Master in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.


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Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Applied OMICs 1 02038834 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories I 1 02061446 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Biological Big Data Analytics 1 02038823 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories II 1 02061454 2nd Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Computational Drug Discovery 1 02038855 2nd Semester Compulsory QUI 6.0
Molecular Systems Biology 1 02038812 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Quantitative Modeling in Biology 1 02038913 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 1 02045326 Semestrial Elective * BIOL 6.0
Ageing 1 02001276 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Deep and Reinforcement Learning 1 02055960 1st Semester Elective * INF 6.0
Molecular Biology of Cancer 1 02010549 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Molecular Biotechnology 1 02005318 1st Semester Elective * BIOQ 6.0
Molecular and Cell Neurobiology 1 02001298 2nd Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Nature Inspired AI 1 02056011 2nd Semester Elective * INF 6.0
Neuronal Circuits and Behavior 1 02035364 2nd Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Rules
  • The student should enroll in one optional curricular unit, in a total of 6 ECTS, among the ones offered each year as part of the Masters in FCTUC. Enrollment is subject to approval by the coordination of the study cycle.
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Dissertation in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology 2 02061407 Annual Compulsory BIBC 42.0
Bioinformatics 2 02031356 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Machine Learning 2 02023358 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Seminar in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2 02061435 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0

Computational Neurosciences

Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Applied OMICs 1 02038834 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories I 1 02061446 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Biological Big Data Analytics 1 02038823 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories II 1 02061454 2nd Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Computational Drug Discovery 1 02038855 2nd Semester Compulsory QUI 6.0
Molecular Systems Biology 1 02038812 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Quantitative Modeling in Biology 1 02038913 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 1 02045326 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Molecular and Cell Neurobiology 1 02001298 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Neuronal Circuits and Behavior 1 02035364 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Bioentrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures 1 02008384 2nd Semester Elective * MAN 6.0
Modeling and Simulation 1 02019532 2nd Semester Elective * QUI 6.0
Rules
  • The student should enroll in one optional curricular unit, in a total of 6 ECTS, among the ones offered each year as part of the Masters in FCTUC. Enrollment is subject to approval by the coordination of the study cycle.
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Dissertation in Computational Neurosciences 2 02061429 Annual Compulsory BIBC 42.0
Bioinformatics 2 02031356 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Machine Learning 2 02023358 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Seminar in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2 02061435 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0

Ecosystems Modelling

Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Applied OMICs 1 02038834 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories I 1 02061446 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Biological Big Data Analytics 1 02038823 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Bioinformatics Programming Laboratories II 1 02061454 2nd Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Computational Drug Discovery 1 02038855 2nd Semester Compulsory QUI 6.0
Molecular Systems Biology 1 02038812 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Quantitative Modeling in Biology 1 02038913 2nd Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Marine Economic Botany 1 02031908 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Metabolic diversity 1 02045419 1st Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Molecular Biotechnology 1 02005318 1st Semester Elective * BIOQ 6.0
Bioentrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures 1 02008384 2nd Semester Elective * MAN 6.0
Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk 1 02050125 2nd Semester Elective * OT 6.0
Microbial Genomics 1 02045453 2nd Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Population Ecology 1 02043495 2nd Semester Elective * BIOL 6.0
Rules
  • The student should enroll in one optional curricular unit, in a total of 6 ECTS, among the ones offered each year as part of the Masters in FCTUC. Enrollment is subject to approval by the coordination of the study cycle.
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Dissertation in Ecosystems Modelling 2 02061418 Annual Compulsory BIBC 42.0
Bioinformatics 2 02031356 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0
Machine Learning 2 02023358 1st Semester Compulsory INF 6.0
Seminar in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2 02061435 1st Semester Compulsory BIBC 6.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit