麻省理工學院的生物工程組是在1998年建立，目的是為了提供結合近代生物和工程的跨領域解決方案。分子和細胞生物學與化學工程、電子工程、機械工程、資訊工程的核心理論結合，創造出新的生物工程的領域。生物工程處理的是生物學所有尺度所遇到的科學和科技上的問題：分子、細胞、組織、有機體和系統。生物工程組的教學規劃如同前面所言一般，強調使用科學和科技方法解決生物問題的理念，以及提供研究生在應用生物科學或是生物工程領域的進一步研究的機會。

MIT's Biological Engineering was established in 1998 to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the solution of challenges at the interface of modern biology and engineering. Molecular and cellular biology are integrated with core principles from chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering and computer science to create the new intellectual discipline of Biological Engineering. Biological Engineering addresses scientific and technological questions across the full breadth of scales in biology: molecular, cellular, tissue, organism, and systems. The educational programs in the Biological Engineering reflect this emphasis on science and engineering approaches to biological problems, with opportunities for graduate studies in either Applied Biosciences or Bioengineering.