University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

Type	Public
Established	1972 (1972)
President	Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
Campus	Urban
Website	uth.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=19522

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a public health science education and research university with clinical care facilities, located in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is organized into six schools serving more than 4,500 students. UTHealth ranked 56 for its graduate research according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.

Informatics programs

Health and clinical informatics

The following health/clinical informatics options exist for potential students:

M.S. in Biomedical Informatics (Research or Applied)

39 credit hours, completed in roughly two years

Available online? Yes

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/masters.htm

M.P.H. + M.S. or Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

Two dual degree programs: "a Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics and a Master of Public Health (MS/MPH), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Informatics and a Master of Public Health (PhD/MPH)."

Available online? No

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/dual-degree.htm

Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

93 credit hours; "Students enrolled in the doctoral program will take a set of required courses as well as a set of elective courses based on student interest, pass an advance to candidacy exam, carry out doctoral research in proposed topics, assemble a doctoral dissertation, and defend the dissertation in public."

Available online? No

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/doctoral.htm

Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics (Normal or Applied)

15 credit hours over five courses

Available online? Online or on-campus

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/certificate.htm

Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics

15 credit hours over five courses

Available online? Online or on-campus

Program URL: https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/academics/certificate.htm

Nursing informatics

The following nursing informatics options exist for potential students:

D.N.P. in Nursing Informatics

?? credit hours

Available online? Partially

Program URL: https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/dnp/default.htm