Graduate Student Experience

Student organizations help connect classroom to career, develop professionalism, increase technical proficiency, and refine ethical judgment.
BMES graduate students stand together next to highway sign as part of cleanup outreach event.

Student Organization Lists and Directories

Graduate students stand together with corn hole board beside Weill Hall courtyard.
Graduate students sit at table in Weill Hall thumbs up for outreach event.
Graduate students BMES group hike stand together in front of Taughannock Falls.

Student Organizations Relevant to Biomedical Engineering

  • Cornell graduate student works with girl scout at table on an engineering experiment at GSED 2024.

    Graduate Chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society

    Promoting biomedical engineering through research, education, and advocacy, the BMES graduate chapter supports its members’ social and academic growth. It offers research and job resources,  outreach opportunities, and more.

  • 2019 Outstanding Collegiate Member of SWE Haley Antoine Carolyn Chlebek stand together.

    Cornell Society of Women Engineers

    Open to all graduate students, this group advocates for women in engineering and unites resources. Aiming for excellence in academics, leadership, and professionalism and offering social, outreach, and professional development services to its members and the Cornell community.

  • Professor Yadong Wang works with a student in the lab.

    Cornell National Society of Black Engineers

    Open to all graduate students, this group helps to increase the number of culturally-responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.

  • A student looks at test results on a large screen in the Hernandez lab

    Cornell Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

    Open to all graduate students, this group promotes development of Hispanics in engineering, science and other technical professions to achieve educational excellence, economic opportunity and social equity.

  • Biomedical Engineering Women’s Group

    Open to all graduate students, this group supports women graduate students and postdocs in biomedical engineering at Cornell.