The following table shows a relatively small sample of Bioinformatics courses
offered around the world. Reasons for constructing this site are:
The following table is necessarily a small sample of the total courses
offered in Bioinformatics around the world. Apologies if we have overlooked
anyone (and we know we have), but you can rectify that! Just
email us and let us know who
you are, and what you do, and we'll gladly put you on the list! The list will
eventually be annotated with a little more detail about the courses, but we
thought it important to get this list out into public domain as quickly as
possible.
The undergraduate courses outlined in the table exist mainly as 'units'
within a major degree program. There are, as yet, few full undergraduate degree
courses available in bioinformatics. The undergraduate courses at the University
of Pennsylvania, University of Sydney, LaTrobe University (in Australia) are
three examples.
The graduate courses outlined in the table mainly exist as a coursework
component of an MSc or PhD degree. Of course, many institutions will also have
pure research programs in Bioinformatics at the Hons, MSc, or PhD level and will
not have a 'coursework component'. These research programs may not always
reflect the main research program of the institution since the research depends
upon the interests of a particular individual or small team within that
institution. It is difficult to track these individual research programs.
Consequently, we have not included all institutions with a bioinformatics
research project.
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary subject and this is reflected in the
fact that the courses are offered by departments or schools as diverse as:
computer science, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, engineering,
and mathematics. Similarly, bioinformatics may also be known by other names such
as: computational biology, biocomputing, molecular informatics, computational
molecular biology, biological information theory, molecular phylogenetics, and
molecular bioinformatics.
The list was generated from personal knowledge of some of the courses, but
most of the sites were found from searching the WWW using the 'Hot Bot' search
engine with Boolean operators. Only the word 'bioinformatics' was used in the
search terms, consequently sites containing any of the other 'related' names
mentioned earlier (or any foreign language equivalent) would be missed.
Constructive comments on what you find (or do not find!) here are appreciated
and please send an email to let us
know. We hope you find this resource useful! Please note that this Web page is
always being modified.
|
Name of Course
|
Place
|
Web Address (URL)
|
Course notes on Web site†
|
Undergraduate Courses
|
| "Genetics" and "Algorithms" for the
purpose of setting up interdisciplinary collaborations in Genomics |
Wheaton College, Norton, MA |
http://genomics.wheatoncollege.edu |
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics |
University of South Australia, Australia
|
http://adminserv2.schulz.unisa.edu.au/hlt/prm/courses/BIOP.HTM
|
No
|
|
Bioinformatics and Genomic Analysis |
University of Arizona, USA |
http://www.blc.arizona.edu/courses/bioinformatics/default.html
|
Yes
|
|
Computational Biology |
University of Washington, Washington, USA |
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590bi/ |
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics |
Yale
University, USA |
http://bioinfo.csb.yale.edu/course/ |
Yes
|
| Molecular
Bioinformatics |
Uppsala
University, Sweden |
http://www.ibg.uu.se/~mobinfo/index.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics |
University of Geneva, Switzerland |
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~bioinfo/
|
No
|
|
Bioinformatics |
Curtin
University of Technology, Australia |
Under
construction |
Yes
|
|
Macromolecular Structure and Computational Molecular Biology |
University of Melbourne, Australia |
http://miriworld.its.unimelb.edu.au/HB/subjects/521-203.html |
No
|
|
Computational Biology |
University of Pennsylvania, USA |
http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/UPCB/
|
No
|
| Computer
Techniques in Protein and DNA Sequence Analysis |
University of Queensland, Australia |
http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/Subjects/BC327/index.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics |
National
Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. |
http://www.life.nthu.edu.tw/teaching/ |
Yes
|
Bioinformatics
(BSc) |
LaTrobe
University, Australia |
http://bioserve.biochem.latrobe.edu.au/bioinf/bioinf.html |
No
|
| Bioinformatics (BSc) |
Flinders University, Australia |
http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/courses/bioinformatics/ |
No
|
Bioinformatics
(BSc) |
University of Sydney, Australia |
http://www.scifac.usyd.edu.au/Stuprog/Ugrad/bioinform.html |
No
|
| Bachelor of Information Technology
(Bioinformatics) |
James Cook University, Australia |
http://www.it.jcu.edu.au/Degrees/strands/StrandNotes.shtml#BIT3IK |
No
|
Postgraduate or Graduate Courses
|
Bioinformatics
(PhD) |
Otago
University, New Zealand |
http://biochem.otago.ac.nz:800/home-page.html |
No
|
Bioinformatics Group
(PhD) |
Australian National University, Australia |
http://life.anu.edu.au/bioinf.html |
No
|
Bioinformatics
(PhD)
|
Bioinformatics Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore
|
http://www.bic.nus.edu.sg/info.htm |
No
|
Biological Information Theory
(MSc & PhD) |
University of Queensland, Australia |
http://www.cmcb.uq.edu.au/CMCB/bioinfo.html |
No
|
Genetics
and Bioinformatics
(PhD, BMedSci and BSc(Hons)) |
Walter
and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia |
http://www.wehi.edu.au/CommServWWW/pgrad/pgrad.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics (MSc) |
De Montfort University
Leicester, UK |
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/Subjects/Db/?course=774 |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics (MSc) |
University of Manchester, UK |
http://bioinf.man.ac.uk/education/
|
Yes, if enrolled
|
Bioinformatics
(MSc) |
Dublin City University,
Ireland |
http://www.computing.dcu.ie/prospective/postgraduate/bioinformatics/index.html |
No
|
Computational Molecular Biology
(PhD) |
Rutgers
University, New Jersey, USA |
http://cmb.rutgers.edu/ |
No
|
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
(PhD) |
George
Mason University, USA |
http://www.science.gmu.edu/~michaels/Bioinformatics/index.html
|
No
|
|
Algorithms for Molecular Biology |
Tel Aviv
University, Israel |
http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~shamir/algmb.html |
Yes
|
|
Computational Biology |
University of New Mexico, USA |
http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~scistra/course |
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics and Computational Molecular Biology |
Washington University, St Louis, USA |
http://www.ibc.wustl.edu/CMB/
|
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics |
University of Bergen, Norway |
http://www.ii.uib.no/bio/
|
No
|
|
Computational Biology |
University of Pennsylvania, USA |
http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/UPCB/
|
No
|
|
Computational Biology |
The W.M.
Keck Center for Computational Biology in Houston, USA |
http://www-bioc.rice.edu/
|
No
|
|
Bioinformatics |
Virginia
Tech, USA |
http://www.biotech.vt.edu/Classes/BCHM_4984/BCHM_4984.html |
No
|
|
Computational Biology |
W. M.
Keck Center for Advanced Training in Computational Biology, USA |
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/keck/Frames/Welcome.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics |
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/classes/cmps243/Winter98/index.html |
No
|
|
Computational Molecular Biology |
Stanford
University, USA |
http://cmgm.Stanford.EDU/biochem218/ |
Yes
|
|
Computational Biology |
Johns
Hopkins University, USA |
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~salzberg/cs439.html |
Yes
|
Biological Computation
(MSc) and Postgraduate Diploma |
The
University of York, UK |
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/gsp/masters/bc/biol_com.htm |
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics - Computers in Bioscience |
Oregon
Health Sciences University, USA |
http://medir.ohsu.edu/~dubayc/minf520.html |
Yes
|
Biological Sequence Analysis and Protein Modelling
(PhD) |
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/phdcourse/programme.html |
Yes
|
| MRes
Bioinformatics |
University of Leeds, UK |
http://bmbus1.leeds.ac.uk/mres.html |
No
|
| MPhil
Molecular Biology with Bioinformatics |
University of Nottingham, UK |
http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~mbzmail/biochem/mphil/mphilmodules.html
|
No
|
| MSc in
Molecullar Modelling and Bioinformatics |
Birkbeck
College, University of London, UK |
http://mmb.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/
|
Yes, if enrolled
|
|
Algorithms for Computational Biology |
Technion,
Israel |
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/Labs/cbl/teaching/ |
Yes
|
Introduction to Bioinformatics
(Honours) |
Oth
African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) at The University of
Western Cape, South Africa |
http://www.sanbi.ac.za/ |
Yes
|
|
Introduction to Structural Biology and Bioinformatics |
Thomas
Jefferson University, USA |
http://asterix.jci.tju.edu/newcourse.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics Course |
Lund
University, Sweden |
http://bioinfo1.mbfys.lu.se/Kurs/ |
Yes
|
| Bioinformatics (MSc) |
Rai University, BioEngineering
Research Centre (BERC), India |
http://www.raiuniversity.edu |
Yes
|
| Bioinformatics (MSc) |
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore |
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/msc-bioinformatics-intro.asp |
No
|
| Bioinformatics (MRes) |
University of Glasgow,
UK |
http://doolittle.ibls.gla.ac.uk/bioinformatics/ |
Yes
|
| Bioinformatics (PostGradCert, MSc)
|
Oxford University,
UK |
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/bioinformatics |
No
|
Professional Courses
|
| The ANGIS
Bioinformatics Course |
University of Sydney, Australia |
http://www.angis.su.oz.au/Education/ |
Yes
|
Bioinformatics - various topics.
Also interactive on line (by subscription)
|
CAOS/CAMM
centre. University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
http://www.caos.kun.nl/courses/teaching.html |
Yes
|
| The
Biocomputing Course |
Norwegian
EMBnet, University of Oslo, Norway |
http://biomaster.uio.no/courses/index.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics Course |
CyberGene
AB, Sweden |
http://www.cybergene.se/kursinfo.html |
No
|
| Various
Bioinformatic Courses |
UK HGMP
Resource Centre, UK |
http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/About/Courses/ |
No
|
Various
Bioinformatic Courses
-Also a graduate course |
Graduate
School in Computational Biology,
Bioinformatics, and Biometry (COMBI)
University of Helsinki, Finland |
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/combi/program_spring_1998.html |
Yes
|
| Course in
Informatics |
Pasteur
Institute, France |
http://www.pasteur.fr/formation/infobio-uk.html |
No
|
|
Bioinformatics: Computer Methods in Molecular Biology |
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB),
Italy |
http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/crs98bio.htm |
No
|
| Using
Computers for Molecular Biology |
New York
University School of Medicine, USA |
http://mcrcr0.med.nyu.edu/rcr/molbio/syllabus-98.html |
Yes
|
|
Bioinformatics |
The
Biotechnology Information System (BTIS), India |
http://www.nic.in/India-Image/btis/welcome.html |
No
|
| Introductory Bioinformatics - short
course |
SciCon |
http://www.scicon.com.au/biocourse.html |
|
|
Bioinformatics |
Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
http://kisac.cmb.ki.se/kisac/education/index.html |
Yes
|
| Bioinformatics Accredited Development
Courses |
Oxford
University, UK |
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/biosciences/courses/short_courses/default.asp
|
No
|
On-line (Web-based) |
Bioinformatics
(PGCert, PGDip, MSc) |
UK eUniversity |
http://www.ukeu.com/courses/bioinformatics/courses_bioinformatics.shtml
all courses fully online |
Yes, if enrolled
|
Bioinformatics
(PGCert, PGDip, MSc) |
University of Manchester, University of Leeds, UK |
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/biomed/bioinformatics.html
|
Yes, if enrolled
|
BioActivity
"A taste of bioinformatics" |
University of Manchester, UK |
http://bioinf.man.ac.uk/dbbrowser/bioactivity/prefacefrm.html |
Yes
|
Bioinformatics Tools
(Professional course) |
Virtual
School of Molecular Sciences (VSMS) at the University of Nottingham, UK
|
http://ala.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms/catalog.html |
Yes
|
Molecular
Biology Quiz
(Tutorial) |
Göteborg
University, Sweden |
http://www.medkem.gu.se/edu/
|
Yes
|
Virtual
School of Natural Sciences BioComputing Division (VSNS-BCD)
(Interactive course) |
University of Bielefeld, Germany |
http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/bcd/ |
Yes
|
Protein
Sequence Alignment and Database Scanning
(Hypertextbook) |
EBI,
Hinxton, UK |
http://barton.ebi.ac.uk/papers/rev93_1/rev93_1.html |
Yes
|
Sequence
Analysis
(Tutorial) |
Harvard
University, USA |
http://twod.med.harvard.edu/seqanal/ |
Yes
|
Representations and Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology
(Graduate Course) |
Stanford
University, USA |
http://smi-web.stanford.edu/projects/helix/mis214/ |
Yes
|
Practical Biocomputing for the Bench Scientist
(Hypertext notes) |
University of California, Irvine, USA
|
http://hornet.mmg.uci.edu/~hjm/projects/biocomp/biocomp.html |
Yes
|
A Taste
of Bioinformatics
(Tutorial and part of a certificate course at
UCL) |
University College London, UK |
http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/dbbrowser/c32/ |
Yes
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