The Tickle College of Engineering and the Haslam College of Business offer an integrated program leading to the conferral of the Master of Science with a major Biomedical Engineering and the Master of Business Administration degree with a major in Business Administration.
The establishment of the dual degree program addresses the critical need for personnel trained in both engineering and management who can integrate an increasingly complex body of knowledge for rapid introduction of new products to the marketplace. The objective of the dual degree program is to prepare graduates to take a leading management role in companies that must react quickly to a dynamic market where forces of competition require rapid changes via short cycles in design, manufacturing, and product development.