Bioinformatics Studies

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that combines knowledge from biology, biochemistry, genetics, mathematics, statistics and computer science. The primary goal of bioinformatics is to understand biological processes, both at the level of individual cells and entire organisms.

It focuses on the development of tools, methods, and procedures for the organization, analysis, and interpretation of biological data based on nucleotide and protein sequences. Bioinformatics uses high-throughput data (e.g., next-generation sequencing technologies) and approaches for integrating such data into mathematical models of biological systems, which are then used to solve a wide range of problems in biology, medicine, pharmacy, and related fields. As a scientific discipline and an independent field of study, bioinformatics is experiencing rapid growth (in line with the exponential increase in data volume), as it is becoming an essential area of knowledge for biochemists and molecular biologists, as well as for pharmacists and physicians.

UP FAMNIT offers a bioinformatics study programme only at the first-cycle level – an undergraduate university programme in Bioinformatics. The programme is conducted in parallel in both Slovene and English