Kira, Renton AddedTuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:17 PM Looking for a biomedical program within my budget I want to be a biomedical engineer but it is hard to find a school with a biomedical program that will fit my budget. If I go to a school with a bioengineering program can I use that bioengineering degree to get a job in the biomedical field or do I have to specifically major in biomedical engineering to be a biomedical engineer? Thank you! Related to Bioengineering/Biomedical, Choosing a School Reset Sort By Default Susan Su , US Patent and Trademark Office Answered Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:17 PM Dear Kira, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering are synonyms. While bioengineering technically covers a much wider field than biomedical engineering, but in reality just about all bioengineering programs out there are actually biomedical engineering. So yes, you can certainly have a bioengineering degree and still get a job in biomedical field. Your degree only means you took relevant classes in that field and you should have the necessary knowledge that gives you an easier time on the job, but it really should not limit you to jobs only in that field. In fact, many jobs out there are now interdisciplinary so that same job can be filled by a mechanical engineer, or an electrical engineer, or a computer engineer, etc. In that case the particular field in which the degree is obtained does not quite matter, because you bring a unique skill set to the table and you can rely on other team members to share their knowledge in order to finish a project. I wish you academic and professional success in whichever field you eventually choose! Susan