Overview

Within this Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics course from Queen's University Belfast you will be using data science tools to analyse clinical, omics and other data in order to find complex patterns relating to patient response to treatments and prognosis. You will discover results that have the potential to translate to the real world, through clinical trials or commercialisation.

Career opportunities

The rapid production of 'omics' data within medicine and the life sciences has meant that individuals with health data science experience in this field are highly sought after. Recent graduates have gone on to work in industry in companies such as Almac Diagnostics, Liberty IT and Fios Genomics and some have gone onto further PHD level research.

Many of our students go on to pursue further PhD study in health data science at Queen’s and further afield. Others go on to work in a variety of roles in both the private and public sector industry here in Northern Ireland and internationally, including the following:

Bioinformatician, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Application Scientist, Dotmatics

Network and Security Engineer, Darktrace

Senior Data Scientist, Liberty IT

Graduate Trainee HPC, University of Bristol

Junior Bioinformatic Scientist, Almac Group

Bioinformatician, Fios Genomics Ltd

Biomedical Scientist and Junior Bioinformatician, Biokinetic Europe

Business/Data Analyst, Diaceutics

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Analysis of Gene Expression

Genomics and Human Disease

Scientific Programming and Statistical Computing

Health and Biomedical Informatics and the Exposome

Systems Medicine: From Molecules to Populations

Applied Genomics

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-31 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Belfast, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Bio & Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Science Bioinformatics & Biostatistics View 221 other Masters in Biomedical Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

A 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a Natural Science subject, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a relevant medical or life sciences subject (e.g. Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Physics or Statistics). A medical (MB) or dental degree (BDS) is also considered.

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Tuition Fee

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International

21500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 21500 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

9250 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9250 GBP per year during 12 months.

Northern Ireland (NI) £7,300, Republic of Ireland (ROI) £7,300

Living costs for Belfast

561 - 887 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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