Coming from own personal experience, the amount of practical classes should be increased especially in the undergraduate programs. I agree the foundation needs to very strong in order to be successful. However, companies look for specific skill sets. Different tools, machines, or knowing certain softwares separate you from your entire graduating class. These kind of skills give you a much better chance of getting a job and maintaining that position. Since companies are enhancing existing technologies/devices, therefore having a good background knowledge about few of them will be really beneficial.

Secondly, coming out with a Bachelor’s degree, I was not even aware of what kind of positions do biomedical engineers hold. Lot of the jobs portal’s have very few positions that are actually named Biomedical Engineers whereas there could be many positions on there that could be suitable. Therefore, having prior knowledge of these practical aspects is imperative. The curriculum definitely needs some mending and a 60/40 ratio of theoretical to practical would surely help.