在生物信息学和计算生物学领域，专家收集，存储，分析和呈现复杂的生物学数据。通过这项工作，通过生物学分析和高性能计算的结合，为疾病检测，药物设计，法医学，农业和环境科学做出了重要贡献。该博士学位的主要目的是教育学术界，工业界和政府界的下一代计算生物学家。该计划为学生提供跨学科的学术培训，包括基础生物科学课程以及生物信息学的核心和高级课程。课程设计在大约两年内完成。完成课程作业，进行全面考试并获得成功的学位论文建议，可以提高候选人资格。在最后阶段，学生将重点放在研究上，最终完成论文。
In the field of bioinformatics and computational biology, specialists collect, store, analyze, and present complex biological data. Through this work, critical contributions are made to disease detection, drug design, forensics, agriculture, and environmental sciences through the combination of biological analysis and high-performance computing. The main objective of this doctorate is to educate the next generation of computational biologists for careers in academia, industry, and government. The program provides students with interdisciplinary academic training that includes fundamental bioscience courses as well as core and advanced courses in bioinformatics. Courses are designed to be completed in approximately two years. Completion of coursework, the comprehensive exam, and a successful dissertation proposal results in advancement to candidacy status. In the final phase, students focus on research that culminates in a dissertation.