Bioinformatics
Master's Degree Programme in Bioinformatics (MBI) aims to educate bioinformatics professionals who specialise in computational and statistical methods to work in the research and development tasks in biology and medicine. The degree also gives excellent general background for graduate studies in bioinformatics and in other related applied methodological sciences.
The Programme is organized jointly by the University of Helsinki (UH) and the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). The bioinformatics major subject studies are offered by the Departments of Computer Science, and Mathematics and Statistics, at the Faculty of Science in UH, and by the Laboratory of Computer and Information Science at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in HUT. The minor subject studies are offered by the Faculties of Biosciences, Medicine, and Agriculture and Forestry.
Bioinformatics is a new field of science, seeking answers to the important questions of life, raised by Biology and Medicine, with computational means. The analysis of measurement data is of vital importance in the modern research in Biology and Medicine. Understanding such data requires both robust statistical modelling and computationally feasible methods. Information contained in biological measurements has several special characteristics, e.g. the sequential nature of DNA, RNA, and proteins, which has given rise to a new interdisciplinary field - Bioinformatics.
The Master's Degree in Bioinformatics consists of an extensive portion of general methodological studies with a strong emphasis on central bioinformatics problem-settings. Examples of specialization areas are biological sequences analysis, biomathematics, biometrics, computational systems biology, and data mining in genetics. Minor subject studies are carefully tailored to give sufficient background to each major specialization area.
The teaching is given by people working in the cutting edge of bioinformatics research. For example, people from three research units chosen to be Centres of Excellence by the Academy of Finland have a central role in the development and implementation of the programme. Graduates of the programme are in high demand in the future job markets, especially among Biological and Medical research and development groups.
More information: http://www.helsinki.fi/internationalprogrammes/admissions.html
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Length
Two academic years
Start dates
August-September
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Teaching Language
English
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