Bioinformatics Masters programs in Stockholm and Sweden

Bioinformatics Masters programs in Stockholm and Sweden

Stockholm Bioinformatics CenterStockholm University and Royal Institute of

Technology (and Karolinska Institutet)

Current status

● No current “masters” program (master degree does not exist)

● 4,5 year (270 ECTS) engineering programs at KTH (translated to masters in english)– 60 students in biotechnology – 120 students in physics– 200 (?) computer science students

● 4 (240 ECTS) Years “magister” program at SU in any subject

● Very strong students at KTH

Plans

● General KTH plan to create a“masters” program as the last 18 month of biotechnology, physics and computer science engineering programs

● Will most likely be a real master when Bologna process is ratified in Sweden (2006?)– The project will be expanded from 6-12 months.

● In 2005 will expand current courses– Introductory bioinformatics– Computational structural biology– Algorithms

● Masters program in 2006

Other programs in Sweden

● 18 Month masters program in bioinformatics Chalmers, Gothenburg– Mainly foreign students (it is free)– Mixed background (mainly computer science/math)

● 4.5 years engineering program in bioinformatics in Uppsala

● Many biotechnology programs with bioinformatics as a part of them

● Swedish Learning Lab, distance teaching in bioinformatics.

Questions

● Will it be a need for local industry ?● What background is needed ?● Should it be separated from biotechnology/life

science ?