Master's Program in Bioinformatics, St. Petersburg Academic University (former AFTU RAS)

The widespread transition to the Bologna system gives students the opportunity to change the university after receiving a bachelor's degree. However, few students think about it. In many universities, the master's program is very “sparse”: there are a lot of non-core courses (philosophy, cultural studies, etc.), there are very few specialized courses, and in order to pass them, you just have to appear at the exam / test.

Those who still have a desire to study, and are also interested in bioinformatics and have education in mathematics and / or computer science, the department of mathematical and information technologies of the Academic University invites you to a new magistracy in bioinformatics in St. Petersburg.

General information and admission

For graduates of undergraduate and 5th year specialty students (when translating) tuition is free . For those with a specialist degree, education in the magistracy since 2010 is considered to be a second higher education and therefore is paid. Especially for such cases, the university has a minimum tuition fee of 10 thousand rubles. per semester. Provided a deferment from service in the military. Non-resident provided hostel .
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Entrance test - an interview (you can skype). Those who wish to enroll, it is recommended to immediately fill in the form on the department website (until August 1) to agree on the date of the interview.

Any questions about the master's program in bioinformatics and admission can be asked here or at bioinf@spbsu.ru.

Program

The program of special (bioinformatics) courses may significantly depend on the group recruited.
General courses are taught at a fairly high level to all undergraduates of the department (20-25 people, including computer science and software engineering). At the general rates possible reload.

5 course:

• Special courses:
  1. Algorithms in bioinformatics
  2. Molecular biology
  3. Science seminar
  4. Statistics
  5. NIR
• General courses:
  1. Algorithms
  2. Combinatorics and graph theory
  3. C ++ programming (optional)
  4. Seminar on UNIX and scripting languages
  5. Spoken English and physical education as desired.

6 course:

• Special courses:
  1. Science seminar
  2. NIR
  3. Additional Bioinformatics Chapters
• General courses:
  1. Database
  2. Machine learning
  3. Parallel and high performance computing
  4. Spoken English and physical education as desired.

Academic University

On the existing master programs of the department, as well as in general about the university, you can read in this announcement on Habré or on the official website of the department .