Applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree before starting the program. Most of our students hold a Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, but we welcome applications from qualified and motivated individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Applicants must have completed undergraduate-level coursework in calculus, linear algebra, probability theory or statistics, and computer programming.

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Our multidisciplinary curriculum includes courses in bioinformatics, statistics, machine learning, computation and simulation, quantitative biology, and genomics. The training emphasizes hands-on computer labs and practical skills to prepare students for careers beyond the classroom.

Our interdisciplinary M.S. in Computational Biology is an 18-month program that prepares students in the quantitative methods powering modern biomedical research. Precision medicine, drug development, and oncology are only a few among the many fields that increasingly rely on quantitative genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology, and computer simulations to understand and predict the dynamics of complex biological systems.