory Biology

    All of these

    All of these: BIOL UN2005, BIOL UN2006.

    The full two-term sequence, taken in the second year. The curriculum tab calls this out as a requirement specific to biomedical engineering.

  6. Engineering Foundations

    All of these

    All of these: ENGI E1006, ENGI E1102, ELEN E1201.

    Computing, The Art of Engineering, and Introduction to Electrical Engineering. The curriculum tab specifies ENGI E1006 and ELEN E1201 by name for biomedical engineering students, with no alternatives. Principles of Economics is also required and is tracked on the Liberal Arts Core rather than repeated here.

  7. Biomedical Engineering Core

    All of these

    All of these: BMEN E2910, BMEN E3010, BMEN E3020, BMEN E3810, BMEN E3820, BMEN E4001, BMEN E4002, BMEN E4110, BMEN E3910, BMEN E3920.

    All ten. The curriculum tab says these core requirements cannot be waived nor substituted.

  8. Biomedical Engineering technical electives

    Points

    6 points matching BMEN courses, numbered 3000 to 9999, excluding BMEN E3010, BMEN E3020, BMEN E3810, BMEN E3820, BMEN E3910, BMEN E3920, BMEN E4001, BMEN E4002, BMEN E4110.

    At least 6 of the 18 elective points must be Biomedical Engineering courses. A cross-listed course at the 3000 level or above with BMEN in its call letters qualifies. The ten required core courses do not count toward this.

  9. Technical Electives

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. 18 points total, of which at least 12 must be engineering content. A technical elective is any 3000-level or above SEAS course, or a 3000-level or above biology, chemistry, biochemistry or biotechnology course; some 2000-level organic chemistry and biochemistry courses count with an adviser's approval. Engineering content is judged by whether a listing department is ABET-accredited, which no course record carries.

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