Applied Genomics

Please note that obtaining an invitation and a visa will take at least a month. We ask you to apply for the Master’s program before July 15, 2021, in order to take the entrance exams and receive your documents in due time.

Career Options

After graduation, students can pursue their PhD degrees or start working in the biomedical industry.

Program description

This program is based on a unique concept that includes training in the competencies of genomic bioinformatics and experimental molecular biology. The aim of the program is to train full-stack specialists in the field of genomics, capable of conducting their own full-cycle research. The program uses a project-based training approach for the implementation of urgent scientific tasks, including industrial partners' tasks.

Benefits of the Program

The program is delivered under the aegis of SCAMT Lab, the leading ITMO lab specializing in interdisciplinary research in the fields of biology, genetics, chemistry, materials science and IT.

The students can perform a research project in one of the following research groups:

• Computational Modeling for the Design of Functional Materials
• Applied Genomics
• Plant Genomics
• Molecular Robotics and Biosensor Materials

The students can also work on their own startups at industrial laboratories. 

Depending on the project, from the second semester, the students choose an individual learning track in one of the following specializations:

• Prokaryote Genomics
• Plant Genomics
• Animals and Humans Genomics

The students have an excellent opportunity for research and educational internship at the world's top universities. The most successful candidates will be nominated for ITMO СhemBio Cluster Scholarship.

Content of the Program

1 Semester:

• Creative Technologies, 4 ECTS
• High Tech Business Creation, 4 ECTS
• Thinking (Conceptual Analysis of Trends in Science Today), 4 ECTS
• Foreign Language in Professional Activity, 2 ECTS
• Soft Skills, 4 ECTS
• Introduction to Genomics, 6 ECTS
• Data Processing and Analysis, 3 ECTS
• Research Work, 9 ECTS

2 Semester:

• Applied Artificial Intelligence, 3 ECTS
• Foreign Language in Professional Activity, 2 ECTS
• R&D Project Management, 3 ECTS
• Metagenomics, 3 ECTS
• Transcriptomics, 6 ECTS
• Basics of Genetic Engineering / Plant Genomics / Epigenetics, 3 ECTS
• Research Work, 9 ECTS

3 Semester:

• Functional Genomics, 3 ECTS
• Population Genetics, 3 ECTS
• Proteomics, 3 ECTS
• Methods in Genetic Engineering / Evolutionary Plant Genomics / Immunogenetics, 6 ECTS
• Pangenomics / Development Genomics / Single Cell Genomics, 6 ECTS
• Research Work, 12 ECTS

4 Semester:

• Research Work, 12 ECTS
• Predefence Research Work, 12 ECTS
• Master's Thesis, 6 ECTS

*The applicants are required to pass entrance examination successfully.

List of entrance examination questions 

Program review

Want to know more? Read an article by ITMO.NEWS to learn more about the Applied Genomics program and its opportunities.

How to apply?

To apply, please follow our step-by-step application guide.

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Contact

• ITMO International Admission Office, international@itmo.ru
• Program Coordinator, ITMO СhemBio Cluster, Polina Khapaeva, khapaeva_polina@scamt-itmo.ru