Our job as a research institution is to expand the boundaries of your experience, providing a personalized education rooted in collaboration and cross-pollination with supporting disciplines both within and outside the college. We partner with local and national industry leaders to provide graduate students with access to real-world challenges and cultivate a team-based environment for discovery, and the opportunity to develop solutions with a global impact.
CEMS Graduate Programs
CEMS Interdisciplinary Programs
Biomedical Engineering
The graduate programs in Biomedical Engineering are interdisciplinary programs that bridge faculty from the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) and the Larner College of Medicine (LCOM).
Master of Science (MS)
Students enrolled in the MS in BME program will have the opportunity to pursue a research-oriented, thesis-based, project-based or coursework-based program. Students who want to participate in research may consider some of our interdisciplinary labs to pursue their research interests. In the M-Sense Lab, the team is focused on developing methods for characterizing human biomechanics and physiology that employ cutting-edge technologies such as wearable and mobile devices.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The goal of this program is the development and implementation of computational and experimental engineering approaches for describing, analyzing, and predicting the behavior of complex biological systems at multiple scales. We consider scales ranging from the molecular level to the cell, tissue, organ, organism, and population levels. Emphasis is placed on understanding how biochemical, biomechanical and/or other biophysical processes interact and influence emergent properties at these different levels.
Program Coordinator: Dr. David Jangraw - djangraw@uvm.edu
Complex Systems and Data Science
The graduate programs in Complex Systems and Data Science are interdisciplinary programs involving faculty from Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics, and the various engineering departments within CEMS, as well as other faculty from across the University.
Certificate of Graduate Study
The Certificate of Graduate Study in Complex Systems and Data Science can be earned by students as a compliment for their graduate degrees across the University of Vermont, or as a stand-alone post-baccalaureate Graduate Certificate.
Master of Science (MS)
The Master of Science in Complex Systems and Data Science trains emerging data scientists to find, model, understand, and tell the stories of the patterns they uncover. The master’s may be earned as a two-year stand-alone degree or in one year as part of an Accelerated Master's Program in CS (AMP) for UVM undergraduate students.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This pan-disciplinary program provides strong computational and theoretical training, but varying with each student’s chosen area of focus. Students will work within research groups across campus. With core courses such as data science, principles of complex systems, and modeling complex systems; and electives such as machine learning, complex networks, evolutionary computation, human-computer interaction, and data mining, students will receive core training in empirical, computational and theoretical methods for describing and understanding complex systems and predicting, controlling, managing and creating such systems.
CSDS Program Coordinator: Dr. Nick Cheney - ncheney@uvm.edu
All M.S. and Ph.D. Programs
Outcome 1: Have in-depth understanding of the foundational concepts in the field of study.
Outcome 2: Be skilled at communicating technical results in both oral and written form.
M.S. Thesis / Project and Ph.D. Programs
Outcome 3: Have a comprehensive knowledge of the literature relevant to the research or project topic.
Outcome 4: Have a detailed knowledge of the research methodologies relevant to the research or project topic.
Ph.D. Programs Only
Outcome 5: Have advanced-level breadth in areas complementary to major field of study.
Outcome 6: Be able to independently design and conduct research projects.
Graduate Program Outcomes
A CEMS Graduate education gives you depth and breadth of knowledge, along with the skills you'll need for every challenge and opportunity that awaits. Below are the general objectives for CEMS graduate programs. Individual programs may modify these objectives or add to them.