Department of Bioinformatcs
C/o Dept. of Physics,
Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar
Phone : 0278- 2522 361
The Department of Bioinformatics was established in 2004 under UGC X plan. The main objective is to formally train students who can pursue career as Bioinformaticians or Bioinformaticists, and this way, to meet the ever increasing demand of man power in the field of Bioinformatics, having immense scope and applications.
No. of programs run by the Department : 1 (M.Sc. Bioinformatics)
Eligibility :
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Medical Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Computer Science, and Computer Application, with at least 48%
- A candidate has to appear in the entrance test of 50 marks. The final merit list is prepared by adding
(i) 50% of the final year external examination percentage
(ii) 50% of the obtained percentage from entrance test
Reservation and allotment of the seats will be as per the university PG admission rules.
All the other rules are as per the University rules.
Number of seats : 20 (Self financed)
Fees Structure (per term): Rs. 12,335
Syllabus in brief :
Semester I
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Semester-III
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- Fundamental Biology (Optional)*
- Fundamental Mathematics (Optional)
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- Comparative Genomics and Proteomics and
Metabolomics
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- Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Genetics
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- From Genome to Drug and Vaccine Design
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- Computer Fundamentals and Relational
Database Management System
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- Biomolecules : Structure and
Dynamics
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Semester II |
Semester IV |
- Object Oriented Programming,
Biological Database and Data Analysis
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- Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity
Informatics
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- Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
and Immunology
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- Programming in Perl and Advanced
Techniques for Bioinformatics studies
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- Computer Graphics, Data Accuracy
and Programming in VB
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* Students from non-biology courses will opt fundamental biology while those from biology background will opt fundamental mathematics.
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