Links
U.S. Biomedical Engineering Links
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) - company responsible for accrediting U.S. engineering programs
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) - nonprofit organization of individuals and institutions committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) - society dedicated to advancement and collaboration within bioengineering
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IIE EMBS) - world's largest international society of biomedical engineers
Institute of International Education (IIE) - world leader in study abroad, grant programs, and administrator of the Whitaker Program
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - part of the National Institutes of Health, provides a research home for the development and application of new biomedical technologies and techniques for the improved delivery of health care in the 21st century.
The Whitaker Foundation (Now closed) - Archives
Health Insurance Care Foundation
Useful International BME Links
BME Planet - International opportunities, workspaces, and collaboration network
European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (EAMBES)
European Society for Engineering and Medicine (ESEM)
International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) International - newly-created independent international arm of BMES
Links to Some Possible Host Universities Abroad
Aalborg University (Demark) - http://www.ist.auc.dk/
Bogazici University (Turkey) - http://www.bme.boun.edu.tr/
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary) - http://www.bme.hu/en/
Compiègne University (France) - http://www.utc.fr/site-anglais/index.html
Hanyang University (South Korea) - http://engineer.hanyang.ac.kr/eindex.html
La Sabana University (Columbia) - http://www.unisabana.edu.co/inicio.htm (Spanish site)
Linköping University (Sweden) - http://www.liu.se/en/
Lübeck University of Applied Sciences (Germany) - http://www.en.mt-master.com/general/overview/overview.html
National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) - http://www.nthu.edu.tw/index-e/index.htm
National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland) - http://www.nuigalway.ie/
The University of Auckland (New Zealand) - http://www.auckland.ac.nz/
Politecnico di Milano (Italy) - http://www.polimi.it/english/frame/main.php?id_nav=-1
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen (UK) - http://www.rgu.ac.uk/research
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) - http://www.technion.ac.il/
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) - http://www.sistema.itesm.mx/ (Spanish site)
Tel-Aviv University (Israel) - http://www.tau.ac.il/
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) - http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hti/
Tohoku University (Japan) - http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html
Tsinghua University (China) - http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng/
Universität Heidelberg (Germany) - http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/index_e.html
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) - http://www.uni-lj.si/English/english.asp
University of Oulo (Finland) - http://www.oulu.fi/Welcome.html
University of Padova (Italy) - http://www.unipd.it/en/index.htm
University of Patras (Greece) - http://www.upatras.gr/index.php?lang=en
University of Twente (Netherlands) - http://www.utwente.nl/en/
University of Ulster (UK, Northern Ireland) - http://www.ulst.ac.uk/