Targeted level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The bioinformatics training program at the University of Montpellier will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021. With a multidisciplinary teaching team and a solid network of companies and laboratories that regularly welcome its trainees, it offers students from computer science, mathematics, biology or bioinformatics oriented bachelor's degrees to acquire master's level knowledge related to bioinformatics.
The advantages of the training
The training is supported by research teams in computer science and biology (LIRMM, ISEM, IRMB, IGH, etc.), which encourages exchanges between researchers and students.
Every year since 2013, the course has organized the Montpellier Omics Days (https://www.montpellier-omics-days.fr/), a scientific event around "omics" (genomics, transcriptomics, ...) that brings together about 100 people through conferences and workshops.
A pedagogical innovation laboratory, the BioInformatics Learning Lab (BILL), has been set up to perpetuate innovative pedagogical practices that bring together students from several courses.
Finally, the program has a student association and a very active alumni network.
Objectives
The scientific objective of the mention is to train multidisciplinary scientists with in-depth skills in :
- Analysis of data from living organisms (statistics, algorithmic processing, data mining), whether at the level of sequences, biomic data, molecular structures, expression data, etc.
- Design of methods, tools, databases and information systems to process this type of data,
- Program in different computer environments in accordance with the
biological context, through the analysis of needs, the design of solutions and the adaptation to specific constraints, - Disseminate and present the results of the analyses.
Know-how and skills
Trained professionals thus acquire a true dual competence and know-how specific to bioinformatics as well as a theoretical and practical knowledge of the fields of biology and computer science.
Organization
Open in alternation
Type of contract | Apprenticeship contract |
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A schedule of training and work periods in the company has been established for the two years.
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
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Duration of the course | 5 |
Internship abroad | Possible |
Duration of the internship abroad | 5 |
Several internships and projects are included in the program: a 2-month internship at the end of M1 and another 5-month internship at the end of M2, as well as two tutored projects at the beginning of each year.
Program
Select a program
Bioinformatics
The Bioinformatics Master's degree is currently made up of a single course of the same name. It allows students coming from different bachelor's degrees to acquire complementary skills to their training during the first semester of M1 via teaching units(UE) adapted to their origins. Then, from the 2nd semester of M1 onwards, they can train in bioinformatics through core courses. Two groups of optionalUE in S2 and S3 allow to give a computer science or biology/health color to the training.
For more information, go back to the mention level where the general information is indicated or go down to the level of the 2 years of training M1 and M2.
Bioinformatics - Learning
The Bioinformatics Master's degree is currently made up of a single course of the same name. It allows students coming from different bachelor's degrees to acquire complementary skills to their training during the first semester of M1 via teaching units(UE) adapted to their origins. Then, from the 2nd semester of M1 onwards, they can train in bioinformatics through core courses. Two groups of optionalUE in S2 and S3 allow to give a computer science or biology/health color to the training.
For more information, go back to the mention level where the general information is indicated or go down to the level of the 2 years of training M1 and M2.
Admission
Conditions of access
Hold a Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, biology or bioinformatics, or an equivalent degree. The Master's degree can also be obtained through continuing education and apprenticeship.
How to register
Information on the site https://sciences.edu.umontpellier.fr/inscriptions-administratives/
Target audience
Students coming from bachelor's degrees in computer science, mathematics, biology or bioinformatics.
Capacity
30 students per year
And then
Further studies
Students with a Master's degree in Bioinformatics can continue their studies in a doctorate program.
Professional integration
Students can work as engineers or researchers in the public and private sectors. In the private sector, they can work in an R&D team, whether in large groups or in innovative SMEs. Alternatively, they may hold management positions and eventually become project managers in Digital Services Companies (DSC) for the production of dedicated software tools. In the public sector, trained professionals will be able to hold jobs as hospital engineers, bioinformatics engineers, thus allowing the interface between computer science and life sciences. Graduates of the Bioinformatics master's degree can also pursue a thesis to aim for jobs as researchers, teacher-researchers or research engineers in bioinformatics.