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  Bioinformatics MSc, PgDip


University of Edinburgh    School of Biological Sciences

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Full time September MSc, PGDip MSc: 1 year full-time, PgDip: 9 months full-time

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Programme description

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data.

As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics studies and processes biological data, combining:

  • computer science
  • informatics
  • statistics/mathematics
  • engineering

The emphasis is on leveraging aspects of these disciplines to efficiently explore biology: it is BIO-informatics after all.

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We are one of the largest biology departments in the UK.

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The School of Biological Sciences is at the leading edge in teaching, research and innovation. Independent rankings such as the Times Higher Education consistently place us amongst the top 25 universities in the world for biological sciences.

We offer twelve on-campus taught masters programmes spanning the breadth of the Biological Sciences, taught by world-leading academics.

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Our on-campus, masters programmes span the breadth of the Biological Sciences. We continually seek to provide a rich student experience, and opportunities to grow and progress in whichever ways benefit your future. We regularly review our courses and programmes so as to keep abreast of major advances in biology and to provide you with a range of desirable graduate attributes.

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