Bioinformatics is an emerging discipline at the convergence of computing and the life sciences, aimed at the development of technologies for storing, extracting, organising, analysing, interpreting and utilising the 'tsunami' of genetic information being generated. The need to process and analyse vast amounts of information requires advances in both software technologies and hardware architectures. In this degree you will learn the foundation disciplines of bioinformatics, which includes biology (biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics), computing (algorithms, databases and programming), mathematics and statistics. You will master the skills to design and implement software for activities such as identifying the genes affected in specific cancer types.

Bioinformatics is an emerging discipline at the convergence of computing and the life sciences, aimed at the development of technologies for storing, extracting, organising, analysing, interpreting and utilising the 'tsunami' of genetic information being generated. The need to process and analyse vast amounts of information requires advances in both software technologies and hardware architectures. In this degree you will learn the foundation disciplines of bioinformatics, which includes biology (biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics), computing (algorithms, databases and programming), mathematics and statistics. You will master the skills to design and implement software for activities such as identifying the genes affected in specific cancer types.