Collegiate High Schools to Launch Biomedical Engineering Technology Academy
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Petersburg Collegiate High Schools will open a new academy devoted to biomedical engineering...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Petersburg Collegiate High Schools will open a new academy devoted to biomedical engineering technology (BMET) at the St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus in Fall 2023. BMET Academy students can complete an Associate in Science in Biomedical Engineering Technology while simultaneously earning their high school diploma – completely free of charge. Funded by a Future Florida Critical Workforce Needs Grant, the A.S. degree trains students to meet the growing need for biomedical equipment repairers, who maintain the sophisticated medical devices that patients' lives depend on.