Bioinformatics Programs in the United States

Date Compiled: 2012

University

Degrees

Department(s)

Degree Requirements

Sampling of Research Interests

University of Alabama - Birmingham

MS in Computer and Information Sciences with Specialization in Bioinformatics, PhD in Computer Sciences with Biomedical focus

Department of Computer & Information Sciences

MS: 36 credit hours (21 general CS and 15 for specialization); PhD: flexible study options that have no required courses, but rather emphasize individualized training that is suitable for the specific prospective candidate and his or her area of specialization. The Ph.D. program consists of three phases or levels; students must pass exams at each level of study; MS/PhD option available

Data mining applied to hospital infection control surveillance, Clinical applications of Natural Language Processing, grid computing

Arizona State University

MS and PhD in Biomedical Informatics

Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Engineering

MS: 32 credits including thesis , PhD: 44-47 credits required courses and 40-47 credits of elective courses (84 total credits)

Health Information Technology Assessment for Clinical Outcomes, Distributed Cognition and Scientific Collaboration in Medicine and Health, Intersection of Public Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, Modeling Clinical Decision Making

Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock & Univ of Ark. for Medical Science (UALR/UAMS)

MS and PhD in Bioinformatics, Undergraduate minors for IS/CS and Biology majors

UALR/UAMS Joint Graduate Program in Bioinformatics

UG Minor: 18 credit hours. MS: Approximately 34 total credits of coursework in 10 courses; PhD: 36 credit hours in addition to MS in bioinformatics

Evaluating Cancer Protein Identification from Mass Spectroscopy Data, Time-Frequency Analysis of DNA Sequences,

California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI

MS in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Biology Program

34-35 units total

Immunological resistance to infectious diseases; image processing

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences

PhD Computational and Systems Biology

PhD: KGI and the Claremont Graduate University School of Mathematical Sciences

PhD: 72 units of coursework, dissertation

varies by track/focus area (see http://www.kgi.edu/x6808.xml for details)

Stanford University

Professional MS, Academic MS, PHD, Graduate Certificate, Coterminal MS for Stanford Undergraduates

School of Medicine

Academic MS: 45 credit hours, research practicum masters thesis; Professional MS: 45 credit hours; Coterminal MS: 45 credit hours; PHD: 135 credit hours, qualifying oral examination, PHD thesis and dissertation

See: http://bmi.stanford.edu/research.htm

University of California - Berkeley

PhD with emphasis in Computational and Genomic Biology

Center for Computational Biology

Special Seminar and several additional courses. Very flexible and individualized approach that depends on originating department.

Research Areas: Genomic sequencing and interpretation, Classification of biological function; Genetic variation; Protein structure, design, and function

University of California - Irvine

PhD from one of the following Schools (Biological Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Information and Computer Sciences, and Physical Sciences) in collaboration with UCI BIT (Bioinformatics Training) program

Interdepartmental program under auspices of The Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB)

BIT gateway core classes as well as requirements from originating department.

see: http://www.igb.uci.edu/research.html

University of California - Los Angeles

PhD in Bioinformatics

Interdepartmental program

PhD - same core courses plus additional coursework, 6 credits Chemistry and Biochem; Statistics; 12 credits lab rotation; 6 credits seminar; 1 quarter teaching experience; Written and oral exams

Prediction of protein structure, function, interaction networks, Genome-wide association for disease genes, Bayesian phylogenetics and comparative genomics, Stochastic network inference and modeling

University of California - Los Angeles

BS in Computational and Systems Biology (Bioinformatics Concentration)

Interdepartmental program in the College of Letters and Science

methodology core (6 courses: 23 units), a concentration area (min. 5 courses: 20 units), and a 4 unit Research and Research Communication course

Mathematical and computational biology, stochastic processing,disease dynamics modeling, biomodeling methodology, computational methods for infinite domains

University of California - Riverside

PhD in Genomics and Bioinformatics

Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Core classes: 2 courses in bioinformatics and genomics, 1 in computer science, 3 in statistics; annual review of progress; qualifying exams (written and oral) completed by end of 7th quarter in residence; teaching assistantship

Large-scale comparative genomics, data mining, systems modeling, and drug discovery

University of California - San Diego

PhD in Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

4 core courses in bioinformatics, bioinformatics seminar every semester in first two years, 1 ethics course, 4 elective courses, research rotation during first year, and student seminar in years 1-3. Qualifier exam, PhD thesis and oral exam

Biomedical informatics, Structural bioinformatics, Bioinformatics algorithms, Clinical informatics, Diagnosis errors

University of California - San Diego

BS Computer Science with a Specialization in Bioinformatics

Interdisciplinary

64 units lower division (Math, chem., CS, Physics), 88 units upper division, including 5 CS technical electives, 24 units (6 courses) of concentration. All major requirements and most technical electives must be taken for a letter grade. To graduate, a GPA of 2.0 is required in the upper division requirements including technical electives.

Computational proteomics, Algorithms for genetics, Computational mass spectrometry, computational molecular biology, Bioinformatics algorithms, DNA fragment assembly, Comparative proteogenomics, Combinatorics

University of California - San Francisco

PhD

Program in Biological and Medical Informatics; Integrative program in Quantitative Biology

First year coursework: 2-week immersion bootcamp, 3 eight-week research rotations (at least 1 experimental and 1 computational), 3 mini-courses (two week electives), 3 courses per semester (Required in Fall: Systems I; Required in Spring: Statistics), Grantwriting course, Journal club presentations, Teacher training course. For remainder of program: Research seminars, Journal Club. Year Two: Oral qualifying exam (by end of second year), Research in thesis lab, Course on ethical conduct in science, Teaching Assistantship, Journal Club.

Computational and experimental analysis of protein superfamilies for functional inference and enzyme design, modeling of biological systems, Biopharmaceutical Sciences

University of California - Santa Cruz

BS major and minor in Bioinformatics, BS/Graduate option, MS/PhD in BME Bioinformatics

Biomolecular Engineering; Division of Physical and Biological Sciences in the School of Engineering

BS: 180 credits minimum, with completion of core sequences in mathematics, science, and engineering. A graduate-level project course is required. Minor: 15 courses; Both M.S. and Ph. D. students must complete nine 5-credit courses (7 core courses and 2 electives) and a 3-credit research and teaching course. 4 and 8 seminar credits for MS, PhD respectively. Research project for MS and research lab rotations for PhD. Thesis for MS and dissertation for PhD

Gene finding methods, RNA detection techniques, proteomics, estimation of amino acid distributions. More specific descriptions at http://www.cbse.ucsc.edu/research/research_bioinfproject.shtml

University of Southern California

PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Department of Biological Sciences)

60 units of courses with grades no lower than a B. 6 core courses, 6 elective courses. Written screening examination taken at the end of the first year.

Statistical analysis of microarray data and related technologies, the study of protein-protein interactions and protein function prediction combining different sources of biological data, and a genomic polymorphism survey of Arabidopsis.

University of Colorado at Denver

Bioinformatics PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Computational Bioscience Program, School of Medicine

30 semester credit hours of course work (up to 20 hours can be transferred from prior training) plus 30 hours of dissertation research, usual exams and dissertation

Physical simulations of biological macromolecules and their dynamics, Proteomic informatics, Natural language processing in the biomedical literature, Computational pharmacology, Metabolic and signaling pathway analysis

Yale University

PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (MS en route to PhD for for those leaving program early possible). Post-doctoral Fellowships.

CBB is an Interdepartmental program

4 semesters of coursework (9 courses encompassing the following three core areas: computational biology and bioinformatics, biological sciences, and informatics; graduate seminar on research ethics, multiple research rotations, CBB seminar series , two semesters as a teaching assistant, qualifying exam (oral portion includes questioning on dissertation prospectus), research rotations. For MS en route to PhD: 4 semesters of coursework and 3 research rotation, completed in 2 years.

steroid hormone signaling pathways and breast cancer, protein structure sampling algorithms, Statistical methods for preprocessing and scoring tiling microarray data, Analysis of transcription factors for pseudohyphal growth in different yeast strains, simulation of the DNA damage response pathway

Florida International University

MS, PhD in Computer Science with Bioinformatics and Computational Biology specialization

Department of Computer Science

MS-15 credits of required CS classes and 15 electives or 9 electives, and option of thesis; PhD- 6 required CS classes, 6 electives, 24 dissertation credits, 2 credit hours of seminar

Pattern Discovery in sequences and structures, micro-array data analysis, primer design, probe design, phylogenetic analysis, image processing, image analysis

Florida State University

MS/PhD in Biomedical Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

MS: 36 hours of coursework and seminars PhD: MS degree requirements, comp exam, dissertation

Mathematical physiology, protein structure determination, human brain mapping, DNA topology

University of South Florida

MS in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics

College of Medicine for MS, USF Educational Outreach for Certificate (Tampa campus)

MS: 42 hours: 9 core classes and 3 electives, plus internship; Certificate: 12 credits (4 courses)

information not readily available

Georgia Institute of Technology

Professional in Bioinformatics, PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

School of Biology, (PhD in partnerships with other departments including College of Engineering, College of Science, and College of Computing)

Professional MS: 37 credit hours with 21 at upper levels, three semesters of specific courses in biology, mathematics, computer programming, and chemistry, 2.7 minimum GPA required at completion; PhD: 36 course credits with GPA of 3.2 or better (9 credit hours each in bioinformatics and computational bioscience; biology, biochemistry, or biomedical engineering; mathematics and computer science; and an approved minor), 24 research credits. Qualifying exams.

DNA and protein sequence analysis, comparative genomic analysis, systems analysis and structure analysis, and prediction

University of Idaho

MS, PhD Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB)

BCB program, College of Graduate Studies

Both degrees require: Core courses, depth courses, lab rotation, seminars, teaching experience, and thesis. MS: 32 credits (9 credits of thesis research), PhD: 78 credits (at least 30 hours of thesis research, 3 hours of teaching experience, and 3 hours lab rotation).

Vertebrate retinal development and regeneration, reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in plans using molecular methods, conservation genetics, multivariate and computational statistics

Northern Illinois University

MS in Biological Sciences with Specialization in Bioinformatics, Graduate Certificate

Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

MS: 30 credits including either thesis, or coop experience or independent study. Certificate: 16-17 required for certificate

experimental chromosome image program, Similarity matrix and UPGMA tree of genetic marker, genome projects

University of Illinois at Chicago

BS, MS, PhD in Bioengineering with Bioinformatics Concentration; MEng with Bioinformatics focus; Certificate program

College of Engineering, Dept. of Bioengineering

BS: 128 credit hours (8 Bioinformatics Concentration Area Elective hours); MS and MEng: 36 credits; PhD: 108 hours from baccalaureate (24 hours of coursework for admitted with MS in Bioengineering or related, 48 hours of coursework for admitted with BS); Certificate: 12 credits (3 courses.)

computational methods for analyzing binding protein surfaces and core packing of proteins, Computational Biology, Machine Learning & Data Mining Combinatorial and Global Optimization, novel shape descriptors for molecular data mining for drug discovery

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MS in Bioinformatics (thesis and non-thesis options); PhD in Informatics with bioinformatics program area option

Interdisciplinary program administered by the llinois Informatics Institute

MS Thesis: 32 credits with min of 28 credits of coursework; non-thesis: 36 credits and a supervised research experience. Coursework from three core areas: bioinformatics, biology and CS is required for both MS options. PhD: 96 credit hours (64 with approved MS), 2 research practicums, 2 applications courses and 2 foundations courses.

University research centers in this area include the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology and an NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics; Comparative and Functional Genomics

Indiana University at Bloomington

MS in Bioinformatics, PhD bioinformatics track or PhD minor

School of Informatics and Computing

MS: 36 credits, 6 core credits, 6 credits bioinformatics, 18 credits of electives, 6 credits project/thesis/internship; PhD: 90 credits; PhD minor: 12 credits

Evolution and comparative genomics, Molecular analysis of protein diseases, Integration and discovery in gene networks, Automated functional annotation, Curation and allignment tool for protein analysis, Peptide detectability predictor

Indiana University/Purdue University - Indianapolis

MS in Bioinformatics, PhD in Informatics with Bioinformatics focus, Doctoral minor

School of Informatics

MS: 36 credits (15 credits of bioinformatics core credits), PhD: 90 credits (15 hours bioinformatics core courses, 9 12 hours advanced BI courses); research rotations, etc., Doctoral Minor: 12 credits from bioinformatics core

Structural bioinformatics, Data integration and mining, Gene Regulation and networks,

Iowa State University

PhD

Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Interdepartmental)

Courses in genetics, molecular biology, mathematics and statistics, computer science, with research rotation in first year, interdisciplinary thesis research project completed the second year. 72 credits are required.

Bioinformatics and genomics, functional genomics, Structural genomics and computational structural biology, Evolutionary genomics, Macromolecular structure and function, Computational systems biology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH)

Master of Health Science (MHS) in Bioinformatics

School of Public Health: Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Biostatistics

Students are required to take 16 credits each term in their first year, including at least 12 credits outside of Biostatistics. A minimum of 64 credits are required to graduate and includes a culminating project, and a web portfolio.

Mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic gene regulation in plants, human genetics, statistical genetics, survival analysis, clinical trials, epidemiological studies, bioterrorism surveillance, microarray data analysis, biomarker discovery and validation, statistical methodology, longitudinal data analysis, genomics, environmental epidemiology.

Johns Hopkins University

MS in Bioinformatics

Hopkins Advanced Biotechnology Studies, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering

A total of 11 courses: 5 core courses, 4 concentration courses, an elective from bioscience and an elective from computer science. After completion of the core and concentration courses, students may choose an independent study project as one or both of their electives.

n/a

University of Maryland University College

MS Biotechnology Studies w/ Bioinformatics Track; Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics

Graduate School

MS: 36 credits (15 credits-core bioinformatics courses, 18 credits-electives, 3 credit capstone course) Certificate: 15 credits (5 courses)

Biomedical research, genomics, biosensors, molecular biology, biological database modeling and design, specifically microarray gene expression databases

Boston University

MS-Bioinformatics, MS-Clinical Bioinformatics (MD Track), PhD-Bioinformatics

Joint program offered by the College of Engineering and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

MS: 32 credits required and internship. MD Track: 32 credits required and thesis. PhD: (Post-Bachelor's) - 64 credits required and exam (32 course credits, 16 research credits); (Post-Master's) 32 credits required (16 course credits, 16 research credits) and exam (For all: no lower than "B" in core courses)

Computational modeling of regulatatory and metabolic networks, docking, comparative genomics, protein design, genomic and proteomic biotechnology, microarray engineering and analysis, pharmacogenomics, structural biology, large scale modeling of biological systems, RNA, computational studies of cancer and neurological disorders and functional genomics, synthetic gene networks and molecular computing and genetics

Brandeis University

MS Bioinformatics

Rabb School of Continuing Studies - taught by professionals in the field

MS: 36 credits, 12 courses (6 core and 6 electives); All include core courses and courses in programming, scripting language and database management.

n/a

Northeastern University

PSM (Professional Sciences Master's) in Bioinformatics

Department of Biology's Program in Bioinformatics with multiple participating departments

32 credits required. Curriculum designed for students with either strong math & computing or biology & biochemistry background. A six month graduate co-op in a commercial, academic, or government lab is required

Biomedical text analysis; Evolutionary models for proteins based on statistical methods; Imaging of biomolocules; Statistics applied to genetic fingerprints and forensic pharmacy

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

MS and ScD in Computer Science with Bio/cheminformatics option

Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics

30 credits (thesis optional, can be substituted for 6 credits of coursework); ScD: MS requirements plus thesis for a total of 42 credits.

Applied computational geometry; Visualizing complex information systems; Data mining of biomedical data; Evolutionary functional genomics; Applied biomedical ethics

Boston College

Ph.D. degree in Biology with Bioinformatics/Computational Biology track

Biology Department

4 Graduate Core Courses, 5 five additional Biology-approved Graduate Elective Courses, Lab rotations, dissertation, teaching assistantship

Study of genetic variations, human population and medical genetics, comparative genomics and gene regulation, and computational RNA and protein structure predictions.

Michigan Technical University

BS in Bioinformatics

Department of Biological Sciences

74 credits of bioinformatics work and mandatory cooperative work experience required.

Biofuels, Clinical immunology; microRNA and human diseases; Gene silencing; High-resolution live-imaging; Mechanism-based drug design and synthesis

University of Michigan

MS in Bioinformatics, PhD

Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, part of Rackham Graduate School

MS: 31 credits of core courses and electives, rotation in a laboratory required, thesis encouraged. PhD: 68 credits required (reduced to 50 for those with relevant MS) with two full research rotations no later than the second year

Theory of protein folding, including structure, thermodynamics, and kinetics; statistical and computational methods for analysis of high-throughput genomic and proteomic expression data, intracellular proteases, theoretical and computational topics at the interface between structural molecular biology and physical chemistry, finding genes involved in behavioral and neurological and psychiatric diseases

Grand Valley State University

PSM Medical and Bioinformatics - nonthesis

Computing & Information Systems in the College of Engineering and Computing

36 credits with a cumulative GPA of 3.0,a minimum of 4 credits of internship, capstone course

information not readily available

Missouri Southern State University

BS in CIS - Bioinformatics (equivalent to Biology-CS double major)

Computer Information Science

124 total credit hours (66 credit hours combined of core computer science and biology courses)

n/a

University of Missouri - Kansas City

BS in Biology w/ Bioinformatics Emphasis and MS in Cell and Molecular Biology w/ Bioinformatics Emphasis

School of Biological Sciences

BS: 120 hours required, of which 42 are in biological sciences MS: information not given on departmental website

see http://sbs.umkc.edu/research/fac_research.cfm for faculty-specific research

University of Missouri - Kansas City

M.S. Bioinformatics Emphasis; PhD in Informatics w/ Bioinformatics Emphasis

The Master of Science in Bioinformatics is offered through a joint effort by the UMKC School of Medicine, School of Biological Sciences and School of Computing and Engineering.

27 hours of coursework, 3 hours of research thesis and min. 9 hours in emphasis area or 36 hours of coursework for non-thesis option.

Biological data mining, Functional property based protein databases, Intelligent software agents in biology, Computational genomics (Application of information theory to genomics), Genomic signal processing, Cardiac information system, Chromosome abnormality detection

University of Nebraska - Omaha

BS in Bioinformatics (BSBI)

College of Information Science & Technology

132 credits (16 hours of Bioinformatics requirements)

n/a

Ramapo College

BS Bioinformatics Major, BS minor (open to students regardless of school affiliation)

School of Theoretical and Applied Science

Major: 128 credits total, 72 core credits, 12 credits from special set of electives with option for Bioinformatics research with faculty or internship in industry Minor: 7 courses in one of two offered tracks

Genomics, Bioinformatics, Bone mass genetics, Proteomics,

Stevens Institute of Technology

BS in Chemical Biology w/concentration; Certificate

Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

BS: 72 credits related to major in Junior and Senior year;Certificate: 12 credits (4 courses), all of which are transferable to the appropriate Master's degree program.

information not readily available for Bioinformatics specific research

Kean University

MS in Biotechnology w/ Bioinformatics Concentration

College of Natural Sciences, Nursing and Mathematics

37-41 credits

information not readily available

Princeton University

Undergraduate Certificate in Quantitative and Computational Biology, PhD with Quantitative and Computational Biology focus

Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

Certificate: course pre-requisites vary for integrative sciences track, course requirements vary by major, all require lab project,s senior thesis and a course in Computational Molecular Biology & Genomics. PhD: core courses, research rotations, oral exam, teaching, dissertation.

Organizational principles of metabolic networks, quantitative modeling of cell-biological processes, mapping the genetic basis of complex bacterial behavior, comparative genomics analysis of regulatory networks, the genetic basis of quantitative phenotypic variation, and genomic plasticity and mechanisms of phenotypic adaptation

Canisius College

BS with Bioinformatics Major

College of Arts and Sciences

35 courses (120 credits) required, may be up to 137 credits, depending on electives chosen

Artificial Intelligence (Logic, Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, Natural Language Understanding, Robotics), Cognitive Science, Computer Science Education, Bioinformatics.

Columbia University

MA, PhD- both degrees in Biomedical Informatics with option of concentration in Bioinformatics; MD/PhD program; Health Informatics certificate program.

Department of Biomedical Informatics

MA: 30 credits, PhD: 60 credits; MD/PhD program 60 credits for PhD component; Certificate: 6 month online/traditional program with core competencies required.

Prediction of Protein Structure, Sequence Assembly, Sequence-Similarity Analysis, Metabolic and Signal-Transduction Pathways, Analysis of Gene-Expression Chips

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

BS in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, PhD in Biology with research concentration in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

School of Science's Department of Biology

B.S. minimum of 128; PhD 72-90 hours beyond bachelor's degree

Regulation of gene expression, protein folding and structure, data mining, molecular simulations, drug design

Rochester Institute of Technology

BS, MS (PSM) and BS/MS (5 year) in Bioinformatics

Department of Biological Sciences

BS: 187 credits minimum, including completion of one cooperative education experience; MS requirements not listed on website

No specific research mentioned

New York University

BS in Biology with minor in Geonomics and Bioinformatics; MS in Biology with specialty in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology; PhD in Biology with Specialization in either Genomics & Systems Biology or Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Department of Biology

BS: 74 points required for Biology major (20 points in the Bioinformatics minor); MS points not stated; PhD: 72 points, of which 36 may be transferred, seminars, dissertation, etc.

Systems Biology and Protein Structure, Statistical Genomics, Databases and Systems Biology, C. elegans Evolutionary Genomics, Fly Transcription Networks

Polytechnic Institute

MS in Bioinformatics

Graduate School

30 credits min with B average

n/a

University of Buffalo

BS in in bioinformatics and computational biology (BCB)

Department of Biological Sciences

96 credits for the major in Biology-Bioinformatics as well as general Baccalaureate requirements

information not readily available

Duke University

PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Certificate Program in CBB

Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy

PhD: typical requirements (no details given); Certificate: 2 CBB core courses, 1 additional CBB course, CBB seminar each semester and one member of CBB faculty on dissertation committee

Computational & discrete geometry, computational biology, spatial databases, robotics, developmental biology, list at http://cbb.genome.duke.edu/faculty

North Carolina State University

MS (non-thesis), PhD in Bioinformatics, CoMajor in Bioinformatics, PhD in Functional Genomics with Minor in Bioinformatics

Program in Genomic Sciences

MS: 32 credit hours: 12 Genomic Sciences core, 20 Bioinformatics Core, non-thesis degree. PhD (Bioinformatics): 72 credit hours: 12 Genomic Science, 20 Bioinformatics Core, 40 Bioinformatics and thesis.

Using genomics tools to identify quantitative trait loci, developmental quantitative genetics and molecular evolution, molecular population and evolutionary genetics, application of Information Theory to genetics, fungal molecular genetics, nucleic acid design, molecular biology and biophysics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MS Certificate, Certificate of Specialization for affiliated PhD departments, PhD Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

MS Certificate: School of Information and Library Science; PhD Certificate: BCB Program; PhD: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Program

MS Certification: 48 required hours for a MLS/MIS with completion of a significant project in the area of bioinformatics, and coursework in Biostatistics: 3 credit hours minimum, Biological Sciences: 6 credit hours minimum; PhD: course work, three lab rotations, one semester of teaching, qualifying exams, and research presentations. Possible internships.

Digital libraries, new methods of electronic scholarly communications, information seeking behavior of bioinformatics researchers, computer human interfaces to support information seeking of scholarly information; computational and experimental methods to design proteins, physical nature of interactions between atoms, molecules, cells, and organisms; motor proteins and transcriptional regulation; High-performance computing: algorithms, programming languages, compilers and architectures; data mining. Others at http://bcb.unc.edu/faculty.htm

University of North Carolina - Charlotte

BS Minor in Bioinformatics and Genomics; Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics; PMS in Bioinformatics; PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

College of Computing and Informatics

Undergraduate Minor: 19 credit hours; PSM: 40 credit hours; PhD: 72 post baccalaureate hours with specific course selections for bioinformatics track and including 18 hours of dissertation research.

High Throughput Studies, Computational Biophysics, Structural Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Genome Wide Association Analysis, Systems Biology, Computational Mass Spectromety

Wright State University

BS in Computer Science w/Bioinformatics option; BS in Biology w/Bioinformatics option; MS in CS (course of study can be designed to include computational aspects of Bioinformatics)

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences

BS in CS: 195 credit hours required. BS in Bio: 200 credit hours required MS: 48 credit hours (including 12 credit hours toward thesis)

Protein binding interactions, comparative protein structure modeling, drug lead screening by region-based regression for QSAR analysis, data mining of three-dimensional protein structure information, repetitive elements as time-series genomic data., molecular visualization, forensic analysis of DNA evidence data

University of Oklahoma

Certificate in Bioinformatics for Masters and PhD students

Interdepartmental program

Completion of 2 bioinformatics courses (Bioinformatics: Applications and Bioinformatics: Programming) and their prerequisite, in addition to the degree requirements.

n/a

Carnegie Mellon University

BS in Biology with specialty in Computational Biology; MS in Computational Biology

Department of Biological Sciences

BS in Computational Biology: 360 units of coursework; MS: 99 units of coursework (up to 12 units can be research work)

n/a

Drexel University

BS in Biomedical Engineering with concentration in Bioinformatics; MS concentration in Integrated Bioinformatics; PhD in Integrated Bioinformatics

School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems-Center for Integrated Bioinformatics

No specific information available - degree requirements will vary by primary department/degree

Molecular profiling and tissue structure informatics. Molecular profiling of normal and cancerous tissue, when combined with a quantitative analysis of tissue heterogeneity, could lead to earlier detection, as well as accurate diagnosis and sub-classification, of cancer.

University of Pennsylvania

BS concentration for Biology, Computer Science, or Mathematics major, Professional Master's in Biotechnology (MB) w/concentration in Biology/Bioinformatics, PhD and post-Doctoral training in Genomics and Computational Biology.

Penn Center for Bioinformatics; programs administered: BS by corresponding departments, MS and PhD Biotechnology program and Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group respectively

MS: eleven courses: six core courses and five courses from the bioinformatics track; PhD: 12 courses including 7 required classes and 5 elective classes, 3 research rotations, and any combination of additional rotations, courses, seminars, or independent study for a total of 20 credit units over four semesters and two summers. Exams and dissertation.

information not readily available

University of Pittsburgh

MS, PHD, MD/PhD in Biomedical Informatics; MS, PhD in Intelligent Systems with certification in Biomedical Informatics; Certification in Biomedical Informatics

Department of Biomedical Informatics

MS - 36 credit hours, minimum B grade in all graduate courses; PhD - 72 credits (54 - coursework, 18 - dissertation research, with a minimum B grade in all graduate courses).

Genomic and proteomic data mining, natural language processing, machine learning, and biosurveillance.

University of the Sciences at Philadelphia

BS with minor in Bioinformatics; non-thesis MS (either a computational or biotechnology track)

Program in Bioinformatics

Minimum of 30-32 credits - 22 credits of core courses, 5-6 credits of track-specific courses, electives beyond that and completion of an independent project over a period of two semesters.

n/a - non-research program

University of South Carolina

PSM in Bioinformatics

Department of Biological Sciences

36 credits (12 general, 18 core, 6 electives)

n/a

University of Memphis

MS in Bioinformatics

College of Arts and Sciences

37 credits (33 for those entering with Master's and 30 with PhD or enrolled in PhD program)

Simulation, Statistical Computing, Protein modeling, Datamining, Gene Expression

University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PhD in Bioinformatics (MS option for those not completing program)

Genomic Science and Technology program (UTK + ORLN)

MS: 30 credits of coursework past baccalaureate; PhD: 48 credits of coursework past baccalaureate plus 24 credits of dissertation and research credits, research rotations

High-throughput genome sequence production; high-throughput sequence analysis tools and pipelines; whole-genome gene finding, gene and protein modeling, and genome annotation; advanced bioinformation systems and laboratory information systems; applications of high-performance biocomputing; and computational research in molecular biology

University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PhD in Life Science with specialization in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology

Genomic Science and Technology program (UTK + ORLN)

48 credits of coursework past baccalaureate plus 24 credits of dissertation and research credits, research rotations

Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Proteomics, Computational Biology, Structural Biology incl Neutron scattering, High Performance Computing

Baylor College of Medicine

PhD - Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, MD/PhD

Interinstitutional program (BCM, Rice U, U of Texas, etc.)

PhD: Collection of program-specific coursework, graduate school core curriculum, lab rotations, qualifying exam, thesis MD/PhD: first 2 years of med school (includes clinical clerkship), followed by grad school coursework, lab rotations, thesis completion finishing with final year of med school.

Development of structural and computational techniques, protein design and engineering, biophysical chemistry of macromolecules, membrane biophysics, neuroscience, and genome informatics.

Baylor University

BSI (Bachelor of Science in Informatics) with Bioinformatics major

School of Engineering and Comptuter Science, Bioinformatics Program

124 credit hours required including Humanities and Social Science, Computer Science and Biology, Bioinformatics, and Mathematics and Chemistry.

Development of distributed bioinformatics database systems and computational biology analysis tools, modeling and systematic analysis of complex biological networks, identification of functional modules in protein interaction networks and predict molecular functions from connecting patterns of the networks.

Rice University

PhD in Biostatistics - program in Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics (in collaboration with Division of Quantitative Sciences at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

Interinstitutional Graduate Program in Biostatistics

PhD: 90 credits of coursework beyond bachelor's degree, teaching responsibilities; qualifying exams.

Exploratory Analysis of Survival Data, Hyperbolic Matrix Decompositions, Sequential Designs, Decision Analysis, Genetic Testing Algorithms,medical applications of functional data analysis, clustering, and classification methods,adapting Bayesian methodology to twin and family studies in human genetics and cancer.

St. Edwards University

BS in Bioinformatics

School of Natural Sciences

68 credits of core courses, with 12-13 elective credits required in bioinformatics

n/a

University of Texas - Austin

PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology with specialized track in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

Completion of 5 core courses, lab rotations, work in permanent lab, teaching for at least one semester, dissertation research

RNA biology, Plant molecular biology, systems and synthetic biology

University of Texas - Dallas

MS in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Departments of Mathematical Sciences and Molecular and Cell Biology

Completion of 5 core courses, additional courses for the Bioinformatics track.

information not readily available

University of Texas - El Paso

PSM (Professional Sciences Master's) degree in Bioinformatics

College of Science, Bioinformatics Program (Interdepartmental)

40 hours of courses in the computational, mathematical, and life sciences; also requires a summer practical work experience internship in the public or private sector; Thesis is an option but not a requirement for this degree

DNA sequence assembly and analysis; ecology and phylogeny; microarray and proteomics data analysis; RNA and protein structure prediction.

Brigham Young University

BS in Bioinformatics; BS in Computer Science with Bioinformatics emphasis

College of Life Sciences, Interdisciplinary program

BS in Informatics: 66 hours of major requirements in addition to general college requirements, including Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and 6 credits of upper level classes; BS in CS with emphasis in Bioinformatics: 84 hours of prescribed courses above the university's GE requirements

Research focuses on phyogenomics, molecular modeling, proteomics, and ecological modeling

George Mason

Undergraduate minor in Bioinformatics; MS and PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MS in Bioinformatics Management; Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics;

School of Systems Biology; College of Science

Undergraduate minor: 20-22 credits of specialized classes. MS: 31 credit hours including research project or master's thesis, MS in Management - 30 credits including capstone project. Certificate-15 credit hours; PhD: 12 credit hours of fundamental biosciences courses; 13 credit hours of core bioinformatics courses; 23 credit hours of electives or independent research; and 24 credit hours of dissertation research; lab rotation and colloquia.

Includes the integration of genomic, gene expression and clinical databases, the analysis of protein structure and function, models of molecular, cellular and metabolic processes, and models of regulatory networks.

Virginia Commonwealth University

BS, PSM, MS (thesis), BS/MS Accelerated Program (All degrees in bioinformatics), PhD in Integrative Life Sciences with focus on Bioinformatics

Life Sciences, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity

BS: Life Sciences General Education Requirements, specific training in the Collateral Coursework (15 credits) and in the Bioinformatics Core Curriculum (42 credits) plus track-specific courses (22 credits); Master's: 22 and 14 credits of core courses (MS and PSM professional respectively), variable credits of track specific courses; PhD:64 credits, 6 core courses, comprehensive exams and dissertation.

Functional and comparative genomics of microbial pathogens, topology, complexity and dynamics of biological networks and pathways, Computer-aided drug discovery and computational chemistry, Method development for the analysis of large scale genetic data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (Interdisciplinary)

The distribution of the 90 required hours: 30-63 credit hours of research and 27-60 graded coursework (graduate level). Students choose a primary track from four specialty tracks: life sciences, computer science, statistics and mathematics. Also complete core courses and dissertation research project, and additional focused research experiences may be required.

Molecular modeling and protein structure and function, genomic sequence analysis from an evolutionary perspective, bioinformatics and imaging approaches to antiviral drug discovery, biomolecular electrostatics, protein folding and dynamics, microarray transcription data, computational methods for use in air quality modeling.

University of Washington - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

PhD in Computational Molecular Biology or Graduate Training Certificate

Computational Molecular Biology (CMB) Interdisciplinary Program

PhD: Graduate requirements of the host department, Core CMB course, electives as selected with advisor, lab rotations, seminars, etc. Certificate: 15 units of course work.

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George Washington University

BS in Computer Science w/ concentration in Bioinformatics or Dual BA in CS and Biology, MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with Bioinformatics track

Multiple participating departments

BS: 126 credit hours required along prescribed curriculum, Dual BA: 133 credit hours required; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology MS: non-thesis option, 36 credits required with a final project. Thesis option: 30 credits plus thesis.

Genomics/proteomics,phylogenetics,biostatistics,genomic variation and disease,translational bioinformatics,databases and data analysis,algorithm development

Georgetown University

MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Bioinformatics Track

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology

31 credits (non-thesis, 2 or 3 semesters)

n/a - non-research program

Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin

MS in Bioinformatics

Joint interinstitutional, interdepartmental program

Thesis: 24 credit hours required plus thesis (6 credit hours). Non-thesis: 36 credit hours. Core courses required for both options.

Faculty research includes: model organism database, biomedical text mining, genetics and SNP analysis

University of Wisconsin-Madison

PhD and Post-doctoral Training

Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Training Program (Interdepartmental)

PhD: Completion of a minor outside one's home dept. (12 credits), 3 classes in Bioinformatics/Biostatistics, 3 Biological classes, 3 CS classes, one-semester course in Scientific Ethics; Pre and Post docs: 9 credits minimum plus a course in Scientific Ethics

Machine learning and bioinformatics; algorithms for data mining and machine learning, and their applications to biomedical data; Relation of the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of proteins to their biological functions; information extraction from on-line biomedical text

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Capstone Certificate Program in Bioinformatics (For UW-Madison post-doctoral fellows and employees of Madison-area companies who are interested in bioinformatics training), Graduate Certificate Program in Bioinformatics

Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (SOM and PH)

Graduate certificate:12 credits (3 required classes, one elective). The program typically can be completed in 1-2 years. Capstone certificate: Formal training in the use and application of bioinformatics methods to solve problems in molecular biology (otherwise unspecified). Complete in 2 years.

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University of Wisconsin-Parkside

B.S. in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics

Biology Department

Major consists of 46 credits in biological sciences with additional courses in mathematics, chemistry, computer science and physics, GPA of 2.5 or better

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