Applied Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics

5 credits

Course, Master's level, 3FF208

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Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
16 April 2026–31 May 2026
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Selection

All qualified applicants will be admitted.

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 12,083
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 12,083

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Application deadline
15 October 2025
Application code
UU-87313

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
16 March 2026–16 May 2026
Information on registration from the department

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
16 April 2026–31 May 2026
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
16 March 2026–16 May 2026
Information on registration from the department

Expand the information below to show details on how to apply and entry requirements.

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
23 November 2026–15 January 2027
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Selection

Higher education credits (maximum 285 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 13,750
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 13,750

Read more about fees.

Application deadline
15 April 2026
Application code
UU-37313

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Information on registration from the department

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
23 November 2026–15 January 2027
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Information on registration from the department

Expand the information below to show details on how to apply and entry requirements.

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
19 April 2027–4 June 2027
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Selection

Higher education credits (maximum 285 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 13,750
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 13,750

Read more about fees.

Application deadline
15 October 2026
Application code
UU-87313

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Information on registration from the department

Location
Flexible
Pace of study
50%
Teaching form
Distance learning
Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
0
Number of optional on-campus meetings
0
Instructional time
Mixed
Study period
19 April 2027–4 June 2027
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

150 credits, including 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, pharmaceutical development, natural science and/or technology and 4 credits in Bioinformatics.

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Information on registration from the department

About the course

This course teaches how to solve practical problems in pharmacology, life sciences, chemistry and bioinformatics through predictive modelling. The course is a continuation of the course Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics. The focus of this course is practical applications and continuation studies on how to use predictive statistical modelling methods, primarily directed to applications in the pharmaceutical field.

The course includes:

  • Introduction to statistical modelling in pharmaceutical bioinformatics.
  • Continuation on QSAR and proteochemometrics and descriptors of proteins, peptides and organic molecules.
  • Supervised and unsupervised methods for statistical modelling/analysis, such as PCA, PLS, SVM, random forest and neural networks.
  • Cluster analysis; methods and tools.
  • A short introduction to the programming language Python.
  • Practical exercises on cluster analysis.
  • Practical exercises on the use of PCA, PLS, SVM, random forest and neural networks.
  • Practical exercises in building QSAR and proteochemometrics models.

Outline for distance course: The course is given as web lectures, through downloadable documents for self-studies and teacher-supervised exercises online through a web-based teaching platform, and through exercises that you solve on your own computer using software that can be downloaded from the net. The course has no fixed times and you can carry out your duties at any time of each study week. Communication between teacher and student is via an educational platform and via email. Written examination is performed online at the end of the course.

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