The duration of the study program leading to the Master’s of Science degree (Postgraduate Degree) is at a minimum three academic semesters. The maximum allowed duration of study is five semesters. In special occasions the Special General Assembly (for academic affairs) of the Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens may extend this time limit.
Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics.

Code	Course Title	Sem.	Instructor	Required		Elective
				Med.I	Bio.	Med.I	Bio.
ΥΠ 1	Biology - Physiology	1st	Anastasiadou (BRFAA) Xanthou (BRFAA)	X	X
ΥΠ 2	Pattern Recognition	1st	Perantonis (Demokritos)	X	X
ΥΠ I3	Medical Imaging Systems	1st	Kandarakis (ΤΕΙ-Α)	X
ΥΠ I4	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing	1st	Karampogias (NKUA)	X
ΥΠ I5	Machine Learning	1st	Theodoridis (NKUA)	X			X
ΥΠ Ι6	Acquisition and Processing of Biomedical Data	2nd	Kalyvas (ΤΕΙ-Α)	X
ΥΠ 7	Image Processing and Analysis	2nd	Kalatzis (ΤΕΙ-Α) Asvestas (NKUA)	X	X
ΥΠ Ι8	Medical Information Technology and Telemedicine	2nd	Spyropoulos (ΤΕΙ-Α)	X
ΥΠ Ι9	Radiographic Anatomy	2nd	Oikonomou (Radiologist M.D/ΤΕΙ-Α)	X
ΥΠ Β3	Algorithms in Molecular Biology	1st	Hatzigeorgiou (Fleming)		X
ΥΠ Β4	Introduction to Biotechnology	1st	Vlahou (BRFAA) Tsangaris (BRFAA)		X
ΥΠ Β5	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1st	Hatzigeorgiou (Fleming) Vlachos (NKUA)		X	X
ΥΠ Β6	Biomedical Databases	2nd	Karkaletsis - Petassis- Krithara (Demokritos)		X
ΥΠ Β8	Algorithms in Structural Bioinformatics	2nd	Emiris (NKUA) Chrysina (NHRF)		X
ΥΠ Β9	Machine Learning Methods in Computational Biology	2nd	Manolakos (NKUA)		X
ΥΠ 10	Master's Thesis	2nd-3rd	-	X	X
ΕΠ 1	Embedded Systems	3rd	Manolakos (NKUA)			X	X
ΕΠ 2	Real Time Systems	3rd	Maroulis (NKUA)			X	X
ΕΠ 3	Biomedical Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery	3rd	-			X	X
ΕΠ 4	Biostatistics	3rd	Linardatos (ΕΕΤΤ)			X	X
ΕΠ 5	Simulation Methods in Medicine and Biology	3rd	Spyrou (BRFAA)			X	X
ΕΠ 6	Methods and Applications in Neurosciences	3rd	-			X	X
ΕΠ Ι7	Intelligent Medical Systems	3rd	-			X
ΕΠ Ι8	Special Topics on Network Design	3rd	-			X
ΕΠ Ι10	Contemporary Hospital and Health-Care Services: Organization and Operation	3rd	Spyropoulos (ΤΕΙ-Α)			X
ΕΠ 11	Special Topics on Informatics and Biomedical Applications	3rd	-			X
ΕΠ 12	Computer Modeling of Biomolecules	3rd	Cournia (BRFAA)			X	X
ΕΠ 13	Accessibility of Information Systems and the World Wide Web	3rd	Kouroupetrolglou (NKUA) Pino (NKUA)			X	X
ΕΠ 14	Knowledge Technologies	3rd	Koubarakis (NKUA)			X	X
ΕΠ Β7	Advanced Biotechnology	3rd	-				X
ΕΠ Β9	Special Topics on Bioinformatics	3rd	-				X

 

The total number of Credit Units (ECTS) required to complete the M.Sc.degree is 90. Each course corresponds to 6 Credits and the Master Thesis corresponding to 24 Credits. The courses offered are divided into compulsory core courses and elective courses. Each student is required to attend five (5) core courses during the first semester and four (4) during the second semester. In addition, each student is required to select and attend, in each track of study, two (2) additional elective courses in the third semester. The electives are not all offered every year and are taught on a rotation basis.
To obtain the MSc degree, postgraduate students should pass successfully all compulsory courses of the corresponding track of study, two additional elective courses, and also complete successfully an MSc thesis. The thesis starts in the the 2nd semester (6 ECTS) and is completed in the third semester (18 ECTS).
Any changes of compulsory and elective courses and their number of ECTS are decided by the Special Committee in accordance with current legislation, and the rules of the graduate program. Students attendance to the courses is mandatory.

Students lacking relevant background knowledge may be required, in addition to the regular courses, to be successfully examined in some of the following undergraduate courses, offered by the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens:

1. Data Structures
2. Digital Signal Processing
3. A programming language course (in C or C++).