Computational Biology is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of biology, mathematics and computer science. The Post Graduate Diploma in Computational Biology is a Diploma that aims to meet the educational needs of students seeking to work as computational biologists in industry, academia or government.. This course will enable the active researchers from various streams of Life sciences such as Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry etc to learn the Computational Biology methods and apply them in various Research projects.

By the end of the PGDCB course the student should:

• Have a basic grasp of fundamental molecular biology concepts as relevant to the Life science stream that he / she is pursuing Research
• Understand some commonly used algorithms in bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Know algorithms to compute sequence alignments and how these are applied in current research
• Understand the statistical and algorithmic approach for detecting cell types from single-cell expression data of thousands of cells
• Have an understanding of how tissue slides are imaged with high throughput
• Understand basic problems in the processing and analysis of tissue images and some standard solutions to those
• Be able to apply image analysis and machine learning to real-world computational pathology problems

Candidates who have passed the three year B.Sc. degree examination of Mangalore University or any other university considered as equivalent thereto are eligible for the programme with a minimum of 50% (45% SC/ST/Category-I candidates) in aggregate excluding languages and Group III subjects provided they have studied Chemistry/ Biology either at the degree level or least at Pre University. Selection of candidates shall be on merit-cum-reservation on the basis of 50:50 weightage for marks in the entrance and qualifying examination

Learning at AIMIT extends beyond the classroom. Throughout the program, classroom learning is complemented by hands-on experiences. You have a project work, industrial visits, technical rounds, seminars, competitions and a host of other activities that are designed to enhance your understanding of computer applications.,

• The course has been supported through the Bioinformatics Facility (BIF), supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India.
• The center Bioinformatics center is am member of BTIS Network (DBT, Govt of India) of India which has 165 Centers of Research & Development. This help the students to undergo training, internship, projects at various Centers from Govt of India
• PGDCB course at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) is Center for Bioinformatics (BIF ) supported by the Dept of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India, New Delhi
• The course starts with one month Refresher Course ”Foundations of Information Technology” designed by Infosys under the Campus Connect Initiative.
• The course has an exposure to wet lab experiments at the Biotechnology labs, Hands on workshops from Industry partners, Collaborative Research, Project work with other Research Institutions.