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Graduate Diploma in Biomedical Informatics (GDBI) at Queen's University

Queen's University, Canada

Programme overview

A four-month professional graduate diploma that can be continued into the one-year Master's in Biomedical Informatics. It applies AI and big data to health care and requires no prior coding background.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  |  Department: School of Computing  |  Duration: 4 months  |  Intake: May  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Four core courses (12 credit units): BMIF-801 Programming for Biomedical Data, BMIF-802 Biomedical Data Analysis, BMIF-803 Biomedical Data Mining and Applications, and BMIF-804 Medical Imaging Informatics. BMIF 801 must be passed to proceed.

Career pathways

Preparation for careers in genomics, pharma, clinical research and health tech.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants submit official transcripts for all post-secondary study, letters of recommendation (two academic references for research programmes) and any programme-specific documentation through the online application; requirements and deadlines are set by each programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Intake: May

Duration: 4 months

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