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*PLAce of stUdyAarhus

AnnUAL tUItIon feeEU/EEA/Swiss citizens: FREEOthers: EUR 15,300 (60 ECTS)

wwwmasters.au.dk/bioinformatics

Msc In BIoInforMAtIcs*USing iT TO UndERSTAnd biOlOgy

bioinformatics involves the development and application of iT-based solutions for analysing and handling biological and medical data, such as dnA sequences and protein structures. Today, bioinformatics plays an important role in the majority of biological and medical discoveries and workflows concerned with molecular data, such as large-scale genome-sequencing projects. A successful bioinformatics solution combines theo-retical and practical knowledge from several areas of science, which is what the two-year MSc in bioinformatics programme at Aarhus University offers.

It And BIoLogy coMBInedThe MSc in bioinformatics programme is open to all students with a bSc degree in the natural, technical or health sciences with a significant con-tent of biological and/or computational subjects, such as a bSc degree in bioinformatics, biology, molecular biology or computer science. Students on the programme will be exposed to the many topics in bioinformatics through lectures, projects and exercise sessions; they will specialise in a bioinformatics subject during their thesis work, while also acquiring general competencies in bioinformatics and iT.

teAchIng, reseArch And coLLABorAtIonTeaching in the programme is greatly influenced by bioinformatics re-search at Aarhus University, as all the lecturers are active researchers. Aarhus University has strong research groups within the following areas:

evolutionary bioinformatics deals with the development and application of methods for studying how and in what way genomes (hereditary material) in organisms develop over the course of time.

structural bioinformaticsdeals with the development and application of methods for comparing, simulating and predicting molecular structures.

Medical bioinformaticsdeals with the development and application of methods for increasing the understanding of correlations between diseases and genetic factors.

Students benefit from the down-to-earth, informal relationship between faculty and students. in their thesis project students have every chance of becoming associated with a research group that will allow them to par-ticipate in the group’s scientific discussions and projects. They thus have excellent opportunities for working on active research projects, or partici-pating in collaborative projects with bioinformatics companies.

cAreer ProfILeThe MSc in bioinformatics programme is both practical and research-oriented.It reflects the interests of the business community, research institu-tions and the public sector. Students obtain skills within the development of iT for analysing and handling data-intensive systems in general, and biological and medical systems in particular. graduates are thus extremely well placed to find employment as bioinformatics specialists in the bio-technology industry. They are also highly sought after in the iT industry.

We wrote our thesis together and wanted to make it practical. our supervisor facilitated contact with

clc bio – the bioinformatics solution provider – and we agreed to make an algorithm that would integrate the company’s software. our experience with the thesis made us ideal candidates when clc bio was hiring more developers.

steffen MIkkeLsen And PoUL LIBorIUssen, msc in computer science with elective subjectsin bioinformatics, system developers, clc bio, aarhus, denmark

biology, chemistry and nature international study guide 2013

*PLAce of stUdyAarhus

AnnUAL tUItIon feeEU/EEA/Swiss citizens: FREEOthers: EUR 15,300 (60 ECTS)

wwwmasters.au.dk/bioinformatics

Msc In BIoInforMAtIcs*USing iT TO UndERSTAnd biOlOgy

Phd stUdIes At the grAdUAte schooL of scIence And technoLogy

The graduate School of Science and Technology (gSST) at Aarhus Uni-versity offers PhD studies in science and technology. The aim is to meet the demand for highly qualified researchers to undertake research, devel-opment and teaching assignments in both private and public sectors for which a broad knowledge of research is required.

The PhD student will be a part of dynamic and professional scientific networks highly experienced in both research and teaching. A main su-pervisor is appointed to each PhD student on admission, in most cases along with a team of supplementary supervisors. Interaction with scientific groups abroad further equips the PhD student with valuable experience and knowledge within his or her field of study.

GSST offers PhD studies in the following fields:AgroecologyAnimal SciencebioscienceChemistryComputer ScienceEngineeringEnvironmental ScienceFood SciencegeoscienceMathematicsMolecular biology and geneticsPhysics and AstronomynanoscienceThe PhD student can tailor her or his PhD studies to suit collaboration with other institutions, research schools, centres or private companies.

AdMIssIonStudents are admitted to gSST based on either a three-year bachelor’s degree or a five-year Master’s degree – both of which entitle the PhD student to be admitted with credit transfer. Students can be admitted with for example 12 months of credit on top of their bA (the so-called 4+4) as long as the total years of study add up to eight (3,5+4,5, 4+4, 4,5+3,5, 5+3). If admission is based on a Bachelor’s degree only, the PhD student is also initially admitted for an MSc degree with an individual programme of study designed as an integral part of the following five years of study. After the first three years of this five-year programme of study, the PhD student will obtain an MSc degree.

If the PhD student’s admission is based on a Master’s degree, he or she is admitted for a three-year PhD programme.

For more information please visit our website talent.au.dk/phd/scienceandtechnology

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