Vellore Institute of Technology - VIT Courses

B.Tech. (Bioinformatics)

Course Detail

University Core Course Title

• Comprehensive Examination
• English for Engineers – I
• English for Engineers – II
• Environmental Studies
• Bioethics and IPR
• Foreign Language
• Computer Programming and Problem Solving
• Modern Physics
• Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations
• Organic Chemistry

University Electives

• University Elective

Programme Core Courses 

• Analytical Bioinformatics
• Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology
• Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Biochemistry
• Biological Data bases
• Biophysics
• Bioprocess Principles
• Cell Biology and Genetics
• CGI and Web Programming
• Computational Biology
• Data Base Management System
• Data Mining and Warehousing
• Engineering Graphics
• Fundamentals of Behavioral Sciences
• Genomics and Proteomics
• Immunology and Immunoinformatics
• Industrial Internship (4 weeks)
• Introduction to Algorithms
• Introduction to Life Sciences / Basic Mathematics
• Management Courses (from the basket specified)
• Molecular Biology
• Cell Biology and Genetics
• Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny
• PERL for Bioinformatics
• Phamacology and Pharmacoinformatics
• Probability and Statistics
• Project Work
• Structure and Molecular Modeling
• System biology
• Workshop Practice

Programme Electives

• Agroinformatics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computational Methods for Biomolecules
• Ecoinformatics
• Graphics and Multimedia systems
• Medical Informatics
• Metabolic Engineering
• Molecular Dynamics and Simulations
• Neural Network in Bioinformatics
• Protein Engineering
• Statistical Analysis and Microarray
• Structural Biology