Informatics Educational Institutions & Programs

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Type	Public
Established	1789 (1789)
Chancellor	Carol Folt
Location	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue and white
Nickname	Tarheels
Website	unc.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=18795

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. The university offer 75 undergraduate, 113 master's, and 68 doctoral programs across its 16 schools, colleges, and centers.^[1] UNC is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.^[2] The university enrolled more than 29,000 students, and it ranked 30 among national universities and fifth among "Top Public Schools" according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.^[3]

Informatics programs

Bioinformatics

The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

?? credit hours, with six required elements

Available online? No

Program URL: https://bcb.unc.edu/degree-requirements/

Certificate in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

?? credit hours, with four courses and a four-semester colloquium

Available online? No

Program URL: https://bcb.unc.edu/certificate-requirements/

Health and clinical informatics

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

M.P.S. in Biomedical and Health Informatics

35 credit hours, completed in roughly two years; two tracks: clinical informatics or public health informatics

Available online? No

Program URL: https://chip.unc.edu/mps-bmhi/

Ph.D. in Health Informatics

55 credit hours

Available online? No

Program URL: https://chip.unc.edu/phd-hi/

Additional external links

• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program
• Carolina Health Informatics Program

References