Overview

Bioinformatics degree is offered at Polytechnic University of Catalonia. It has become a strategic field because of the enormous amounts of biological data that health professionals have to deal with; the ability to manage, visualise and analyse these big data offers opportunities for improving their understanding of the occurrence and progression of disease, for identifying new treatment strategies and for improving health and health care. On the degree, you will be trained in subjects that are computational and scientific in nature and you will gain a solid grounding in biology, including integrated knowledge of biological systems and their design principles, but with an emphasis on mathematical and biostatistic processing of large amounts of data and its biomedical applications.

Professional opportunities

The bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics trains the professionals who will act in an era in which research, development and innovation are of increasing importance and who will be the driving force behind research institutions and innovative companies in the strategic sectors of medical technology, biotechnology, health and biomedicine in general. Given that bioinformatics is a multidisciplinary scientific and technological field, graduates in Bioinformatics have employment options in a range of areas.

Biomedicine: integrating omics and clinical data to advance in personalised precision medicine.
Biological research: all branches of biology are joining the big data revolution and require professionals who are interested in biology and have the capacity to analyse large quantities of data.
Pharmacology: managing chemical, pharmacological, toxicological and clinical data during the process that leads to discovering, developing and using new medicines.
Programming and development of computational tools and methods.
Data analysis and artificial intelligence.
Quality control.
R&D departments at universities and businesses.
Teaching and research in the field of bioinformatics.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Agroeconomics

Algebra

Algorithms and Data Structures

Algorithms for Sequence Analysis in Bioinformatics

Architecture-aware Programming

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Barcelona, Spain

Disciplines

Bioinformatics & Biostatistics

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A certified copy of your academic transcripts for the last two academic years.

A certified copy of the document that gives you access to university education in the educational system of origin.

A certified copy of your academic transcripts for the last two pre-university academic years (which must be legalized or backed by Apostille of the Hague)

Evidence that your studies are recognised as equivalent to Spanish Bachillerato or evidence of having applied for such homologation.

If the documents are in a language other than Spanish, then they must be translated.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

1800 EUR / year

≈ 1800 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

1061 EUR / year

≈ 1061 EUR / year

Living costs

Barcelona

Spain

770 - 1360 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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