Overview

Program in Bioinformatics / Program in Bioinformatics is located in Ann Arbor, MI.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Science (MS)	Accelerated Master's Degree Program

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	20
Doctoral Degrees	4

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Thesis Optional Summer internship or rotation
Doctoral Degrees	Thesis Required Oral defense of dissertation, preliminary exam, rotations

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

211

Applied

30

Accepted

11

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

90

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 1st	December 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	December 1
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

94

Total Graduate Students

43%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	2.13%
Black or African American	3.19%
White or Caucasian	34%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	12.77%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	4.26%

Gender

Male (45%)

Female (54%)

Faculty

137

Total faculty

Full-time - 136

Part-time - 1

Male (104)

Female (33)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Genomics; regulatory genomics and epigenomics; protein structure; proteomics; alternative splicing; integrative bioinformatics; systems biology and networks analysis; biomedical data science, translational bioinformatics, and pharmacogenomics; methodological development in computational biology; applications to complex genetic diseases
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address Room 2065 Palmer Commons Building
100 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2218
United States

Contact Dr. Margit Burmeister
Co-Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Email: margit@med.umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-2186
Fax: 734-615-6553

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