Academics

Academics

Training the next generation of scientific leaders

The Knight Campus rethinks the way students learn and train, offering innovative approaches to technical training, scientific communication and entrepreneurship.

BioE Dalton lab students in lab

PHD and Undergraduate Programs

Bioengineering

The Knight Campus and Oregon State University's joint bioengineering PhD program fuels student success through access to faculty research and cutting-edge research facilities at both institutions. Our comprehensive PhD curriculum prioritizes career training, equips students with core knowledge to tackle complex challenges and offers a wealth of electives that connect to your research interests and background.

Meet the Latest Cohort Visit the BioE Homepage

Graduate Training

Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program

The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program is an integral part of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The program has more than 25 years of success training students in industry-relevant technical and professional skills through hands-on training, including internships with extensive partnerships in industry, government, and academia. The program offers five distinct tracks: Bioinformatics and Genomics, Molecular Sensors and Probes, Semiconductors, Polymer Science, and Optical Materials and Devices.

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KCGIP bioinformatics students
KCUS undergraduate with mentor in BioE lab

Undergraduate Research

Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars

The Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars program is a comprehensive research experience designed to develop the next generation of leading researchers. The program immerses a cohort of students in a full year of research in a Knight Campus affiliated lab from January to December each year.

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Undergraduate Minor

Brewing Innovation Minor

Teaching innovation through hands-on brewing. An interdisciplinary setting that leverages science and engineering, history, innovation, and storytelling to teach the craft and science of brewing.

Learn More about the Brewing Minor

BRIN students in brewery

Explore the Knight Campus

Discover programs designed to accelerate scientific impact—from doctoral research to applied master's programs to hands-on innovation training for undergraduates.