Bioinformatics on the Web, 5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Summer 2022, Mixed, 33%, Distance learning
Start date: 9 June 2022
End date: 17 August 2022
Application deadline: 15 March 2022
Application code: UU-67466 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Flexible
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Outline for distance course: The course has no mandatory meeting. Questions can be discussed throughout the course with the teachers, who also give feedback and grade the submitted assignments. The course material is accessible via the course platform. In some cases, it might be necessary to search for complementary information from other sources, which are free of choice. The practical assignments can be performed on different operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS) and do not require skills in programming or Unix-code.
The course ends with a written exam containing computer-based tasks that are related to the practical assignments of the five chapters. The exam is a distance examination (Friday 09:00-Monday 23:59). In order to pass the complete course, all practical assignments need to be graded as 'passed' and at least 50% of the maximum points of the exam need to be achieved.Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: 8 May 2022 – 2 June 2022
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Autumn 2022, Mixed, 17%, Distance learning
Start date: 29 August 2022
End date: 15 January 2023
Application deadline: 19 April 2022
Application code: UU-17421 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Flexible
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Outline for distance course: The course has no mandatory meeting. Questions can be discussed throughout the course with the teachers, who also give feedback and grade the submitted assignments. The course material is accessible via the course platform. In some cases, it might be necessary to search for complementary information from other sources, which are free of choice. The practical assignments can be performed on different operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS) and do not require skills in programming or Unix-code.
The course ends with a written exam containing computer-based tasks that are related to the practical assignments of the five chapters. The exam is a distance examination (Friday 09:00-Monday 23:59). In order to pass the complete course, all practical assignments need to be graded as 'passed' and at least 50% of the maximum points of the exam need to be achieved.Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: 28 July 2022 – 26 August 2022
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Spring 2023, Mixed, 17%, Distance learning
Start date: 16 January 2023
End date: 4 June 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-67421 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Flexible
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Outline for distance course: The course has no mandatory meeting. Questions can be discussed throughout the course with the teachers, who also give feedback and grade the submitted assignments. The course material is accessible via the course platform. In some cases, it might be necessary to search for complementary information from other sources, which are free of choice. The practical assignments can be performed on different operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS) and do not require skills in programming or Unix-code.
The course ends with a written exam containing computer-based tasks that are related to the practical assignments of the five chapters. The exam is a distance examination (Friday 09:00-Monday 23:59). In order to pass the complete course, all practical assignments need to be graded as 'passed' and at least 50% of the maximum points of the exam need to be achieved.Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: 15 December 2022 – 13 January 2023
Entry requirements: 60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 10,833
Tuition fee, total: SEK 10,833
About the course
The course consists of five chapters that cover different topics of bioinformatics, such as database searches, comparative genomics, metagenomics and protein structure analysis. Every chapter contains a theory part and practical assignments with different computer exercises.
More information
Contact
EBC, Norbyvägen 14 / BMC A8:1
Norbyvägen 14, 752 36 UPPSALA/Box 592, 751 24 UPPSALA
Email: info@ibg.uu.se
Study counsellor biology
studycounsellor@ibg.uu.se