Bioinformatics is a newly emerging interdisciplinary research area, which may be defined as the ―interface between biological and computational sciences. Most of the Bioinformatics work that is done can be described as analyzing biological data, although a growing number of projects deal with the organization of biological information. The global Bioinformatics industry has grown at a double-digit growth rate in the past and is expected to follow the same pattern in the next four years. US remains the largest market in the world, but Asia-Pacific countries, particularly India and China, are witnessing the fastest growth and are anticipated to emerge as the dominating forces in future. The Comparison of Bioinformatics Industry between Malaysia, India and other countries are discussed in this http://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol.%202_No._10;_June_2011/11.pdf paper.
Bioinformatics is full of opportunities. The sector is poised to open new avenues for the other related sectors also. But the biggest opportunity area in the Bioinformatics market will be in the drug discovery sector. Reduction of both the cost and time taken to discover a new drug due to fast development in the Bioinformatics tools and software zone is also making drug discovery an attractive field to venture in. Malaysian bioinformatics growth and future are discuss in this https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723929/ paper. Keeping all such inportance in mind, following universities in Malaysia offering bioinformatics cources:
3 program(s) at AIMST University, Malaysia
Master of Science in Biotechnology (MSc) - Bioinformatics by Research
Master of Science (M.Sc) in Medical Microbiology (Bioinformatics) by Research
Doctor of Philosophy in Biotechnology (PhD) - Bioinformatics by Research
1 program(s) at INTI International University and Colleges, Malaysia
American Degree Transfer Program (Biosciences) in Bioinformatics
3 program(s) at Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia
Master in Bioinformatics (By Research)
PhD in Bioinformatics
Bachelor in Bioinformatics (Hons)
1 program(s) at Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Bioinformatics
1 program(s) at Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL) Bestari Jaya Campus, Malaysia
Bachelor of Bioinformatics (Hons)
2 program(s) at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics (By Research)
MSc - Master of Science in Bioinformatics (By Research)
6 program(s) at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
MSc - Master of Science in Bioinformatics by Research
Master of Science in Bioinformatics and System Biology by Research
Master of Science (M.Sc) in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (With Thesis)
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics by Research
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (With Thesis)
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics and System Biology by Research
1 program(s) at Universiti Selangor (UNISEL), Malaysia
Bachelor of Bioinformatics (Hons)
3 program(s) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
M.Sc - Master of Science (Bioscience) in Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG) By Research
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy (Bioscience) in Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG) By Research
Bachelor of Computer Science (BioInformatics)
4 program(s) at University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia
MSc - Master of Science in Bioinformatics by Research
Master in Bioinformatics by Coursework
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics by Research
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Bioinformatics
3 program(s) at Perdana University, Malaysia
Master in Bioinformatics (By Research)
PhD in Bioinformatics
Bachelor in Bioinformatics (Hons)
3 program(s) at Monash University, Malaysia
Master in Bioinformatics (By Research)
PhD in Bioinformatics
Bachelor in Bioinformatics (Hons)
The real bioinformatics scope lies if there are research labs which work in this field. One has to take account of that. If so then try to get information of those labs and visit them to get a hang of the work they pursue. For detail Bioinformatics in Malaysia: Hope, Initiative, Effort, Reality, and Challenges are discussed in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723929/ paper.
