BS in Biomedical Science - Premedical

What is a Biomedical Science Degree?

The biomedical science degree is designed to fulfill the admission requirements for medical or veterinary school while providing in-depth training in the biological sciences. Biomedical science students build a strong foundation in mathematics, chemistry, and biology and take specialized courses in anatomy, microbiology, genetics, physiology, developmental biology, and immunology.

Whether you want to explore the mysteries of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, become a leader in cancer research, or gain entry into a prestigious medical, veterinary, or dental school, Florida Tech’s BS in Biomedical Science program provides a firm grounding. Two biology advising seminars, one of which is specifically designed for pre-med students, help you choose your specialty and outline your course of study.

Gain Practical Experience

By combining the high-powered research labs usually found only in big universities with the small size of a private college, Florida Tech gives undergraduates in the biomedical science degree program an opportunity to interact with faculty and become involved in important research projects early in their academic careers.

The program is hands-on, with small classes and intensive faculty-student interaction. As a student in the biomedical science degree program, you can undertake exciting collaborative research with a peer or professor or work independently on a topic of your choosing. Students also participate in summer research programs at other universities and corporations. Recent research sites include the Life Science Labs at Kennedy Space Center, Midwest Research Institute, the East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Michigan State University.

Internationally Recognized Faculty, Small Classes, and Personalized Attention

Because Florida Tech is a small research university specializing in science and technology, active research scientists teach our students. Faculty members receive national recognition and conduct cutting-edge research in ecology, population biology, conservation science, and climate change in their own laboratories. In addition, Ph.D. professors—not graduate students—teach all your lecture classes. To guide students in the program, a health professions advisory committee and a chief health professions advisor ensure that students are updated on admission requirements, admission tests, and professional school application procedures.

Great Florida Location — Access to Natural Laboratories on- and off-Campus

Our location also makes us one of the best pre-med colleges for biomedical studies with natural laboratories accessible year-round for field research. Close by are the nation's most bio-diverse estuary, an experimental forest with over 700 tagged trees, and access to natural resources such as the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian River Lagoon, lakes, and wetlands.

Our 130-acre campus is located on the Space Coast (because of the presence of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral just north of us). The area has the fifth-largest high-tech workforce in the country, with more than 5,000 high-tech corporations and government and military organizations located nearby. This workforce provides a variety of internship and employment opportunities.

Central Florida attractions such as Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Studios are only a short drive away. In addition, Florida Tech has a rich campus life that includes intramural and collegiate sports, clubs, and social activities.

Build Lasting Professional Relationships through Campus Organizations

Beyond the classroom, biomedical science majors build leadership and professional experience through exciting internships and participation in academic organizations like Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta, the biological sciences honor society), the Pre-med Club, student government, and over 100 other student organizations. Each of these experiences gives you a way to interact with other students, professors, and industry professionals.

The Florida Tech Pre-med Club is a group of students who are dedicated to helping each other reach their graduate school goals. Members study for standardized tests in the medical field (such as the MCAT) and network for the job and biomedical science internship opportunities. They also participate in regular field trips to medical schools and listen to guest lecturers.

It All Started With 37 Cents

Florida Tech was founded in 1958 as "Brevard Engineering College." It all started as an idea in the mind of Jerome P. Keuper, a visionary physicist working at Cape Canaveral.

As university lore would have it, Keuper expressed his desire to create a scientific and technological university to a friend over drinks at a local pub. Overhearing the conversation, a fellow patron pushed 37 cents in change across the bar and said, “There’s your first donation, Jerry. Now, go and build that college.”

So, Keuper did. And what started with 37 cents as a night school for the early “missilemen” of the U.S. space program is now a comprehensive national research university recognized worldwide for excellence in preparing students for careers of the future.

Core Values

• Research for the Benefit of All Humankind
• Education for a Lifetime of Success
• Global Citizenship for a Better World

Mission Statement

Florida Institute of Technology’s mission is to provide high-quality education to a culturally diverse student body in order to prepare students for entering the global workforce, seeking higher-education opportunities, and serving within their communities. The university also seeks to expand knowledge through basic and applied research and to serve the diverse economic, cultural, and societal needs of our local, state, national and international constituencies.

In support of this mission, we are committed to:

• Promoting student development by fostering and sustaining a productive institutional culture of assessment that leads to the continuous improvement of academic and administrative programs
• Developing an organizational culture that values and encourages intellectual curiosity, a sense of belonging and shared purpose among faculty, students, and staff, and the pursuit of excellence in all endeavors
• Recruiting and developing excellent faculty to become leaders in their respective fields and internationally recognized scholars
• Achieving recognition as an effective, innovative, technology-focused educational and research institution
• Recruiting and retaining an excellent, highly select, and culturally diverse student body
• Continually improving the quality of campus life for all members of the university community
• Providing personal and career growth opportunities for both traditional and nontraditional students and members of the faculty and staff
• Securing and maintaining professional accreditation for all appropriate programs

We Are Florida Tech

What we are is a private, coeducational, residential, research-intensive, doctoral-granting university located in Melbourne on Florida’s sunny “Space Coast.” But who we are is so much more. We are a community of researchers, scholars, and learners hailing from all around the world. We are engineers, aviators, innovators, leaders, educators, athletes, and astronauts. We have the brains of rocket scientists and the hearts of Panthers. We are Florida Tech.

We Are Relentless

Florida Tech is a university of leaders and learners—a diverse community of students, staff, faculty, and alumni who are united in the relentless pursuit of greatness.

We Are International

Students from more than 90 countries worldwide choose to live and learn at Florida Tech, making us a truly global university. When we say #YouAreWelcomeHere, we mean it.

We Create The Future

One of the primary tenets of Florida Tech’s mission is advancing science and technology for the benefit of Earth and all of its inhabitants. So, that’s what we do.

We Have Panther Pride

You may feel it the first time you visit the campus, the day you graduate, or at some point in between. But when you do, you’ll see that Panther Pride is more than school spirit. It’s a family.

We Make Connections

Florida Tech is proud to be part of the Brevard County community and welcomes its neighbors to explore the many personal, professional, corporate, and cultural opportunities we have to offer.

We Are STEM

There's a reason Florida Tech is known as Florida's STEM University™. To put it simply: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are in our DNA. This makes STEM a driving force behind who we are, what we do, and why we exist.