Informatics Educational Institutions & Programs

University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

Type	Public
Established	1972 (1972)
President	Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
Campus	Urban
Website	uth.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=19522

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a public health science education and research university with clinical care facilities, located in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is organized into six schools serving more than 4,500 students.^[1] UTHealth ranked 56 for its graduate research according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.^[2]

Informatics programs

Health and clinical informatics

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

M.S. in Biomedical Informatics (Research or Applied)

39 credit hours, completed in roughly two years

Available online? Yes

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/masters.htm

M.P.H. + M.S. or Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

Two dual degree programs: "a Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics and a Master of Public Health (MS/MPH), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Informatics and a Master of Public Health (PhD/MPH)."

Available online? No

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/dual-degree.htm

Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

93 credit hours; "Students enrolled in the doctoral program will take a set of required courses as well as a set of elective courses based on student interest, pass an advance to candidacy exam, carry out doctoral research in proposed topics, assemble a doctoral dissertation, and defend the dissertation in public."

Available online? No

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/doctoral.htm

Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics (Normal or Applied)

15 credit hours over five courses

Available online? Online or on-campus

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/certificate.htm

Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics

15 credit hours over five courses

Available online? Online or on-campus

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/certificate.htm

Nursing informatics

The following nursing informatics options exist for potential students:

D.N.P. in Nursing Informatics

?? credit hours

Available online? Partially

Program URL: https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/dnp/default.htm

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