Bioinformatics on the Web
Course, Bachelor's level, 1BG425
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Summer 2025
Summer 2025,
Flexible, 33%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 11 June 2025–17 August 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
- Selection
-
Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- 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 and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 17 March 2025
- Application code
- UU-67466
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 11 May 2025–10 June 2025
- Information on registration from the department
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Autumn 2025
Autumn 2025,
Flexible, 17%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 17%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 1 September 2025–18 January 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
- Selection
-
Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- 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 and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2025
- Application code
- UU-17421
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 25 July 2025–31 August 2025
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2025
Autumn 2025,
Flexible, 17%, Distance learning, English
For exchange students
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 17%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 1 September 2025–18 January 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 25 July 2025–31 August 2025
- Information on registration from the department
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Spring 2026
Spring 2026,
Flexible, 17%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 17%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 19 January 2026–7 June 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
- Selection
-
Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- 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 and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2025
- Application code
- UU-67421
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 19 December 2025–18 January 2026
- Information on registration from the department
Spring 2026
Spring 2026,
Flexible, 17%, Distance learning, English
For exchange students
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 17%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 19 January 2026–7 June 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology, or 45 credits in biology and 15 credits in chemistry or earth science
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 19 December 2025–18 January 2026
- Information on registration from the department
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.
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 and is held during two working days and a weekend (Thursday-Sunday alternatively Friday-Monday). 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.