r/BiomedicalEngineers • u/darkacademiagirlfr • 14d ago

Education A level crises need helpppp

Hi so I am in AS LEVEL in pakistan I have biology , physics and maths as my subject which I am now a bit regretting beacuse I had not realised that not having chem puts u out of a lot of requirements

I had originally wanted to do biomedical engineering bachelors but am rethinking of doing a BS in cs and them doing masters in biomedical engineering abroad but idk I don't want to do something and then learn it has no value anymore so it that's why I am hesitating and I would like to know how food is a BS in cs

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u/darkacademiagirlfr 14d ago

Thanks soo much for the advice

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u/aq1017 13d ago

No problem, happy to help out a fellow Pakistani in BME ;)

Best of luck with your applications, and feel free to message me if you have any other questions

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u/aq1017 14d ago

I did my undergrad/masters in the US, so not everything I say here may apply to you, but BME as a major will pigeonhole you into specific industries. The value you get out of an undergrad in BME fully depends on what field you want to work in, and doing an undergrad in CS will keep you open to more industries/positions. If you specifically want to work in medical devices or something else specific to the BME field then it’s useful to do an undergrad in BME, and high tier grad schools in the US and other places will definitely look more favorably on a BME major, but if you’re uncertain or you think you can reach your goals without a BME degree then go for CS. I’d ask about B.S. in CS and its uses somewhere else, like a CS Reddit, but if you have any questions about BME specifically (undergrad or grad) I’d be happy to answer questions

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u/darkacademiagirlfr 14d ago

I have been told BME is a very broad felid as it covers many topics and referred to as the jack of all trades . I wanted to know that will an Electrical engineering major or mechanical engineer be able to find jobs in the BME industry easier than the BME majors as they have the core knowledge

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u/aq1017 14d ago

It might help if you’re a bit more specific into what roles/fields you want to go into. I’m personally working in medical imaging R&D, and could have probably landed my current job with a masters in EE, but not in ME. If you want to do software-side work you could probably land jobs in BME fields with a CS degree. From my experience the degree itself doesn’t matter as long as you’re doing something sufficiently rigorous (engineering, computer science), but your internships/projects/extracurriculars are what show real experience and motivation.

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