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University |
Degrees |
Department(s) |
Degree Requirements |
Sampling of Research
Interests |
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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; MS/PhD option available |
information not readily available |
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Arizona State University |
MS and PhD in Biomedical Informatics |
Department of Biomedical Informatics,
School of Engineering |
MS: 30 credits including thesis , PhD:
39-45 credits required courses and 39-45 credits of elective courses |
Health Information Technology
Assessment for Clinical Outcomes, Distributed Cognition and
Scientific Collaboration in Medicine and Health, |
|
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, Professional
Certificate in Bioinformatics (PCB) and a Graduate Certificate in
Bioinformatics (GCB) are under development |
UALR/UAMS Joint Graduate Program in
Bioinformatics |
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, |
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California State University Channel
Islands (CSUCI |
Professional MS in Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics |
Biology Program |
33-34 units total, bioinformatics
emphasis (18 units) |
n/a |
|
Foothill College |
Associate's Degree and Certificate in
Bioinformatics |
Biological and Health Sciences Division
(BIO/Health divisions) and Computer Technology and Information
System (CTIS) Division |
47 units for Associate Degree, 43.5 for
Certificate |
n/a |
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Keck
Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences |
Professional Masters of Bioscience, PhD
Computational and Systems Biology |
PhD: KGI and the Claremont Graduate
University School of Mathematical Sciences |
MS: Two academic years of work, with
internship over the summer and master's paper, PhD: 72 units of
coursework, dissertation |
varies by track/focus area (see
http://www.kgi.edu/x6808.xml for details) |
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Stanford University |
Professional MS, Academic MS, PHD,
Graduate Certificate |
School of Medicine -Stanford Center for
Biomedical Informatics Research |
Academic MS: 45 credit hours, masters
thesis; Professional MS: 45 credit hours; PHD: 135 credit hours,
qualifying oral examination, PHD thesis and dissertation;
Certificate: completion of 3 core courses (grade B or better) |
See:
http://bmi.stanford.edu/research.htm |
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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 |
Research Areas: Genomic sequencing and
interpretation, Classification of biological function; Genetic
variation; Protein structure, design, and function |
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University of California - Irvine |
MS and PhD Concentration in Informatics
in Biology & Medicine (IBAM) |
School of Information and Computer
Science |
Core and concentration courses (see
course listings for details). PhD students must write a research
paper prior to admission to candidacy |
Biomedical Simulations,
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Probabilistic
Modeling, Structure in Biomedical Data |
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University of California - Los Angeles |
(MS) PhD in Bioinformatics |
Interdepartmental program |
MS: 13 graduate courses min., PhD - same core courses plus
additional coursework |
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 |
core (6 courses: 23 units), a
concentration area (min. 7 courses: 28 units), and a 4 unit Research
and Research Communication course |
n/a |
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University of California - Riverside |
PhD in Genomics and Bioinformatics |
Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics
and Bioinformatics |
No specific information available. |
see http://ggb.ucr.edu/research.html |
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University of California - San Diego |
PhD in Bioinformatics |
Interdisciplinary program |
3 quarters of coursework (4 courses
each quarter) plus 9 additional courses; 2nd year qualifier exam,
PhD thesis and oral exam |
Varies by faculty member, see
http://bioinformatics.ucsd.edu/faculty/index.htm# for details |
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University of California - San Diego |
BS Computer Science with a
Specialization in Bioinformatics, |
Computer Science and Engineering
Department |
64 units lower division (Math, chem.,
CS, Physics), 88 units upper division, including 5 CS technical
electives, 24 units (6 courses) of concentration |
n/a |
|
University of California - San
Francisco |
PhD |
Program in Biological and Medical
Informatics. |
Combination of coursework, research lab
rotations, dissertation research, etc. |
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 Bioinformatics |
Biomolecular Engineering |
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 |
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University of Southern California |
PhD in Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics |
Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics (Biology department) |
60 units of courses, usual PhD
requirements |
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. |
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University of Colorado at Denver |
Bioinformatics PhD and Post-Doctoral
Fellowships |
Computational Bioscience, 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 |
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Yale
University |
PhD in Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics (PhD en route to PhD or for those leaving program
early possible) |
CBB is an Interdepartmental program |
4 semesters of coursework (9 courses
encompassing the following 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: 4 semesters of coursework and 3
research rotations |
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 |
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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 |
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University of South Florida |
MS in Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology, Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics |
College of Medicine for MS, UCF
Educational Outreach for Certificate |
MS: 9 core classes and 3 electives,
plus internship; Certificate: 12 credits (4 courses) |
information not readily available |
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Georgia Institute of Technology |
Professional and Traditional MS in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Bioinformatics |
School of Biology, (PhD in partnerships
with other departments) |
Traditional MS: 30 credits of courses
plus thesis; Professional MS: 37 credits, three semesters of
specific courses in biology, mathematics, computer programming, and
chemistry; PhD: 36 course credits (GPA of 3.2 or better), 24
research credits |
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). |
Spatial Dynamics of Plasmid-Bacteria
Interactions, Microbial Community Analysis, Decision Theoretic
Approach to Model Selection, Evolving Ecological Networks, Potato
Genetic Map |
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Northern Illinois University |
MS in Biological Sciences with
Specialization in Bioinformatics, Graduate Certificate |
Department of Biological 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 (12
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) |
Interdisciplinary program administered
by Graduate College |
Thesis: 32 credits with min of 28
credits of coursework; non-thesis: 36 credits. Coursework from
three core areas: bioinformatics, biology and CS is required |
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 |
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Indiana University at Bloomington |
MS in Bioinformatics, PhD minor
bioinformatics |
School of Informatics |
MS: 36 credits, 6 core credits, 6
credits bioinformatics, 18 credits of electives, 6 credits
project/thesis/internship; PhD minor: 12 credits |
data mining and integration of
genome-wide data-typically high-throughput, motif discovery
algorithms and information-theoretic analysis of protein structure,
comparative genomics and cancer with a focus on hypermethylation |
|
Indiana University/Purdue University -
Indianapolis |
MS in Bioinformatics, PhD in
Informatics with Bioinformatics focus, Doctoral minor |
School of Informatics with Depts of
Biology, Computer Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
other departments in the School of Medicine. |
MS: 36 credits (18 credits of
bioinformatics core credits), PhD: 90 credits (15 hours
bioinformatics core courses, 9 hours advanced BI courses); research
rotations, etc., Doctoral Minor: 12 credits from bioinformatics core |
Structural bioinformatics, Data
integration and mining, Gene Regulation and networks, |
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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. |
http://www.bcb.iastate.edu/courses/BCBcourses.html |
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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. |
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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 |
Graduate School of Management &
Technology |
MS: 36 credits (18 credits-core
bioinformatics courses, 15 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 |
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Boston University |
MS-Bioinformatics, MS-Clinical
Bioinformatics (MD Track), PhD-Bioinformatics |
Department of Bioinformatics |
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 |
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Brandeis University |
MS Bioinformatics, Graduate Certificate
in Bioinformatics |
Rabb School of Continuing Studies -
taught by professionals in the field |
MS: 36 credits; Certificate: 21
credits. 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 |
n/a |
|
University of Massachusetts - Lowell |
MS and ScD in Computer Science with
Bio/cheminformatics option |
Computer Science |
30 credits (thesis optional, can be
substituted for coursework); ScD: MS requirements plus thesis for a
total of 42 credits. |
n/a |
|
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 |
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. |
information not readily available |
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University of Michigan |
PSM and MS in Bioinformatics, PhD |
Interdisciplinary program under
Graduate School |
MS: 31 credits of core courses and
electives, Professional MS: Internship in industry required;
Research MS: rotation in a laboratory required, thesis encouraged.
PhD: 68 credits required (reduced to 50 for those with relevant MS)
with two full research rotations the first 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 |
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Grand Valley State University |
MS Medical and Bioinformatics -
nonthesis |
Computing & Information Systems |
36 credits with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 |
information not readily available |
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University of Minnesota |
Graduate Minor is (available to
Master's and Doctoral students) |
Department of Laboratory Medicine and
Pathology |
Minor requires core courses, 9 credits
for master's, 15 credits for doctoral minor. |
n/a (see individual departments) |
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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. in Computer Science w/
Bioinformatics Emphasis; PhD in Informatics w/ Bioinformatics
Emphasis |
School of Computing & 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 |
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Ramapo College |
BS Bioinformatics Major |
School of Theoretical and Applied
Science |
128 credits total, 72 core credits, 12
credits from special set of electives with option for Bioinformatics
research with faculty or internship in industry |
information not readily available |
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Stevens Institute of Technology |
BS, MS, PhD in Chemical Biology
w/concentration; Certificate |
Department of Chemistry & Chemical
Biology |
BS: 72 credits related to major in
Junior and Senior year; MS: 30 credits (thesis not required, but is
encouraged); PhD; 90 credits of graduate work in an approved program
of study are required beyond the bachelor's degree; this may include
up to 30 credits obtained in relevant master's degree program.
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 |
|
University of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey (UMDNJ) |
Graduate Certificate for MS and PhD
students |
The Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences (GSBS) |
Certificate for MS students: 12 Credit
Hours; Certificate for PhD students: Bioinformatics Core Curriculum
including appropriate Research and Electives for a total of 18
Credit Hours. |
information not readily available |
|
Kean University |
MS in Biotechnology w/ Bioinformatics
Concentration |
|
College of Natural Sciences,
Nursing and Mathematics |
|
38-42 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 and other students, course
requirements vary by major, all do lab project, senior thesis and a
course in Computational Molecular Biology & Genomics |
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 |
37 courses (128 credits) required, may
be up to 136 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 |
Department of Biomedical Informatics |
MA: 30 credits, PhD: 60 credits |
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 (MS on the way to PhD may
be an option) |
School of Science's Department of
Biology |
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 (webpage
in development) |
|
New York University |
PhD in Biology with Specialization in
Genomics & Systems Biology |
Department of Biology |
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 |
n/a |
|
University of Buffalo |
BS in in bioinformatics and
computational biology (BCB) |
Department of Biological Sciences |
104 credit hours: 35 hours in
biological sciences, 65 hours in chemistry, physics, math, and cs
and 4 hours of senior seminar and project |
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, Minor (for
students pursuing a Ph.D. in Functional Genomics or another
discipline; there is no minor offered for M.S. degrees) |
Program in Genomic Sciences |
MS: 33-36 credit hours: 15 Genomic
Sciences core, 9 Bioinformatics Core, 9 credits of electives, with
oral exam, non-thesis degree. PhD: 72 credit hours: 15 Genomic
Science, 9 Bioinformatics Core, 48 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 of Specialization, PhD |
MS Certificate: School of Information
and Library Science; 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 Two
research rotations, one semester of teaching, bioinformatics and
computational biology core classes, 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/bcbresearch.html |
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University of North Carolina -
Charlotte |
PSM in Bioinformatics and PhD in
Information Technology - Bioinformatics track |
Interdisciplinary program |
PSM: 36 credit hours; PhD: 72 post
baccalaureate hours with specific course selections for
bioinformatics track |
"Research ...encompasses both
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology as defined by the NIH" |
|
University of Cincinnati |
MS, PhD in Biomedical Engineering with
Specialization in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biomedical Engineering |
Credit requirements for MS, PhD post
MS, PhD alone: 45, 90, 135 |
Computational neuroscience, computer
learning, genomics, proteonomics, computational modeling and
computational software development and applications to healthcare.
Bioinformatics brings together researchers in computer engineering,
computer science, genomics, proteonomics, neuroscience |
|
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 |
Interdepartmental program |
Completion of 2 bioinformatics courses
and their prerequisites |
n/a |
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
MS in Computational Biology |
Department of Biological Sciences |
99 units of coursework (up to 12 units
can be research work) |
n/a |
|
Drexel University |
Undergraduate minor and MS from several
departments with Bioinformatics concentration; 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 |
3-Dimensional Breast Tumor Modeling,
Large-Scale Computations on Histology Images Reveal
Grade-Differentiating Parameters for Breast Cancer, Multi-Scale
Modeling of Biological Networks and Pathways |
|
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: Three research
rotations (3-4 credit units total), Eight courses consisting of both
core lectures and electives (8 credit units total), One
semester-long seminar that focuses on reading and discussing primary
literature, 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 |
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University of Pittsburghh |
MS, PHD in Biomedical Informatics with
concentration in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biomedical informatics |
MS - 36 credit hours, minimum B grade
in all graduate courses; PhD - 72 credits (54 - coursework, 18 -
dissertation research) |
Genomic and Proteomic Data: Analysis
and Data Mining, Datawarehouses and Repositories, Bayesian Modeling
and Machine Learning Methods |
|
University of the Sciences at
Philadelphia |
non-thesis MS, BS into MS option (see
other) |
Program in Bioinformatics |
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 |
|
Medical University of South Carolina |
MS, PhD in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics and Epidemiology |
MS: 36 credits; PhD: same as MS, plus
typical PhD requirements |
Use artificial neural network to align
biological ontologies, Mathematical modeling of pathogenicity of
Cryptococcus, Novel metrics for evaluating the functional coherence
of protein groups via protein-semantic-network, microarray data
storage using array data type |
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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) |
Genotype-Phenotype Analysis, Protein
modeling, Datamining |
|
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) |
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 |
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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. |
Computer-aided drug design, Structural
and Computational Biology of Biological Machines, RNA structure,
function & evolution, Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics |
|
Baylor University |
BS of Informatics w/ Bioinformatics
major |
Department of Computer Science, Biology
Department |
124 credit hours required including
Humanities and Social Science, Computer Science and Biology, and
Mathematics and Chemistry. |
Unsupervised learning methods,
automation of learning, especially in the applications knowledge
discovery in science, such as bioinformatics and astrophysics;
interplay among routing services, transport protocols, and
information dissemination problem domains |
|
Rice University |
MS in Computer Science w/ Concentration |
Department of Computer Science |
40 hours of CS, Statistics and Biology
courses |
Apply robotics and computational
geometry methods to research: Structural problems in bioinformatics,
protein dynamics and flexible drug design, kinematics and
conformational search issues for molecules, functional annotation of
proteins |
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St. Edwards University |
BS in Bioinformatics |
School of Natural Sciences |
52 credits of core courses, with 13
elective credits required in bioinformatics |
n/a |
|
University of Texas - Austin |
PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology with
focus 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 |
limited information on website |
information not readily available |
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University of Texas - El Paso |
PSM (Professional Sciences Master's)
degree in Bioinformatics |
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 |
Department of Biology |
63 hours of major requirements on top
of general college requirements |
Research focuses on phyogenomics,
molecular modeling, proteomics, and ecological modeling |
|
George
Mason |
MS and PhD in Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology, MS in Bioinformatics Management, graduate
Certificate in Bioinformatics, undergraduate minor in
Bioinformatics |
Dept. of Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology, College of Sciences |
MS: 31 credit hours including research
project or master's thesis, MS in Management - 30 credits including
capstone project. PhD: 72 credits total, 48 course credits and 24
credits of thesis research. Certificate-15 credit hours |
Molecular Environmental Sciences and
Genomic Evolution, Learning and Optimization Algorithms for
Computational Biology , RNA Structure Prediction, Protein
Aggregation and Unfolding, Protein Structural Analysis Through
Computational Geometry, Microarray Databases and Analysis Methods |
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Virginia Commonwealth University |
BS, PSM, MS (thesis), BS/MS Accelerated
Program (All degrees in bioinformatics), PhD in Integrative Life
Sciences with focus on Bioinformatics |
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: 20 and 14 credits of
core courses (MS and M professional respectively), 15 credits of
track specific courses. |
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 |
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology |
Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics,
and Computational Biology (Interdisciplinary) |
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. See
http://www.grads.vt.edu/academics/programs/gbcb/faculty.html for
others. |
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University of Washington - Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
PhD in Computational Molecular Biology
or Graduate Training Certificate |
Computational
Molecular Biology (CMB) Interdisciplinary Program |
PhD: Core CMB course, electives as
selected with advisor, lab rotations, seminars, etc. Certificate: 15
units of course work like for PhD in CBM |
information not readily available |
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George Washington University |
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 |
Multiple participating departments |
BS: 130 credit hours required along
prescribed curriculum, Dual BA: 133 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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Georgetown University |
MS in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology - Bioinformatics Track |
Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
30 credits (non-thesis, one year
program) |
n/a - non-research program |
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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. |
information not readily available |
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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 |
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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) |
12 credits (3 required classes, one
elective). The program typically can be completed in 1-2 years. |
n/a |
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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 |
information not readily available |
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