Second Cycle Degree/Two Year Master in Bioinformatics

Course structure diagrams for students enrolled in a.y. 2025-26

First Year

Compulsory academic activities

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B5784 Applied Genomics - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 B BIOS-14/A 6
B5785 Bioanalytical Proteomics and Interactomics - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 C CHEM-01/A 6
B5786 Biomedical Data Bases - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 B BIOS-07/A 6
B5782 Algorithms and Data Structures for Computational Biology - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 C INFO-01/A 10
B5787 DNA/RNA Dynamics - Not available for the year  2026/2027
Prerequisite: attendance of the course "Applied Genomics" 		2 B MEDS-02/A 6
B5788 Introduction to Big Data Processing Infrastructures - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 C PHYS-01/A 4
B5791 Molecular Phylogenetics - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 B BIOS-03/A 6
B5789 Laboratory of Bioinformatics 1 - Not available for the year  2026/2027 E B BIOS-07/A 10

Compulsory Supplementary Activities (10 CFU)

- Students WITHOUT previous knowledge of programming will choose COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR BIOINFORMATICS - Students WITH previous knowledge of programming will choose APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING [including AML-BASIC and AML-ADVANCED ]
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B5780 Computational Methods for Bioinformatics - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 C INFO-01/A 10
B5779 Applied Machine Learning - Not available for the year  2026/2027 2 C PHYS-01/A 10

Free-choice academic activities (min. 8 CFU) (8 - 18 CFU)

Some of the free-choice courses (type D) could be anticipated to the first year, according to what established by the Degree Programme each year.
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B5804 Bioinformatics for System and Synthetic Biology 1 D BIOS-07/A 4
68469 Elements of Biophysics - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 D BIOS-07/A 4
B5806 Elements of Computational Biology - Not available for the year  2026/2027 1 D BIOS-07/A 4

Second Year

2 - Free-Choice Academic Activities (8 - 18 CFU)

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B5804 Bioinformatics for System and Synthetic Biology 1 D BIOS-07/A 4
D0116 ELEMENTS OF BIOPHYSICS 1 D 4
93282 Applied Machine Learning - Advanced 2 D PHYS-01/A 3
93280 Applied Machine Learning - Basic 2 D PHYS-01/A 6
B5808 Neurosciences 2 D BIOS-06/A 4

Compulsory academic activities

Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		ssd ? Disciplinary-scientific area to which the learning activity belongs cfu ? Credits
B9347 PREREQUISITI PER LA DISCUSSIONE DELLA TESI 2 F 3
B5795 Laboratory of Bioinformatics 2
Prerequisite: attendance of the course "Laboratory of Bioinformatics 1" 		F B BIOS-07/A 10
B5797 SYSTEMS AND IN SILICO BIOLOGY
Prerequisite: attendance of the course "Laboratory of Bioinformatics 1" 		F B BIOS-07/A 6

Final Examination (29 CFU)

Students are bound to choose one of these following groups:
Group A (max limit 29 CFU)
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		cfu ? Credits
89776 final Examination (29 cfu) 2 E 29
Group B (max limit 29 CFU)
Students ought to pick the final examination on top of any other courses listed within the Group B:
Period ? The period in which lectures are held 1: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 F: 07/09/2026 - 20/11/2026 Type ? A: Basic learning activities
B: Core learning activity
C: Related or supplementary learning activity
D: Elective learning activity
E: Final examination and foreign language test
S: Stage
F: Other 		cfu ? Credits
84551 Internship Abroad for preparation of the Final Examination 2 E 15
84549 Internship for preparation for the Final Examination 2 E 15
86297 Preparation for the Final Examination 2 E 15
84548 Preparation for the Final Examination Abroad 2 E 15
89775 final Examination (14 cfu) 2 E 14