At the University of Manchester, UK, we have over 15 years experience in teaching a range of online courses in computational biology. These courses are at Masters level, and are designed to enable those with a background in the life sciences, computer science, mathematics or related disciplines to update their skills, while remaining in the workplace.

http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/students/index.html

The courses are also very suitable for home study, helping you to keep in touch with a research environment while taking a career break.

http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/index.html

The courses running next semester include:

• Advanced Sequence Analysis+++
• Programming in C
• Introduction to software development in Java
• Maths for Metabolic Modelling

+++The March run of this course is already full. If you are interested in our next course in handling high-throughput sequence (HTS) data, please complete the enquiry form (http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/study/professional-development/study-options/distance-learning/digital-biology/apply/)

The individual courses can be studied by anyone wishing to apply computational methods in their research. Those wishing to progress to the MSc will complete a supported research project.

http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/projects/index.html

For further information, please visit our programme website: http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html

If you have any questions, or would like advice on the options, please contact Heather.Vincent[at]manchester.ac.uk