- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Tübingen
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Most of the courses are held in English. In variant A, it is possible to complete the entire course of study in English.
German courses specially designed for international Master's and PhD students are available at the Foreign Language Center of the University. The full German course programme is available at www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/1056 (http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/1056).
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- At the start of the curriculum, welcome and onboarding events take place. For variant B, a block course in programming takes place for one week prior to the start of the lecture time.
- Application deadline
- Non-EU applicants: 15 July for the following winter semester, 15 January for the following summer semester
EU applicants: 15 September for the following the winter semester, 15 March for the following summer semester
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 1,500 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- 1,500 EUR per semester for students from non-EU countries plus semester administration fee (see below)
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Master's degree programme in bioinformatics encompasses courses in bioinformatics, computer science, and life sciences. The main objective of this degree course is to enable graduates to solve biological problems using high throughput technologies and bioinformatics methods in an interdisciplinary team. Students are taught algorithmic thinking, efficient and advanced methods of analysis, visualisation, and mass data storage, with the focus on research and on a hands-on approach. The wide variety of subjects offered in Tübingen includes genomics and transcriptomics, protein and drug design, microbiome analysis, systems biology, and many more.