美国生物相关专业申请攻略（三）---生物工程
生物工程是指应用生物学和工程学的原理，对生物材料、生物所特有的功能，定向地组建成具有特定性状的生物新品种的综合性的科学技术。生物工程是把生物技术的研究结果转变为工业的生产和经济效益，是集合技术和工程的一门学科，特别的注重实际生产。
目前美国有世界知名的5大生物产业基地：波士顿、旧金山湾、华盛顿、圣地亚哥和北卡罗来纳研究三角园，成为地方经济支柱和美国生物技术产业化的基础。这五大基地拥有实力雄厚的大学和科研机构做坚强的后盾。如波士顿的Harvard University和MIT；旧金山湾的UCB、UCLA和Stanford；华盛顿地区则云集了一批世界级的教学、研究和管理机构，如美国国家卫生研究院、美国食品和药物管理局、霍华德.休斯医学院研究实验室、Maryland University研究中心和Johns Hopkins University等；圣地亚哥地区则有UCSD的雅各布工程学院支撑；北卡罗来纳研究三角园则紧邻北卡罗来纳州著名的Duke University和UIUC。
让我们具体看两个学校官方网站上的录取要求来进行分析：
1. University of California—San Diego
Applicants are required to have completed a B.S. and/or M.S. degree by time of admission in a branch of engineering, natural sciences, mathematics, or quantitative life sciences. M.S. and Ph.D. applicants must have a GPA of 3.4 or better in technical courses. Applicants should have proficiency in mathematics, physics, mechanics, chemistry and biology, including two years of college mathematics (i.e., advanced calculus and differential equations), and one year each of physics, mechanics, chemistry and biology.
I have a Biology degree and have not taken engineering courses, can I still apply?
You are welcome to apply, however those with engineering backgrounds would be considered more competitive. To be eligible for the review process you would need to have proficiency in mathematics including two years of college mathematics (i.e., advanced calculus and differential equations), and one year each of physics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology.
You are welcome to apply, however those with engineering backgrounds would be considered more competitive. To be eligible for the review process you would need to have proficiency in mathematics including two years of college mathematics (i.e., advanced calculus and differential equations), and one year each of physics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology.
2. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
Students with a B.S. in engineering or physics:
The typical applicant has a minimum background of:
1. One course in biochemistry
2. One course in either basic biology or introductory physiology, including a lab
3. One course in the biological sciences such as anatomy, microbiology, experimental psychology, physiology, pharmacology, etc.
Students with a B.S. or B.A. in other areas:
(Those with majors such as experimental psychology, physiology, microbiology, zoology, or biochemistry)
The courses noted above, plus:
1. Two terms of college physics
2. Mathematics through differential equations
3. One course in basic electronic circuits
4. Two courses in either mechanics, fluid mechanics, or thermodynamics
从上面这两个学校的录取要求可以看出，美国生物工程专业更倾向招收本科是工程专业背景的学生，而对生物类的背景要求并不是很高，只要学过几门基础的生物科学的课程即可。总结来看，最希望学生有较高的数学基础，其次有物理和工程的背景，还有化学，和生物的基础课程。申请美国生物工程专业的研究生难度很大，学生既要有很好的工科背景，GPA成绩要高，还要修过生物科学和化学等专业，其次相关的科研能力也是学校特别看重的。同学们申请这个专业的时候，一定要注意提早规划，修够课程，还需要努力提升自己的软硬件综合能力。
