Certificate in Biophotonics

Aseema Mohanty, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Tufts University School of Engineering, works with students in the lab.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a certificate in Biophotonics that is designed to provide students with the skills needed to pursue advanced study and/or careers in bio- and nano-photonics. The certificate can be completed on a part-time schedule, in as few as two semesters. Students interested in earning a graduate program can often apply course credits towards the MS in Biophotonics program.

Program of Study

Core Courses (required):

BME 151: Introduction to Biophotonics
BME 215: Optics and Wave Motion

Lab Course* (choose one):

BME 156: Biophotonics Lab
BME 157: Biomaterial Characterization Lab

*If lab courses are not offered in a given year, the program requirement may be replaced with BME 293 - Special Topics: Non-Thesis Graduate Research.

Elective Course (choose one)

BME 100: Design of Medical Instrumentation
BME 143: Biological Systems Analysis
BME 193: Optical Signals and Image Analysis Methods Using Machine Learning
EE 125: Digital Signal Processing
EE 133: Digital Image Processing
EE 193: Nanophotonics

The program is administered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering with additional support from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Data Intensive Studies Center.

Current students in a Tufts MS program must formally apply for a certificate program, and be admitted at least two semesters before completing their primary graduate degree program, in order to be eligible to receive a concurrent certificate. Please see the SOE Graduate Handbook for additional information about this policy.