Dean's Welcome

It's about the connections between a healthy environment and a healthy population. It's about computers that think like people do, and are reliable enough to trust with the safety of our communities. It's about helping our seniors live longer, more satisfying lives. It's about cultivating business leaders who can guide Oregon's high-technology companies through today's tough markets. At the OGI School of Science & Engineering, it's all about building healthier, better-informed and more secure communities in Oregon and beyond. Virtually everything we do - be it graduate education, research, industrial collaboration, or community outreach - is aimed at solving important societal problems, and at putting these solutions into the hands of those that need them most. Are you interested in expanding your science and engineering knowledge in this type of environment? As a component of Oregon Health & Science University, our school welcomes high-caliber students who seek to apply advanced technologies in real-world situations. Our web site is designed to tell you everything you need to know about pursuing a graduate degree at OGI.

As you click through the web site, you may be surprised at the wide range of programs offered through such a small school. Since OGI's inception 40 years ago, the school's small size has been one of its key strengths. We offer an enviable faculty/student ratio of 1/1.9 for Ph.D. students. Despite our size, OGI awards a significant percentage of Oregon's graduate degrees in high-technology fields, and our highly productive faculty attracts approximately $18 million in research support each year from government and industrial sources. In fact, our Department of Computer Science and Engineering ranks an impressive 15th in the nation, based on federal research grants. OGI is small enough to remain responsive to changing needs in the fields we serve, and to foster collaborative, interdisciplinary research across a broad - yet synergistic - range of scientific endeavor.

Accredited M.S. degrees are offered through four academic departments: Biomedical Engineering (BME), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Environmental and Biomolecular Systems (EBS) and Management in Science and Technology (MST). Students can earn accredited doctoral degrees through the BME, CSE and EBS departments. Students can also obtain an electrical engineering M.S. or Ph.D. degree by selecting EE specialization areas within the BME or CSE departments. These specialization areas include computer engineering, signal processing, medical optics and sensors. OGI also offers graduate-level certificates in MST, Health Care Management and Principles in Software Engineering. We are proud of our diverse population of full- and part-time students, who learn in an environment where fundamental knowledge is balanced with a focus on practical problem solving. OGI is committed to following discoveries from concept all the way through to fruition, leveraging the commercial potential of our technologies wherever possible to serve the broadest possible cross-section of the public.

At OGI, it's all about making a difference. I've tried to give you an idea of how we make a difference in our region and beyond. Now, I invite you to find out for yourself how OGI can make a difference to you.

Ed Thompson, Ph.D.
OHSU Vice-President and Dean