Bioinformatics - MSc, PgDip

Bioinformatics is about the application of computer-based approaches to understanding biological processes. Our programme will introduce you to the current methods used to interpret the vast amounts of data generated by modern high-throughput technologies.

Bioinformatics is fundamentally about the application of computer-based approaches to the understanding of biological processes.

Our programme will introduce you to the current methods used to interpret the vast amounts of data generated by modern high-throughput technologies such as:

• genome sequencing
• next-generation sequencing
• microarray profiling

Bioinformatics operates at the intersection of biology and informatics and has a strong mathematical component.

Today’s technology has given us high-capacity analysis of genes and proteins which make it necessary to integrate informatics when solving biological problems. It has become an important focus for industry, particularly in the post-genomic era.

This programme will equip you with essential training in computing and statistics and give you valuable hands-on experience of modern bioinformatics research themes and methods.

With a working knowledge of the practical and theoretical concepts of bioinformatics, you will be well qualified to progress onto advanced graduate study.

The portfolio of skills developed on the programme is also suited to academic research or work within the bioinformatics industry as well as range of commercial settings.

Bioinformatics postgraduate study