1  Jointly offered by FOS and SOC beginning from July AY2004/05 (enrollment students)  A multi-disciplinary 4 year program involving 3 Faculty and 10 departments!  Main objective: multidisciplinary education to produce graduates capable of algorithm design mathematical and statistical analysis biochemistry, biology/genetics, and wet-lab know- how.

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4 The upper division specialized tracks will strengthen the student's knowledge in one of two major areas: IT track (SoC):  Algorithmic design to facilitate the design of computationally efficient software and tools Scientific Computing track:  Modeling and prediction of protein structures and its applications

5  Career Prospects: Any IT industries! A career in the pharmaceutical, biomedical or biotechnology industries To prepare students for pursuing graduate studies and research in bioinformatics.

6  Students should have good 'A' level passes or equivalent in Mathematics and either Biology, Chemistry or Physics.  Students without 'A' level passes or equivalent in any of the three Science subjects (Biology/Chemistry/Physics) should have at least 'O' level or equivalent passes in them.

7  Submit the Application Form together with supporting documents to the School’s General Office at S16, Level 5  Application Deadline: 1 Aug 2004  Outcome of Application: 4 Aug 2004  Notification of outcome: NUS Mailbox or Phone DO NOT bid for modules in CORS before you are notified. LSM modules will be pre-allocated to all successful applicants.

8  Course web page:   Advisors: A/P Tan Kian Lee Dr Ken Sung Dr Anthony Tung