Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
MS in Biomedical Informatics

New York, USA

DEGREE TYPE

MSc

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Sep 2026

STUDY FORMAT

Key Summary

About: The MS in Biomedical Informatics focuses on the integration of data science with healthcare. Students learn to manage and analyze medical data to improve patient outcomes and familiarize themselves with health information systems. The program covers various topics, including bioinformatics, health analytics, and machine learning applications in medicine.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in healthcare data analysis, clinical informatics, and health IT management. They may also find opportunities in biotechnology firms, government agencies, and academic institutions. Skills developed during the program prepare students for roles such as data scientist, biomedical software developer, and health informatics consultant.

Delve into the details of data and prepare for a career in the study of information and computation in biology and health. Students make a difference working on research projects involving Columbia’s Department of Biomedical Informatics, from modeling the atomic interactions of proteins, to analyzing patient records on a global scale, to designing new cancer therapies.

Located on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) campus, the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) is both an academic department and an information services partner to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a major healthcare provider in greater New York. One of the oldest informatics departments in the nation, faculty, and students at DBMI has set the path for the design of clinical information systems, methodologies in clinical natural language processing, and machine learning over electronic health record data. Faculty research includes the development and evaluation of innovative information technologies, which has led to enhancements in both health and healthcare.

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