Degree Programs

The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB) graduate program is an interdisciplinary, all-University graduate program between the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and the University of Minnesota Rochester.

The program offers the Ph.D. and Master of Science (M.S. Plan A and Plan B) degrees and a Minor, as well as a 4+1 Integrated Degree program that allows BSHS students to reduce their total tuition cost. The administrative home of the program is the University of Minnesota Rochester. The College of Science and Engineering is the partnering college on the Twin Cities campus.

Its graduate faculty include researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the University of Minnesota Rochester, the Hormel Institute, the Mayo Clinic, and National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). Students are in residence on either the Rochester campus or the Twin Cities campus. The program is suitable for full-time and part-time students.