Professional Certificate in Bioinformatics
The Professional Certificate in Bioinformatics D058 is a two-week programme which takes place in person only at the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. The programme coordinator is Professor Mark Crowe. In 2025, the course will run from Monday 14 July and finish on Friday 25 July.
The course will be largely focused on Bioinformatic analysis of the mammalian genome taking RNA Seq and also GWAS data sets and how to do the analysis.
Applicants must commit to attend the full two weeks and must commit to taking the exam on the last day of the course.
You will need to bring your own laptop (no Chromebook).
Important: Five ECTS (for UCD research students) or the professional certificate (for non UCD research students) will only be given upon successful completion of the exam (ie credits/prof cert will not be given just for attendance). This is a normal module/programme and all results will go through an exam board. Exam grades will be released "unofficially" to students after the course ends, but will only be confirmed once they go through the Graduate Taught exam board in September and are officially published to students by the University.
Course programme
The programme is available here and will be taught on campus. It is full time and in person only.
The module descriptor is available here.
Course lecturers
(opens in a new window)Gavin Conant, North Carolina State University
(opens in a new window)Gavin Douglas, North Carolina State University and University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Entry requirements
ALL applicants - whether UCD research students or not - must have completed an undergraduate degree in Agriculture, Life Sciences or Veterinary Medicine. All applications will be reviewed by the programme coordinator.
Application by UCD research students - no fee
Please complete this (opens in a new window)Google Form by Friday 30 May. If you didn't complete your undergraduate degree at UCD, you will have to upload your transcripts. The course is included in your registration fee when you use it to complete taught course work credits. You will be registered to the module VET40470 but you will not get the Professional Certificate. Taking the exam is mandatory.
Students who only want to audit the course will only be considered if there aren't enough applicants who want to take the course for credit.
Application by non-UCD research students - €2,000 fee
This includes UCD staff. You need to apply via UCD Applications and use keyword D058, by Friday 30 May. You will have to pay a non-refundable €60 application fee. All applications will be reviewed by the programme coordinator. Taking the exam is mandatory.
Further queries
Contact Sylvie Doné ((opens in a new window)sylvie.done@ucd.ie) for further information.
