Cost-Effective Online Certificate Programs In Bioinformatics / Biostatistics / Applied Statistics / Computation Biology

Question

[John]

I am planning to online graduate certificate in areas of computation science relevant to biologists

(bioinformatics / biostatistics / applied statistics / computation biology)

I want such certificate accredited but still affordable.

I live US but online courses accredited internationally are OK.

Just an example I could find is standford graduate certificate course in Bioinformatics which costs me about $12,320 - $15,840 (11 - 12 units)

[Neilfws]

So what's the question?

[John]

I need suggestion on a certificate program

Answer 1

[microbeatic]

https://www.coursera.org is free.

[John]

thanks, good for learning but I am not sure if this has significant meaning while comes to find a job ?

[microbeatic]

I think if you complete all assignments it gives you certificate of completion. Maybe not as effective on finding job as the paid courses, but definitely worth it. Good luck.

[Steve Lianoglou]

To be honest, I'm not sure if completing any of these "accredited" certificate programs would be of much more help finding in finding a job, either. Have you found job listings that suggest these would be good for something?

If I were you, I might try to find a few current job listings that you think are the ones you'd like to be applying for after you complete your program and contact them to see if having completed such a program would make you a more attractive candidate.

Answer 2

[Michele Busby]

The program at the University of Manchester (UK) is fantastic. http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/

[John]

From web it looks like they have a degree program only, is there a shorter (certificate) program ?

[Michele Busby]

Yes, they have a certificate program too. http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/qualifications/PostgraduateCertificate.html