MSc Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics

Queen's University Belfast offers a Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics MSc program. This course is intended to provide students with a deep understanding of how to use large-scale biological datasets to improve human health. The course covers a mix of Belfast-based campus teaching, hands-on lab sessions, and online learning.Course Content: The program spans across one year of full-time or three years of part-time study. It provides students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills in statistics, bioinformatics, and experimental design. It includes a practical project involving hands-on analysis of large-scale biological data and is kept current with advances in high throughput data generation in genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.Key Modules: Notable modules in the course include: Foundations in Bioinformatics, Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetics, Statistics for Bioinformatics, Introduction to Data Analysis with R and Python, High Throughput Data Analysis, and the Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics Research project.Accreditations: There is no accredited information provided on the course page.Future Careers: Graduates from the course have developed successful careers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, in health services, in research institutes, and in academia.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.