Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston (SBMI) offers a full-time doctoral program in Biomedical Informatics designed to be inherently trans-disciplinary and integrative. Involving students with various backgrounds, the program emphasizes fundamental informatics concepts that can apply to all health disciplines. The program is only offered on a full-time and on-campus basis. Students usually take five years to complete this 93 semester credit hours program.

SBMI offers full-ride scholarships for Ph.D. students that include tuition support during the first year of academic study. These competitive scholarships are limited and offered to the most qualified Ph.D. program applicants.

As a global academic leader in the areas of artificial intelligence, data science, and informatics for medicine and healthcare, the School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is helping the world reshape the future of medicine and healthcare through active engagement in the AI Revolution.

At SBMI, we collect, process, and convert data—ranging from molecules to populations—into actionable information, knowledge, and intelligence; we educate current and future leaders, innovators, and problem-solvers across Texas, the nation, and the world; and we disrupt, transform, and innovate to elicit biomedical discoveries, improve healthcare delivery, and aid in disease prevention by conducting outstanding basic and applied research and developing impactful information technology products and solutions.