ISCB Degree-Granting Endorsement to the BCG Master's Degree

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), the world’s leading professional organization in computational biology and bioinformatics, has awarded the Degree-Granting Endorsement to the Master’s Degree Programme in Bioinformatics for Computational Genomics.

The endorsement follows a rigorous evaluation process lasting approximately one year and conducted by international experts. This recognition is reserved for study programmes that meet high educational standards and demonstrate strong alignment with the internationally required competencies in the field of bioinformatics.

For students, the ISCB endorsement represents a formal certification of the quality of the programme and of its effectiveness in training highly qualified professionals, ready to contribute to research and innovation in the biomedical and biotechnological sectors.

The key elements underlying the success of the programme lie in the close integration of competencies jointly developed by the University of Milan and Politecnico di Milano. In particular, the involvement of the Department of Biosciences and the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering enables a unified and coherent approach to the biomolecular, genomic, computational, and engineering dimensions of bioinformatics. This interdisciplinary approach forms the foundation of the inter-university model, which has been recognized by ISCB for its robustness and high educational quality.