Big Data Biology

University of Southampton
Postgraduate MRes Full-time 1 Year Computer science

About this course

Explore Big Data Biology at a global top 100* university and join the data revolution in Biological Sciences.

Become an expert in research on our MRes Big Data Biology degree. Develop your quantitative and computational biology skills, and grow your knowledge of bioinformatics, biological science and computer science. With these skills you'll be able to shape the approach to data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in the biomedical and biological fields.

This master's degree is for you if you studied biological science, or a quantitative or computational subject at undergraduate level.

You'll gain subject-specific and employability skills that will shape your next steps into a career in scientific research, teaching, in industry, or in a non-science based career.

*QS World University Rankings 2025.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2139 Information technology professionals
2141 Web design professionals
3131 IT operations technicians
2134 Programmers and software development professionals
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
3132 IT user support technicians

Course Details

Qualification
Master of Research - MRes
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Southampton
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Computer science