Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics

The Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics at the University of Macau is a four-year programme that uses computing, statistics and information technology to make sense of biological data. Students learn to build tools for processing and analysing such data, and the page notes demand for these skills in the medical, biomedical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. The curriculum draws on several fields: biomedical science and public health, pharmaceutical science, bioinformatics and genomics, biological science, general science and computer science, including programming, data structures, database systems and artificial intelligence. Stated outcomes include interpreting data that spans health, data and computing disciplines, tackling bioinformatics problems in academic, industrial and government settings, and managing research projects. Practical skills named include writing code in a common language such as Python or Java, establishing biological databases and analysing human genomic DNA data. Curricula for several intake years are linked from the page.