Informatics Educational Institutions & Programs

Brandeis University

Type	Private research university
Established	20 October 1948 (20 October 1948)[1]
President	Ronald D. Liebowitz
Provost	Lisa M.Lynch
Location	Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue and white
Nickname	Judges
Website	brandeis.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=18465

Brandeis University is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian, coeducational institution sponsored by the Jewish community, Brandeis was established on the site of the former Middlesex University.^[2] The university is named after Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the U.S Supreme Court. The institution offers more than 43 majors and 46 minors, and two thirds of the undergraduate classes have 20 students or fewer.

Brandeis was tied for 34th among national universities in the United States in the U.S. News & World Report 2016 rankings.^[3] Brandeis is classified as a research university with very high research activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.^[4]

Informatics programs

Bioinformatics

The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:

M.S. in Bioinformatics

30 credit hours, with six required courses and four electives; applicants should have completed undergraduate study of molecular biology, organic chemistry, introductory programming, and statistics

Available online? Yes

Program URL: https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/academics/bioinformatics/index.html

Health and clinical informatics

The following health/clinical informatics options exist for potential students:

M.S. in Health Informatics

30 credit hours, with six required courses and four electives

Available online? Yes

Program URL: https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/academics/health-informatics/index.html

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