Friday, June 10, 2011

University of Kerala, Full-time M.Phil. Bioinformatics Admissions 2011-2012

University of Kerala
Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum

http://www.cbi.keralauniversity.edu/

http://www.cbi.keralauniversity.edu/

Full-time M.Phil. Bioinformatics Admissions 2011-2012

Kerala University invites applications for admission for its M.Phil. Bioinformatics programme. Bioinformatics is the application of Computers and Informatics to Biology, specifically at sub-cellular or molecular level. The M.Phil programme focuses on the understanding and use of tools in Bioinformatics.

This one-year (2 semester programme) is open to Computer Science, Life Science and allied masters degree holders (MSc, M Tech, MCA, MSc Agriculture, MPharm, MD, etc). Exposure to theoretical and practical aspects of Bioinformatics is included in the programme.

Job Prospects
M.Phil. graduates who have also masters in Computing/IT are suitable for employment in IT industries which take up software development work in Bioinformatics. These include TCS which has a Molecular Biology Division which develops the Bio-suite software. C-DAC, premier supercomputing institution of the country also has a bioinformatics division in Pune. As the economic recession fades away, more opportunities are expected to evolve in Technoparks.

M.Phil. graduates with masters in Life Science can look for openings in Research & development institutions in life science area, all over the world. Institutions in India like RGCB, IGIB, CCMB, IIMT etc also have limited requirements. Pharma field is expected to grow soon to become a major employer as it is increasingly using computational tools for molecular drug discovery.

In addition to the above, a research career is also open to M.Phil. holders. They can register for PhD at the University of Kerala without any entrance test and are eligible to submit there thesis in a minimum time of two years.

Admission Procedure
Admission will be based on marks scored in qualifying examination and also in an entrance examination. Entrance Examination will have 100 objective type questions: 20 questions on computer science field; 20 questions on general Biology, 60 questions on logic & numeric reasoning. Index Marks for Ranking: 50% Aggregate in Master's Degree; 50% Entrance Marks. Applications are invited in May/June, Entrance test will be conducted in August and admission procedure will be completed in October/ November.

Application Form can be downloaded from the website http://www.cbi.keralauniversity.edu/


Last Date of application is 10th August, 2011.

Entrance Examination Date: 20th August, 2011,
Venue: University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum

1 comment:

birunda said...

please announce the correct last date of application and correct examination date