Bioinformatics

Course of studies

Degree

Master

Duration of study (semesters)

4

Language

Deutsch, Englisch

Location

München

Description of course of studies

Bioinformatics is a newly emerging interdisciplinary research area in which Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Genetics as well as Theoretical and Applied Computer Science merge into a new discipline. Bioinformatics plays already an important role in all areas of Life Sciences, in particular in Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences. Due to the explosive growth of biological data, e.g. in the context of national and international genome projects, Bioinformatics heaviliy relies on computational and mathematical methods. Modern Computer Science techniques permit the generation of mathematical models in Life Sciences, its efficient prediction, and the evaluation of these models. Progress in biological research is based more and more on techniques for modelling biological data, efficient algorithms to process biological data, and methods to extract relevant information from large biological data bases. Since methods of Bioinformatics are already industrially used and there are hardly any graduates in Bioinformatics so far, there is a high demand of skilled Bioinformaticians in industry as well as in research centers and universities.

Curriculum (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/plans

Guide to study (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/studium/studium

Course of studies

Bioinformatics (a joint study course offered by TUM and LMU)

Internship

Application and admission

Application

Enrolment takes place at the LMU

Aptitude test

yes

Start of course

Winter and summer term

Application Period

July 15 for winter term, January 15 for summer term

Admission notification

August for winter term; end of February for summer term

Application documents

Filled up application for admission, in case of submission of an application for an aptitude test always include a motivational letter or statement, university entrance diploma (certificate of qualification for university entrance in the form of a certified copy - or if necessary - a certified translation), curriculum vitae , a recent photograph

Application documents (International students)

copy of a (foreign) school leaving certificate or examination which qualifies the applicant to study at an institution of higher education in Germany (=Abitur), certified translation of the above document, passport-size photograph, CV with details of previous study (which institutions of higher education attended, examinations passed, etc.), proof of previous study, proof of German language proficiency upon enrolment

Application form/ Online application (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/beginners/imma

Further information on admission procedure (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/beginners/imma/

Information | Counselling

Academic counseling

Prof. Volker Heun; Dr. Angelika Reiser

General student counseling (Link)

http://portal.mytum.de/studium/studienberatung/

Contact

Studienberatung

Study and examination regulations

Conditions of study (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/studium/studium/fpo

Examination regulations (Link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de/courses/fpo

Examination information

Examination and academic issues will be handled by the examination board.

Examination Board (link)

http://www.in.tum.de/fuer-studierende-der-tum/bachelor-studiengaenge/bioinformatik/pruefungsausschuss.html

Further links

Website of course of studies (link)

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de

Department website

http://www.bioinformatik-muenchen.de

Women's representatives (link)

http://www.in.tum.de/fuer-studierende-der-tum/frauen-maenner-chancengleichheit.html