Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the demand for talents for analyzing medical data has greatly increased. The University of Hong Kong will launch the first "Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics" course in Hong Kong in the next academic year.
When introducing the course, Yongji, the co-ordinator of the course, said that relevant knowledge will be used to process medical data from time to time during the epidemic, such as searching for the source of the disease by virus gene sequencing, and estimating local epidemic trends by collecting Octopus data.
However, due to the current shortage of talents in Hong Kong, a large number of long-term job vacancies in the industry, and the demand will continue to increase, I believe that the prospects of graduates are ideal.
He Yongji, the coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics program, introduced the courses and pointed out that there are not many universities in the world that offer relevant bachelor courses except for Singapore and the Mainland.
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The University of Hong Kong will launch the first "Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics" course in Hong Kong in the next academic year. The course is organized by the Li Ka Shing School of Medicine and aims to cultivate local bioinformatics professionals.
The course focuses on medical big data analysis
He Yongji, the coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics program, introduced the courses and pointed out that there are not many universities in the world that offer relevant bachelor courses except for Singapore and the Mainland.
The biggest difference between the new curriculum and the existing biomedical curriculum is that it focuses more on data analysis. Students need to study biomedicine, mathematics, statistics and computer in the first two years.
The discipline also has an innovative "anchored discipline" that uses case-based learning.
He Yongji also pointed out that the course covers different biomedical big data applications, including medical imaging artificial intelligence analysis, global health and epidemiology, and medical big data analysis.
Long-term current job vacancies in the industry have ideal prospects for graduates
He said that relevant knowledge will be used to process medical data from time to time during the epidemic, such as searching for the source of the disease by virus genetic sequencing, and collecting Octopus data to estimate local epidemic trends for epidemiological big data analysis.
However, due to the current shortage of talents in Hong Kong, He revealed that there are nearly 20 to 30 job vacancies in the industry for a long time, and demand will continue to increase. I believe that the prospects of graduates are ideal, and the starting salary is comparable to graduates of the "Bachelor of Biomedicine" course.
15 places. Applicants must study biology or chemistry in secondary school
As for admissions, there are 15 places in the first year of the new curriculum. Applicants need to meet the basic score requirements in the HKDSE, including level 4 or above in English and Mathematics, and level 3 in Chinese and two elective subjects. Or above, and a level 2 or above in general education, elective courses must include biology and chemistry.
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Hu Xinger studied biochemistry at the University of Hong Kong