Undergraduate Academic Advising
Advising Week: March 16-20, 2026
All BME undergraduate students are required to be advised by our faculty before they can register for future courses. Undergraduate advising will be conducted in hybrid format for the Spring 2026 term. Please read the “BME advising procedures” below for up-to-date instructions on advising in the BME department.
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Hybrid advising procedures (as of 10/6/2025)
Spring 2026 advising week is scheduled for March 16, 2026 through March 20, 2026.
Students will receive instructions from their faculty advisor with details on how they will schedule and conduct their advising appointments. Students who do not receive an email by March 9, 2026 should email their advisor (see faculty advising list below). Students who do not receive a response can email bme@uic.edu and await further instructions.
Faculty may schedule in-person appointments or provide instructions for virtual meetings so please monitor emails closely.
Note: Faculty advisors will complete a Note/To-Do item in Advise that will list the courses agreed upon during the appointment.
Faculty advising and advisor evaluation surveys are mandatory. A survey link for the advisor evaluation will be emailed to students approximately two business days after the advising appointment. The results are anonymous, but completion is recorded.
Concentration area elective forms are now online and must be discussed with your advisor before submission (recommended only for students who are graduating this academic year). Any modification of major forms can be emailed to the advisor and then submitted to the department at bme@uic.edu for director of undergraduate studies’ (DUGS) approval. Students planning for undergraduate research (BME 398) should review the BME proposal for undergraduate research form and procedures. Proposals are due prior to the start of the term.
Changing majors? Students who are intending to change majors must still meet with their BME faculty advisor until the change is approved in order for the advising hold to be removed.
Continue to follow the instructions below to “Prepare for your advising session”.
Preparing for Your Advising Session
Print the appropriate curriculum flowchart from the BME Major page.
Cross off any courses you have taken, and bring this copy with you to your advisor meeting.
Visit the Courses page to see which classes are being offered next semester by the biomedical engineering department.
Students are responsible for ensuring they meet all course prerequisites before enrolling in subsequent semester courses. Enrollment in a course without having successfully completed the prerequisites may result in removal from the course.
Consult your concentration area elective form and plan ahead.
Plan your schedule ahead of your advising session through the “Plan Ahead” tool:
- Go to my.uic.edu
- Sign in with your NetID
- On the welcome page, click “XE Registration”
- Click the “Plan Ahead” tool
- Save a New Plan
- From here, you can add/drop courses into your schedule to make sure there are no time conflicts.
Note: This is just a planner and does not sign you up for courses. You still need to sign up once registration opens.
Helpful Links
Note: See the Undergraduate Student Resources page for a full selection of links.
- Biomedical engineering major course catalog page
- Biomedical engineering minor course catalog page
- Biomedical engineering courses page
- uAchieve – provides an unofficial audit of progress toward the undergraduate degree
- my.uic.edu