The Master's Programme in Life Science Informatics (LSI) is designed for students with background in mathematics, computer science and statistics as well as for students of the life sciences with sufficient background in these fields.

The minimum requirements are 25 credits in one and 15 credits in another of the three fields mathematics, computer science and statistics.

How do you study in the programme?

• Introductory courses from different study tracks give you a broad perspective and help you to choose a specialisation.
• By the end of the first semester, you choose one of the four study tracks:
  • Biomathematics
  • Biostatistics
  • Ecological Informatics
  • Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine
• You can combine in-depth learning in your chosen study track with courses from other study tracks and from other programmes (biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics etc) according to a personal study plan.
• You can get help from an academic mentor to plan your studies.
• You can choose to write a Master thesis based on research at the cutting edge, working with an outstanding researcher as your supervisor.

Why Life Science Informatics?

As a graduate of the Master's Programme in Life Science Informatics you will

• have first class knowledge and capabilities for a career in life science research and in expert duties in the public and private sectors
• understand the general principles of mathematical modelling, computational, probabilistic and statistical analysis of biological data, and be an expert in one specialisation area of the LSI programme
• understand scientific reasoning and be able to critically assess research-based information
• have experience in scientific research to discover new knowledge
• be able to report scientific results
• have gained transferable skills to use in a variety of fields where informatics and quantitative data analysis are of central importance