• School of Information Technology has started offering a 2-Year M.Sc Bioinformatics course from 2004 and from 2007 under the Autonomous Scheme.
• The course is exclusively designed to meet the Bioinformatics requirements for various organizations and the curriculum has been revisted as per the Research & Industry needs in the year 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2016
• Our core curriculum covers all of the major topics in bioinformatics, including molecular evolution, phylogenetics, statistics, data mining techniques, and microarray and high-throughput sequencing technology.
• Enjoy individual faculty attention and collaboration with faculty from Industry and Research Institutions
• Dive deep into your areas of interest with the courses in Proteomics, Genomics, Synthetic Biology, Drug Discovery, Big Data in Bioinformatics, Machine Learning etc
• Gain valuable experience with hands-on research opportunities.
• Classroom study, laboratory work, and special projects correspond to enhance foundational knowledge.
• Flexible scheduling lets you adjust the bioinformatics masters program to fit your lifestyle.

Learning at AIMIT extends beyond the classroom. Throughout the program, classroom learning is complemented by hands-on experiences. You have a project work, industrial visits, technical rounds, seminars, competitions and a host of other activities that are designed to enhance your understanding of computer applications.,

• The course has an exposure to wet lab experiments at the Biotechnology labs, Hands on workshops from Industry partners, Collaborative Research, Project work with other Research Institutions.

• International Standards in Course Structure in collaboration with Universities, Institutions and Companies from India and Abroad
• World Class ambience for Information Technology & Bioinformatics Studies.
• Wi-Fi Enabled Campus – Available 24×7 in the classrooms, campus and especially in the Hostels.
• Well Equipped Labs with Servers and Nodes with Software on Bioinformatics installed.
• Access to Latest e-Journals and e-Books through IEEE, ACM, Safari Books, 24×7 Books etc.
• Spacious Library & Reading Rooms with Latest Editions of Books on all Bioinformatics, Computational Biology Subjects and Research domains
• Advanced Syllabi under the Autonomous Stream; updated as per the Industry- Academia and Research needs.
• Excellent Placement Records with Leading Companies – Bioinformatics / Pharma / Clinical Research / Data Analytics Companies
• Internships in Bioinformatics / Pharma / Clinical Research companies and Research Institutions – For Product Development, Data Analysis and Research
• To participate in International / National Level Seminars / Conferences and Present the papers as well as Publish the papers in National and International Journals weith High Impact factor with the guidance of the Faculty mentor.
• Organize the workshops on latest trends in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, NGS Data Analytics, Machine Learning & Big Data in Bioinformatics
• Certification through MOOCS in various Technologies as a part of Self Study
• Special Interest Groups of Faculty and Students to Enhance Research & Consultancy.
• Placement Training – Model Interviews, Analytics Labs, Analytics Schools.
• Soft Skill Training in association with Infosys Leadership Development Institute
• Leadership opportunity & Training in organizing various activities and Events in the Campus as well as Participation in Intercollegiate Fests.
• International / National Level Seminars & Paper presentations / Publications to enable Research Oriented thinking
• Center for Creativity & Innovation & Incubation – to Promote Entrepreneurship.
• National Level IT Fests (epITome) , IT Exhibition (Infovision), International Conference (SACAIM), Symposium (Anveeksha), Talent Hunt (Lakshya), Sports Day (Utkarasha), Defining Dialogues (Alumni Interaction)
• Rural Immersion Programme to reach out the backward areas of Karnataka and getting experience under Student Social Responsibility Programme
• Industry visits to different Locations and Interact with the Industry professionals

• Admission to M.Sc Bioinformatics programme for Karnataka / Non Karnataka candidates is made based on BIOINFORMATICS PROFICIENCY TEST (BPT) conducted by St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore as per the norms of the Autonomous institute regulations
• The minimum percentage in eligibility examination for admission in M.Sc Bioinformatics programme is 50% in case GM and 45% in case of SC / ST.
• Ranking of the admission will be given based on 50% of the scores of Undergraduate Examination and remaining 50% of the Scores from BPT.
• In the event of a particular department receiving lesser number of applications than the number of seats available, the entrance test, where applicable, may not be conducted. (As per Mangalore University regulations).