Characteristics and objectives of the study

Bioinformatics deals with the processing of data on biomolecules, proteins, nucleic acids, and the results obtained by applying bioinformatics methodologies are very beneficial for example in the field of structural biology, biochemistry, health, biotechnology or food industry. Chemoinformatics then focuses on work with small molecules such as drug molecules and finds application in the fields of pharmacy, design of new drugs, calculation of properties of molecules, etc. Both of these fields have emerged as recently developed high-throughput methods for analysing molecules provide an increasing amount of information about the structure of DNA, proteins and drugs. Modern IT makes it possible to store these large data sets, to design new chemical entities, and also to extract information relevant to medicine, pharmacy, industry and research from these data. The aim of the follow-up Master's degree in Bioinformatics is to train professionals who are able to understand the biological and chemical aspects of the subject on the one hand and, on the other hand, to work with molecules through computing and to design and implement methods for their study and processing.

Graduate profile

High-performance methods for the analysis of bio(macro)molecules produce enormous amounts of data, which are only meaningful if we know how to work with them. Current information technologies then allow us to work efficiently with these data, to model biomolecules and other important biochemical phenomena. However, there is a lack of experts who are able to understand both the biological and chemical as well as the informatics aspects of these issues on the one hand, and to work with modern computer technology and software. That is why the aim of our follow-up Master's specialization in Bioinformatics is to educate such experts.

Follow-up for further studies

Graduates of the follow-up Master's specialisation in Bioinformatics should have the knowledge and skills to go directly into practice (pharmaceutical industry, drug development, medical research and health care, development of IT products with related topics, biotechnology and food industry, work in interdisciplinary teams, coordination of cooperation between natural scientists and computer scientists), as well as for further study within doctoral programmes, especially the Biomolecular Chemistry and Bioinformatics programme.