Informatics Educational Institutions & Programs

University of the Western Cape

Type	Public
Established	1959 (1959)
Chancellor	Thabo Makgoba
President	Tyrone Pretorius
Location	Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
Campus	Urban
Website	uwc.ac.za
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=19883

University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The university is divided into a diverse array of faculties, centers, departments, institutes, schools, and other units offering many different courses of study.^[1] The university ranked 10 among all African universities according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.^[2]

Informatics programs

Bioinformatics

The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:

M.S. in Bioinformatics

?? credit hours, completed in roughly two years; Offered through South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.sanbi.ac.za/msc-bioinformatics/

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics

?? credit hours, completed in roughly three years; Offered through SANBI

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.sanbi.ac.za/phd-bioinformatics/

Fellowship in Bioinformatics

Maximum three-year appointment; Offered through SANBI

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.sanbi.ac.za/post-doctoral-research/

Additional external links

• South African National Bioinformatics Institute

References