MSc Bioinformatik at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Programme overview

The MSc Bioinformatik develops and applies methods from several areas of computer science to questions from biology, medicine, chemistry and agricultural sciences, at the interface of experiment and theory.

Faculty: Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät III – Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften, Geowissenschaften und Informatik | Department: Institut für Informatik | Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester | Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules in the main area of computer science (40-50 CP, at least 20 CP from bioinformatics) and the main area of life sciences (40-50 CP), with modules such as introduction to data science, applied bioinformatics, algorithms on sequences and genetics for bioinformatics; plus the master thesis.

Career pathways

Bioinformaticians work from basic research to industrial applications.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) in bioinformatics, biology or computer science (each at least 180 LP) or a comparable computer-science/mathematics or life-science oriented programme. Subject-specific admission requirements apply. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-halle.de/bewerben

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