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:Students must take required and area courses.Students must pass a qualifying examination.Students must present at least one institutional seminar annually.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.Students are required to complete a comprehensive exam, which includes written and oral elements, within a specified time frame.Students must pass a comprehensive examination at least 7 months before their scheduled defense.Students must submit and defend a dissertation describing the results of successful and original research in one of the branches of informatics.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.