Objectives and competences
One of the key features of this programme is the large percentage of optional subjects it offers, allowing students to train in a wide range of bioinformatics disciplines. At the same time, it has a clear professional orientation as witnessed by the inclusion of compulsory subjects on the design, management and exploitation of scientific research.
Basic information
Type | Master's degree |
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Faculty or school | Faculty of Biology |
Branch of knowledge |
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Mode of delivery |
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Credits | 120 |
Number of places available | 30 |
Length of course | 2 academic years |
Language(s) of instruction | English |
Coordination | MARTA CASCANTE SERRATOSA |
Course details | Indicators |
Open pre-enrolment | No |
Open enrolment | No |
Lead to doctoral studies | Yes |
Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | No |
Main university information | Master's degree course homepage |
Interuniversity | Yes |
Main university | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Universities |
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Bridging courses | No |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
Competences
- Genome bioinformatics: analysis, alignment, comparison and automatic annotation of biological sequences; analysis of genome evolution and variation; molecular biology databases.
- Structural bioinformatics: introduction to the experimental methods used in the structural prediction of biomolecules, with ab initio protein modelling and homology modelling, and the simulation of biomolecular systems, including energy predictions and molecular interaction.
- Computational systems biology: description of biological networks and gene, protein and metabolic network modelling; analysis of large bodies of data in "omic" technologies.
- Pharmaceutical chemoinformatics: molecular library management and its virtual filters, computer-assisted drug design and quantitative and 3D quantitative structure-activity relationship correlation.
- Biomedical computing: clinical-health information systems, biomedical image analysis, studies in genotype-phenotype relations and computer systems to assist decision making procedures in health care.
This master's degree will also include training in general interest, cross-disciplinary subjects such as algorithms and programming, data analysis and management, text mining and notions of bioethics and data protection applied to bioinformatics.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
Access requirements and conditions
General requirementsStudents wishing to be admitted to a university master's degree must hold one of the following qualifications:
- Official Spanish university degree.
- A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.
- A qualification issued by an institution outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, applicants must request homologation of the degree to its equivalent official Spanish university qualification or obtain express approval from the University of Barcelona, which will conduct a study of equivalence to ensure that the degree is of a comparable level to an official Spanish university qualification and that it grants access to university master's degree study in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.
Pre-enrolment
Calendar
The pre-enrolment period opens as of January and closes, at the latest, in September. Each centre and each master's degree can establish their specific periods within this general period.Required documentation
Selection criteria
Notification
Enrolment
As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned
- Documents required for enrolment
- Procedure to formalize enrolment
- Grants and financial aid (in Catalan)
- Economic information (in Catalan)
Course curriculum
Subjects and course plans
Distribution of credits
Type | ECTS |
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Compulsory | 20 |
Optional | 60 |
Compulsory placements | 0 |
Compulsory final project | 40 |
TOTAL | 120 |
List of subjects
Subject | Type | Language | Credits |
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Specialization: Bioinformatics for Health Sciences | |||
Advanced Bioinformatics and Genomics | Optional | 5 | |
Applied Genomics: Genome-Fenome Analysis in Human Health | Optional | 5 | |
Bioinformatic Principles and Genome Analysis | Compulsory | 5 | |
Biomedical Data Analysis | Optional | 5 | |
Computational Modelling in Systems Biology | Optional | 5 | |
Computer-Assisted Drug Discovery | Optional | 5 | |
Databases and Web Design | Optional | 5 | |
Final Master Thesis | Compulsory | 10 | |
Genomics and Systems | Optional | 5 | |
Information Extraction in 'OMIC' Technologies | Compulsory | 5 | |
Introduction to Algorithms | Optional | 5 | |
Introduction to Biomedicine | Optional | 5 | |
Introduction to Perl | Optional | 5 | |
Introduction to Python 3 | Optional | 5 | |
Molecular Simulations | Optional | 5 | |
Research in Bioinformatics | Compulsory | 30 | |
Research Project Design and Management | Compulsory | 15 | |
Science in Action | Compulsory | 5 | |
Structural Bioinformatics | Compulsory | 5 | |
Subjects in Biocomputation | Optional | 5 | |
Subjects in Mathematics | Optional | 5 |
Previous years
Placements
Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.
Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record. There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
Institutional information