Doctor of Philosophy Program (Ph.D.) in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
We offer 3 study plan options for the Doctoral degree:
PhD Track 1.1
(Research Track)
For students who have completed a Master's degree
- 2-Audit Core Seminar Courses
- No Elective Courses Required
- 48-Credit Thesis
Total Credits = 48
PhD Track 2.1
(Research + Coursework Track)
For students who have completed a Master's degree
- 2-Audit Core Seminar Courses
- 12-Credit Elective Courses
- 36-Credit Thesis
Total Credits = 48
PhD Track 2.2
(Research + Coursework Track)
For students who have completed a Bachelor's degree
- 3-Audit Core Seminar Courses
- 18-Credit Compulsory Courses
- 6-Credit Elective Courses
- 48-Credit Thesis
Total Credits = 72
PhD Track 1.1 |
|
| Semester 1 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 792 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology III |
- |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Semester 2 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 794 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology IV |
- |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Semester 3 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Semester 4 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Semester 5 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Semester 6 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
8 |
| Total |
8 |
| Grand Total Credit |
48 |
| |
|
PhD Track 2.1 |
|
| Semester 1 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 792 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology III |
- |
| BIF XXX Elective 1 |
3 |
| BIF XXX Elective 2 |
3 |
| BIF XXX Elective 3 |
3 |
| Total |
9 |
| Semester 2 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 794 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology IV |
- |
| BIF XXX Elective 4 |
3 |
| BIF 791 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
9 |
| Semester 3 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 791 Dissertation |
9 |
| Total |
9 |
| Semester 4 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 791 Dissertation |
9 |
| Total |
9 |
| Semester 5 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 791 Dissertation |
9 |
| Total |
9 |
| Semester 6 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 791 Dissertation |
3 |
| Total |
3 |
| Grand Total Credit |
48 |
| |
|
PhD Track 2.2 |
|
| Semester 1 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 694 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology II |
- |
| BIF 50100 Molecular Biology |
2 |
| BIF 62201 Command-Line Techniques for Molecular Biological Data and File Manipulation |
1 |
| BIF 62202 Computational Approaches to Sequence and Structural Bioinformatics |
1 |
| BIF 62203 Sequencing Technologies and Genome Analysis |
1 |
| BIF 62204 Omics Data and Analyses |
1 |
| BIF 62205 Research Project in Bioinformatics |
1 |
| BIF 65201 Basic Biostatistics for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics |
1 |
| BIF 65202 Biostatistics for Data-Driven Analysis |
1 |
| BIF 65203 R for High-Throughput Biological Data Analysis |
1 |
| Total |
10 |
| Semester 2 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 792 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology III |
- |
| BIF 633 Data Mining for Bioinformatics |
3 |
| BIF 77201 Network Biology and Qualitative Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77202 Quantitative Bio-Systems Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77203 Quantitative Molecular Network Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77204 AI for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
1 |
| BIF 77205 Research Project in Systems Biology |
1 |
| BIF XXX Elective 1 |
3 |
| BIF XXX Elective 2 |
3 |
| Total |
14 |
| Semester 3 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 794 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology IV |
- |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 4 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 5 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 6 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 7 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 8 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 9 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 10 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 790 Dissertation |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Grand Total Credit |
72 |
| |
|
Full Descriptions of Courses are available here
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
We offer 1 study plan for the MSc degree:
MSc Track A
(Coursework + Research Track)
1-Year Courseworks
1-Year Research
Total Credits = 36
| Semester 1 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 692 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology I |
- |
| BIF 50100 Molecular Biology |
2 |
| BIF 62201 Command-Line Techniques for Molecular Biological Data and File Manipulation |
1 |
| BIF 62202 Computational Approaches to Sequence and Structural Bioinformatics |
1 |
| BIF 62203 Sequencing Technologies and Genome Analysis |
1 |
| BIF 62204 Omics Data and Analyses |
1 |
| BIF 62205 Research Project in Bioinformatics |
1 |
| BIF 65201 Basic Biostatistics for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics |
1 |
| BIF 65202 Biostatistics for Data-Driven Analysis |
1 |
| BIF 65203 R for High-Throughput Biological Data Analysis |
1 |
| Total |
10 |
| Semester 2 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 694 Seminar in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology II |
- |
| BIF 633 Data Mining for Bioinformatics |
3 |
| BIF 77201 Network Biology and Qualitative Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77202 Quantitative Bio-Systems Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77203 Quantitative Molecular Network Modeling |
1 |
| BIF 77204 AI for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
1 |
| BIF 77205 Research Project in Systems Biology |
1 |
| BIF XXX Elective 1 |
3 |
| BIF XXX Elective 2 |
3 |
| Total |
14 |
| Semester 3 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 698 Thesis |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Semester 4 |
|
| Course |
Credit Points |
| BIF 698 Thesis |
6 |
| Total |
6 |
| Grand Total Credit |
36 |
Full Descriptions of Courses are available here