Bachelor's Degrees - List of Courses

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that combines biology, computer science and statistics to analyse and interpret biological and biomedical data.

Bioinformatics plays a crucial role in modern biology and biomedical research, enabling the analysis, interpretation and management of large-scale biological data, facilitating advances in genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, personalised medicine and the understanding of complex biological systems.

Bioinformatics has multiple applications in several fundamental fields, including:

• Genomics, in analysing and interpreting DNA sequences, genome assembly, gene annotation and comparative genomics.
• Proteomics, analysing the sequences, structures and interactions of proteins. Predicting protein function, interaction networks and identifying drug targets.
• Transcriptomics, analysing gene expression data to study gene regulation.
• Metagenomics, in the study of microbial communities and their genetic composition in environmental samples, contributing to the understanding of host-microbe interactions.
• Structural biology, in the development of modelling to analyse and predict protein structures.
• Drug discovery and development.
• Evolutionary biology, by studying evolutionary relationships or analysing genetic variations within and between species.
• Personalised medicine, through the development of biomarkers and risk models for diagnosis and patient prognosis.

• Research and academic institutions.
• Government agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Bioinformatics companies and health technology start-ups.
• Food and agriculture companies.
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
• Data science and software development companies.
• Clinical and healthcare environments, including public health institutes, diagnostic centres or hospitals.
• Furthermore, given the interdisciplinary nature of bioinformatics, bioinformaticians are able to collaborate with professionals from various fields, which can lead to very diverse professional opportunities and careers.