What is the purpose of the programme? Training of specialists possessing:

• cross-disciplinary knowledge (computer science, genetics, mathematics, biology, chemistry)
• skills in the use and development of informatics tools for biomedical data processing and computational modelling of biological processes
• skills in the use of biomedical data acquisition, visualisation, organisation, retrieval and analysis techniques

Who is it for? graduates of the undergraduate cycle from majors of

• Computer Science, Mathematics, Computers and Information Technology
• other majors in the exact and life sciences (Medicine, Pharmacy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.)

What is studied?

• Software tools for biological data processing
• Technologies specific to processing large volumes of data
• Computational models for the analysis and simulation of biological structures and processes
• Statistical methods for biomedical data analysis
• Fundamental concepts in chemistry, molecular biology and genetics

Career opportunities:

• Bioinformatician, biostatistician
• Data analyst, clinical data manager
• eHealth specialist, IT consultant in
  • IT companies developing biomedical applications
  • Research centres in computer science, genetics, etc.
  • Genetics labs,
  • Pharmaceutical companies