Molecular Bioinformatics University of Skövde

Overview

The University of Skövde's Molecular Bioinformatics programme is very relevant as there is an explosive development in the Life Science area. New technology for generating and analysing large amounts of biological data has created entirely new possibilities in biology. As a bioinformatician, you combine biology with computer science and statistics. The biologist of today must have strong competence in IT systems to meet the future challenges of digitalisation.

Students at the University of Skövde will:

• have the focus of the first year on applied bioinformatics and basic knowledge in the biosciences;
• focus on knowledge and skills in handling and analysing biological data in the second year;
• gain additional knowledge in genetics, programming and statistics;
• have the opportunity to specialize in software development in bioinformatics in the third year, but they can additionally also study project management and entrepreneurship. 
• have lectures that will be mixed with biological experiments and computer laboratory work.
• learn how to use various computerized tools for compiling and analyzing data from research projects and biological experiments, for example, sequence analysis and gene expression analysis.