Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BIMS)

The BS program in Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) at UT Dallas offers a transdisciplinary curriculum that prepares undergraduates for a wide variety of careers in healthcare. By combining programmatic rigor with flexibility in electives, it enhances each student’s learning experience and enables a smooth transition into higher learning and the job market. Education in BIMS draws from modern biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, data science and computing, which are forged together to yield a solid foundation for understanding the complexity of health and disease. 

Career Potential

The flexibility of the BIMS curriculum will appeal to students envisioning medical or dental school or aspiring to join one of the many other health-related professional schools in Texas and throughout the country, including osteopathy, optometry, pharmacy, physician assistance, and physical therapy, to name but a few. Some graduates will work for government agencies or private foundations or pursue a future in the biotech or pharmaceutical industries, which offer a variety of research and manufacturing positions. Others will start their own companies or enter graduate programs in one of the many modern areas of biology, where they engage in biomedical discovery and innovation. With a proper choice of course options and electives, students can furthermore receive a Certificate in Biomedical Data Analytics that opens up additional career opportunities.  

 The NSM Career Success Center is an important resource for students pursuing STEM and healthcare careers. Career professionals are available to provide strategies for mastering job interviews, writing professional cover letters and resumes and connecting with campus recruiters, among other services. 

Marketable Skills

Biomedical Sciences at UT Dallas

The BS program in Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) at UT Dallas, offered jointly by the Departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematical Sciences, educates undergraduates toward a wide variety of careers in the healthcare field. It emphasizes a modern, multi-disciplinary approach allowing graduates to tackle some of the great challenges in maintaining health and curing disease. This approach includes the introduction of modern biological, chemical, physical, mathematical, statistical and data science tools needed to understand the complexity of health and disease. 

Many students in the program are expected to devote their future to one of the healthcare-related professions. Others may wish to pursue careers in the biotech or pharmaceutical industries, start their own companies in biomedical technology, or enter a graduate program, where they engage in research and innovation. 

To accommodate these diverse academic paths, BIMS is multi-faceted and versatile, creating a strong scientific base in the biomedical sciences, while also allowing each student to develop individualized expertise in biological and preclinical research, from biochemistry to bioinformatics; from physics to physiology; from molecular biology to machine learning and systems biology. This combination of programmatic rigor and flexibility enhances each student’s learning experience and enables a smooth transition into higher learning or the job market. 

The Departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematical Sciences support academic advising programs that help undergraduates design an appropriate course of study that includes requirements and electives. 

High School Preparation

High school students applying for admission to the BIMS program are expected to demonstrate strong interest in science and an aptitude for biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Personal eagerness and a solid background in these fields are the best predictors of success at the undergraduate level. 

Quick Facts about the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

UT Dallas’ School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics offers degree programs for undergraduate and graduate students in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, and physics. In addition to regular coursework, undergraduates are encouraged to participate in research alongside faculty and graduate students. Together with its world class departments, the school also hosts the renowned MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute and the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences that developed the mass spectrometer that discovered water on Mars.

• Established in 1975
• Six departments
• More than 3,200 students
• 30 degrees offered
• Alumni include a Nobel Prize winner, a NASA astronaut, and numerous faculty fellows of the National Academy of Engineering and American Association for the Advancement of Science

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Science: Actuarial science, biochemistry, biology, biomedical sciences, chemistry, data science*, geosciences, mathematics, molecular biology, physics

Bachelor of Arts: Biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics

Master of Science: Actuarial science, bioinformatics and computational biology, biotechnology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, molecular and cell biology, physics, statistics

Master of Arts in Teaching: Mathematics education, science education

Doctor of Philosophy: Chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, molecular and cell biology, physics, statistics

*Joint program between the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Certificates

• Data Science
• Genomics
• Geophysics
• Quantum Information
• Certificate in Biomedical Sciences (CBioMed)

Teacher Certification

The UTeach Dallas program offers students the opportunity to complete the requirements for high school teacher certification along with their regular BS or BA degrees.

Fast Track to Graduate School

The Fast Track program enables exceptionally gifted UT Dallas students to include master’s level courses in their undergraduate degree plans. Students who meet the requirements for admission to graduate school, and the minimum GPA requirement for their major, can take up to 15 semester credit hours of approved graduate level courses in their senior year to use toward completion of both bachelor’s and master’s degrees.  

To take graduate courses in the Fast Track program upper-division undergraduates must have completed 90 semester credit hours and petition their associate dean for permission to take graduate courses.