基于密苏里州出色的信息学教育和研究的传统，该博士课程是由来自七个学院/学院的14个不同部门的43名教师组成的联合课程，包括动物科学，生物化学，生物科学，计算机科学，家庭和环境科学系。组成数据科学与信息学研究所的社区医学，地质学，健康管理与信息学，工业与制造系统工程，信息科学与学习技术，生命科学，分子微生物学与免疫学，护理，病理学与解剖科学以及物理学（ MUIDSI）。该研究所提供生物信息学和健康信息学方面的重点领域。每个重点领域都强调适合信息学广泛领域内子领域的技能和研究。核心课程为所有学生提供了生物学，
The following is a brief synopsis of the general degree requirements, please see the Informatics Institute web site:<br><br>Students must take required and area courses.<br>Students must pass a qualifying examination.<br>Students must present at least one institutional seminar annually.<br><br>All students must have at least 72 credit hours at the graduate level, of which 15 credits must be at the 8000-level not including research, problems, lab rotations, or seminar. Transferring credits will be at the recommendation of the student's doctoral committee and the approval of the MUII Curriculum Committee.<br>Students are required to complete a comprehensive exam, which includes written and oral elements, within a specified time frame.<br>Students must pass a comprehensive examination at least 7 months before their scheduled defense.<br>Students must submit and defend a dissertation describing the results of successful and original research in one of the branches of informatics.<br>To show research progress, students are expected to be working toward presenting at conferences and publishing in peer-reviewed journals based on their informatics research.