Curriculum

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The curriculum of the Bachelor Degree in Bioinformatics (BBI) is compliant with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and its academic load is 240 ECTS:

  • 60 core credits
  • 126 other compulsory credits
  • 30 elective credits
  • 24 credits for the degree final project

Study plan structure

Subjects are divided into semesters. There are two semesters in each academic year. There are ten subjects in the first year worth 6 ECTS credits each.

The figure below shows how the curriculum for the Degree in Bioinformatics is divided up.

 

Semester 1

IB
Introduction to Bioinformatics
6 ECTS

CB
Cell Biology
6 ECTS

ALG
Algebra
6 ECTS

AP1
Applied Programming I
6 ECTS

POC
Physical and Organic Chemistry
6 ECTS

Semester 2

MB
Molecular Biology
6 ECTS

BC
Biochemistry
6 ECTS

CAL
Calculus
6 ECTS

AP2
Applied Programming II
6 ECTS

CAOS
Computer Architecture and Operating Systems
6 ECTS

Semester 3

DMO
Discrete Math and Optimization
6 ECTS

DB
Databases
6 ECTS

GG
Genetics and Genomics
6 ECTS

AP3
Applied Programming III
6 ECTS

BDA
Biostatistics and Data Analysis
6 ECTS

Semester 4

PN
Physiology and Neurobiology
6 ECTS

DV
Data Visualization
6 ECTS

AB
Algorithms on Biology
6 ECTS

NSB
Networks and Systems Biology
6 ECTS

SMSP
Statistical Models and Stochastic Processes
6 ECTS

Semester 5

ADS
Data Structures and Algorithms
6 ECTS

SL
Statistical Learning
6 ECTS

BP
Biophysics
6 ECTS

CG
Computational Genomics
6 ECTS

PCG
Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution
6 ECTS

Semester 6

SB
Structural Bioinformatics
6 ECTS

ML
Machine Learning
6 ECTS

OT
Omics Techniques
6 ECTS

HPC
High Performance Computing
6 ECTS

PCG
Phylogenomic and Comparative Genomics
6 ECTS

Semester 7

Elective
6 ECTS

Elective
6 ECTS

Elective
6 ECTS

Elective
6 ECTS

Elective
6 ECTS

Semester 8

Degree Final Project
24 ECTS

ESC
Ethics and Scientific Communication
6 ECTS

Elective Subjects

Elective subjects can be taken in the 7th and 8th semesters. A total amount of 30 ECTS credits must be obtained from a combination of any of the following activities: 

  • Taking optional subjects worth 6 ECTS credits each from several degrees (Biology, Genetics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, etc.) from the promoting universities.
  • Going to a university abroad on a mobility programme.
  • Doing internships on companies, research entities or departments where you will be trained on a professional environment.