This course is aimed at graduates in Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related discipline with a significant element of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Biology.
The course has four different streams, for Biology, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science graduates. This will allow graduates from different backgrounds to increase their knowledge and skills in areas in which they have not previously studied, with particular emphasis on hands-on expertise relevant to bioinformatics.
Most working bioinformatics generally come from a variety of different backgrounds, with primary degrees in Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or Engineering (in no particular order). For links to interviews with bioinformatics who have come into bioinformatics from different fields, please see the Careers web page.
Previous students who have taken this course have been from diverse backgrounds, including Genetics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Agriculture, Computer Science, and Engineering, amongst others.
For questions relating to this course, please contact Dr. Marcus Claesson at m.claesson@ucc.ie.
