Survey of Bioinformatics Programs, July 2003
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Institution |
Host Department |
Degrees Granted |
Degree Requirements |
Research Interests |
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The Sloan Foundation of Computational Biosciences in the
Department of Life Sciences |
Professional MS |
30 credit hours of courses, 6 credits of internship, and 6
credit hours of professional development.
42 credit hours total. |
Mathematical biology, cell biotechnology, protein
structure and enzyme kinetics |
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Department of Bioinformatics |
MS, PhD |
MS: 32 credits required and internship. PhD: 64 credits required and exam |
System biology, microarray analysis, genomics |
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Office of Continuing Studies |
MS Software Engineering/ Bioinformatics Dual Degree;
Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics |
MS: 3 core courses, with 7 electives chosen from a
list. 45 credits total. Certificate: 1 core course (Statistics),
and 4 electives chosen from a list |
Computational biology, protein folding, protein mass
spectrometry |
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Department of Computer Science |
BS |
37 courses (128 credits) required. Full undergraduate curriculum. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
BS Minor |
Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Biostatistics, 2 courses in
Bioinformatics |
Rare plants, invertebrate
neurophysiology, viral genetics |
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Department of Biomedical Informatics |
BA, MA (applied), MA (research), PhD |
MS (applied): 30 credits required, MS (research): Previous
PhD and 30 credits, PhD: 60 credits required |
Standards for encoding and sharing clinical guidelines,
diabetes informatics, clinical data mining |
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Department of Computer Sciences |
MS in Computer Science w/Specialization |
15 credits of required CS classes, 9 electives, and option
of thesis |
Bioinformatics and pattern discovery, primer design,
protein motif mining |
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Divisions of Biological and
Health Sciences in conjunction with the Computer Technology and Information
System |
Associate Degree; Career Certification |
53 credits for Associate Degree, 49 for Certificate |
No information available on specific research interests |
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School of Computational Sciences |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credit hours with master's thesis. PhD: 72 credits total, 48 course credits
and 24 credits of thesis research. |
Computational neuroscience, biomedical genomics, data
mining, human genetic variation |
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Multiple participating departments |
BS in Computer Science or Biology w/ concentration in
Bioinformatics or Dual BA in CS and Biology, MS in Genomics and
Bioinformatics with tracks in Biology or CS |
BS: 130 credit hours required along prescribed curriculum,
Dual BA: 132 credit hours required Biology MS: non-thesis option, 35 credits
required with a final project. Thesis
option: 32 credits plus thesis. CS MS:
38 credits required. |
Phylogenetics, information systems, genomics and
proteomics of HIV and cardiovascular disease |
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MS, PhD in Biology w/Specialization and PhD in
Bioinformatics |
37 credits, three semesters of specific courses in biology,
mathematics, computer programming, and chemistry. |
Protein structure analysis, molecular genetic databases,
x-ray crystallography |
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology |
MS Medical Informatics |
Core courses and thesis requirement |
Information processing in medicine |
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology's
Program of Medical Engineering and Medical Physics |
PhD |
Core courses and thesis requirement, interdisciplinary
courses among both schools. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Informatics |
MS |
9 core credit hours and then 21 credit hours of electives,
with 6 credit hours of work on thesis. |
Intelligent systems, neural networks, bioinformatics, gene
regulation |
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Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology with
multiple participating departments |
MS, PhD |
MS: 30 credits required with core and advanced
requirements, PhD: 72 credits are required |
Intelligent searching, data warehouses, analytical tools,
high performance computing in genomics |
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N/A |
Professional Masters of Bioscience |
Two academic years of work, with internship over the
summer and master's paper |
Recombinant protein expression, biomaterials, molecular
computation |
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Mult. Depts.: Mathematics, Statistics and Biology et al. (MU), Bioinformatic and
Biomedical Research (UWM) |
MS |
Thesis: 24 credit hours required plus thesis. Non-thesis: 36 credit hours. Core courses required for both options. |
Development of systems to aid in the genomics, proteomic
research. |
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Department of Biometry and Epidemiology |
PhD track |
7 core courses with electives beyond that. Lab rotations strongly encouraged. |
Computational science systems for analysis of biological
data, protein interactions |
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Program in Genomic Science |
MS (non-thesis), PhD, |
MS: 33 credit hours, core courses with oral exam,
non-thesis degree. PhD: 72 credit
hours and thesis. |
Statistical genetics, molecular sequence analysis, genetic
mapping |
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Mult. Depts: Department of Biology's Program in
Bioinformatics et al. |
MS |
32 credits required.
Core courses with electives, internship required. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
MS Specialization, Certification |
30 credits required for MS with specialization, 16-17
required for certificate |
Arabidopsis BLAST searches, enzyme rate studies,
similarity matrices |
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Biophysics Program's Division of Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics |
PhD |
Programs are highly individual and are worked out with
your advisor. Thesis defense is
required for completion of degree. |
Assembly and function of protein complexes, neural networks,
function of solute transporters. |
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Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical
Epidemiology |
All degrees in Medical Informatics: MS (research) and MS
(professional) currently available, PhD program beginning Fall 2004; Graduate
Certificate |
MS research: 60 credit hours required. MS professional: 52
credit hours. Six credit on-campus requirement. Certificate: Eight courses required. |
Mapping human genes, impact of computers on health
informatics |
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BS, MS in Applied Science w/Concentration in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Biology w/Concentration in Bioinformatics |
Additional credits for concentration in degrees. |
Regulation of gene expression, protein folding and
structure, data mining, molecular simulations |
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Department of Computer Science |
MS in Computer Science w/ Concentration |
14 courses required. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Molecular Computational Biology |
PhD track |
No set number of credits beyond core courses. Individual curriculums are determined upon
admission |
Protein expression and structural genes, DNA topology, evolutionary
trees |
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Department of Biomedical Informatics |
MS (academic), MS (online professional), MS (coterminal,
Stanford UG's only), PhD; Certification |
Projects required for MS, thesis for PhD, two years of
residence and completion of appropriate courses. |
Biomedical Informatics |
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UC Berkeley Extension - Continuing Education |
Professional Sequence w/Certificate |
4 courses in two possible sequences. |
Genetic engineering, Perl, Data Mining |
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MS, PhD, both have research areas in Informatics in
Biology or Medicine |
Three core courses, plus at least 6 additional courses,
and courses to satisfy a breadth requirement.
Other core courses required for ICS school. |
Data mining, prediction of protein sequences, gene
expression data analysis |
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Mult. Depts: Biomathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Statistics, Computer Science et al. |
BS in Cybernetics w/Concentration in |
Statistics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Research |
Predicting membrane protein structure, analyses of genome
evolution, microarrays |
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Mult. Depts: Departments of Biology, Biomedical Sciences,
Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics et al. |
BS, PhD, also PhD in Neuroinformatics |
Biological Data and Analysis Tools, Sequence Analysis,
Genomic Analysis, Statistics areas, three quarters of work required |
Structure and evolution of proteins, enzymes, genomics |
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Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics |
MS – only for those getting a second health-related
masters (or MS with PhD), and PhD |
36 credits required for MS, projects required for both MS
and PhD |
Protein structures, computer imaging |
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Currently under Department of Computer Engineering –
moving to Department of Biomolecular Engineering |
BS, MS and PhD |
Six core courses with three electives, optional
internship, 52 credits for MS, 56 for PhD, Thesis required for both MS and
PhD |
Gene finding, RNA detection techniques, proteomics |
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Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Section
of Bioinformatics |
Analytical Health Sciences/Bioinformatics PhD track |
90 credits total: 45 credit hours of course work and 45
credits of thesis work |
Structure of proteins, computational biology, molecular
neurobiology |
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Department of Bioengineering |
MS, PhD |
MS: 36 credits minimum in biochemistry, mathematics,
bioengineering, etc., 96 credits for PhD. |
Structural bioinformatics, computational biology, neural
engineering |
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Department of Mathematical Science’s Computer Science
Division |
MS Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences
w/Concentration |
With PhD: 30 credits, without: 33 credits required. Thesis required for both. |
Computational biology and algorithms. |
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2 tracks: Program in Biomedical Sciences in the |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credits with internship required, non-thesis. PhD: 68 credits required with thesis and
exam. |
Tools for facilitating gene mapping, nanomolecular
modeling, transcription mechanism study, etc. |
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
MS minor, PhD minor |
Minor requires core courses, 9 credits for master's, 15
credits for doctoral minor. |
DNA repair mechanisms, quantitative genetics, biopolymers,
etc. |
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MS in Pathology and Microbiology with Special Track in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Pathology and Microbiology with Special Track in
Bioinformatics |
MS: Eleven foundation biology, computational sciences
courses, core biological sciences, computational sciences, electives and
independent study. PhD: Similar
requirements. |
Cost benefit analysis for systems, computer literacy |
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MS Certificate of Specialization, PhD Certificate of
Specialization |
MS: 38 credits of required classes with research
rotation. PhD: Two research rotations,
one semester of teaching, core classes. |
Structure and function relationships of proteins,
computational protein design, statistical genetics |
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Department of Computational Biology |
BS Biology, Computer Science, or Mathematics
w/Concentration, MS in Biotechnology w/Concentration, PhD in Genomics and
Computational Biology |
MS: 12 courses required.
No information on PhD |
Evolutionary population genetics, mathematical tools to
map disease genes, multiple sequence alignments |
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Center for Biomedical Informatics |
MS in Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration, PhD in
Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration; Biomedical Informatics Certificate
Program |
MS: 44 credit hours, required core courses, electives, and
thesis. PhD: 71 credit hours, core
courses, electives, thesis, and significant research. Certificate: 15 credit hours |
Biomolecular sequence-structure-function research,
oncology informatics, medical simulations |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
Professional MS |
2 year, non-thesis program. Core courses required. |
Genome sequencing, bioluminescence, intelligent systems |
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Program in Bioinformatics |
BS, MS |
22 credits core courses, electives beyond that. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics |
All degrees in Biomedical and Health Informatics, MS
(research and applied), PhD awaiting approval; Certification only available
for current students |
MS Research: 60 credits minimum with thesis. MS Applied: 60 credits minimum with applied
project. |
Clinical informatics, genetic data integration, public
health informatics, structural informatics |
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MS in Biomedical Informatics and PhD Concentration |
MS: 27-40 credits required with thesis. PhD: 33-46 credits with teaching
experience, and thesis. |
Clinical terminology systems, medical informatics, machine
learning |
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Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational
Biology |
PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
to be approved soon |
No specific information available. |
Computational control, statistic analysis of microarrays,
functional genomics |
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Department of Computer Science |
BS in Computer Science or Biology w/Bioinformatics option |
CS: 195 credit hours required. Biology: 200 credit hours required. |
Protein binding interactions, data mining, molecular
visualization |
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Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
PhD |
Achieve competency in bioinformatics, biological sciences,
and informatics. |
Comparative genomics, data mining, macromolecules |