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Bioinformatics FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Universities
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Switzerland
Fabio Pardi wrote that the Swiss
Institute of Bioinformatics offered a Master's degree (DEA). It was a
collaboration between the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and
three faculties of the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne.
According to Javier Rojas Balderrama this programme is now
closed.
United Kingdom
In 2002 I prepared a review
of bioinformatics education in the UK for the journal Briefings
in Bioinformatics. The article ends with a detailed listing of all
current and some future undergraduate and graduate courses in
bioinformatics the UK as of September 2002, along with links. You
can read
a preprint here.
Bioinformatics is among the specialisms available on Aberdeen University's MSc/PgDip
Information Technology.
The University of
Abertay, Dundee has an MSc./PG Dip in
Bioinformatics. Thanks to Dr Nagesh.
Birkbeck College is a British
centre with a proud tradition in educating working and/or mature
students to the highest academic standards.
The University of Birmingham
and UMIST offers
undergraduate courses in bioinformatics.
Cambridge University is
planning an MPhil in
Computational Molecular Biology to start in 2004-2005. Thanks to
Antony
Quinn for the reminder.
In October 2004, Cardiff
University started two different courses: Bioinformatics or
Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics either full-time or
part-time and at MSc/PG Cert or Diploma level. Thanks to Ian Brewis,
who pointed out that Cardiff's programme is distinguished by
offering students a stronger thread of genetic epidemiology for
those students interested in this.
Cambridge University is
planning an MPhil in
Computational Molecular Biology to start in 2004-2005. Thanks to
Antony
Quinn for the reminder.
In April 2002 City
University's Bioinformatics
group moved to the University of
Glasgow Department of
Computer Science. . Thanks to Will Bachelor for alerting me to
the existence of this group. City still offers MScs in Pharmaceutical
Information Management and Health Informatics
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