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Degree Programs, Certificate Programs, Fellowships, and Short Courses

The following is a list of formal academic and training programs in North America in medical, nursing, and health care informatics. For a list of academic biomedical and health informatics programs outside North America, please click here.

The icons below are used under the names of institutions to indicate the types of formal academic and training programs available.

Associate Degree Associate degree in informatics
Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate degree in informatics
Masters Degree Masters degree in informatics
PhD PhD degree in informatics
Informatics Specialization Informatics specialization within other degree programs
NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships
Research Fellowships Other post-doctoral research fellowships
Certificate program Certificate program
Short Courses Short courses
On-line education programs Online/distance education programs

If your institution has a program that should be included in this list, please send a message here; include the Web address of your program and indicate which of the above types of degrees and training are available.

Public Health Informatics Training Program at Columbia
Health Informatics Program at UC-Davis
Short Courses, Immersion Programs in Informatics

Woods Hole Institute


 
Arizona School of Health Sciences, Mesa, Arizona
     Masters Degree  On-line education programs 
 
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
    Department of Biomedical Informatics
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization 
 
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    Pharmacy Fellowship in Outcomes Research/Informatics
     Research Fellowships  Informatics Specialization 
 
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
    Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program
    (Epidemiology Program Office)
    Research Fellowships  
 
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    Medical Informatics Fellowship
    (Division of Medicine/ Department of General Internal Medicine)
    Informatics Specialization 
 
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
    Health Informatics
     Certificate program  On-line education programs 
 
Columbia University, New York, NY
    Biomedical Informatics
    (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
    Intensive Course in Biomedical Informatics
     Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Informatics Specialization  Short Courses  On-line education programs 
    Dental Informatics
    School of Dental and Oral Surgery
      
 
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA
     Masters Degree  PhD 
 
Duke University, Durham, NC
    Clinical Informatics
    (Department of Community and Family medicine/Division of Medical Informatics)
    Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
    Nursing Informatics
    (School of Nursing)
    Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  On-line education programs
 
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    The Brody School of Medicine, Telemedicine Center
    Advanced Telemedicine Training
    Short Courses  Certificate program 
 
Eastern University, St. Davids, PA
    The Campolo College of Graduate and Professional Studies
    Nursing Informatics Certificate Program
     Certificate program 
 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    Department of Biostatistics
    MSPH Program in Public Health Informatics
     Informatics Specialization  Masters Degree 
 
Excelsior College, Albany, NY
    Clinical Systems Management/Health Care Informatics
    (Graduate and Certificate Programs in Nursing and Allied Health)
     Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs
 
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
    School of Computational Sciences
    (Bioinformatics Programs)
     Masters Degree  PhD 
    Department of Health Administration and Policy
     Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs
 
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
    School of Public Health and Health Services
     Informatics Specialization  Certificate program 
 
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
    School of Computing and Information Systems
     Masters Degree 
 
*Harvard Medical School, Boston,MA
    Center for Clinical Computing
    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
     Masters Degree  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships 
 
*Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    Decision Systems Group
    (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
    Masters Degree  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships 
 
*Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    Laboratory of Computer Science
    (Massachusetts General Hospital)
    Masters Degree  Research Fellowships  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
 
*Harvard-MIT-NEMC Research Training Program, Boston, MA
    
     Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  Research Fellowships 
 
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
     NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Masters Degree 
 
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
     Masters Degree  On-line education programs 
 
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    Nursing Informatics
     Masters Degree 
 
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
    School of Informatics
    Masters Degree 
    School of Informatics - Bioinformatics/Chemical Informatics/Human-computer Interaction
    On-line education programs  Certificate program  Informatics Specialization 
    School of Medicine - Gero-informatics
    Research Fellowships 
 
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
     Masters Degree On-line education programs  Certificate program  Informatics Specialization 
 
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    Clinical Decision Making Group
    (Laboratory for Computer Science/Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology)
    Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
 
Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
    Medical Informatics
     Masters Degree  Research Fellowships 
 
Montana Tech/University of Montana, Butte, Montana
    Medical Informatics
    (College of Math and Sciences)
     Associate Degree  Undergraduate Degree 
 
Mount Sinai-NYU Health System, New York, NY
    Medical Informatics
    (Division of Clinical Informatics Mount Sinai-NYU Health System IT and Center for Medical informatics-Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai)
     Certificate program 
 
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
    Medical Informatics Training Program
    (Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications)
    NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Short Courses 
 
*New England Medical Center / Tufts University, Boston, MA
    Division of Clinical Decision Making, Informatics and Telemedicine
    (Department of Medicine)
    Masters Degree  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Short Courses 
 
New York University, New York, NY
    Nursing Informatics
    (Division of Nursing)
    Informatics Specialization  Certificate program 
 
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
    (College of Health Sciences and College of Computer and Information Science)
     Masters Degree 
 
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
    (School of Continuing Studies)
     Masters Degree 
 
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    (College of Osteopathic Medicine)
    w Masters Degree  On-line education programs 
 
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
    Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
    (School of Medicine and Biomedical Information Comm Ctr)
     Masters Degree  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs  PhD 
 
Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland, OR
    (School of Engineering, Technology and Management)
     Undergraduate Degree  On-line education programs 
 
Pace University, New York City, NY, Westchester, NY
    Lienhard School of Nursing
     Masters Degree  Certificate program 
 
Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Philadelphia, PA
    Medical Informatics Fellowship
     Research Fellowships 
 
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    (School of Computing)
     Undergraduate Degree 
 
Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN
    Medical Informatics Fellowship
    (Indiana University School of Medicine)
     Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  Research Fellowships  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Certificate program 
 
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
    Nursing Informatics
    (School of Nursing)
     Informatics Specialization  Certificate program 
 
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    Biomedical Informatics Training Program
    (School of Medicine)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs
 
State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
    Medical Informatics
     Masters Degree 
 
Touro University International, Cypress, CA
     Masters Degree  Certificate program 
 
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    Health Informatics Program
    (Dept. of Health Services Administration)
     Masters Degree PhD NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
 
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
    Systems Management / Informatics
    (College of Nursing)
     Informatics Specialization  Certificate program 
 
University of California - Davis, Davis, CA
    Health Informatics Program
    Masters Degree 
 
University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
    Informatics in Biology and Medicine
    (Department of Information & Computer Science)
    Informatics Specialization 
 
University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    Medical Imaging Informatics
    Biomedical Engineering
     Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships 
 
University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    Biological and Medical Informatics
    Masters Degree  PhD  Research Fellowships 
 
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
    Health Care Informatics
    (School of Nursing)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs 
 
University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
    (School of Nursing)
     Masters Degree  Certificate program  On-line education programs 
 
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
    Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
    (College of Applied Health Sciences)
    Masters Degree Certificate program On-line education programs 
    School of Public Health
     Masters Degree  On-line education programs 
 
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    Nursing Informatics
    (College of Nursing)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  On-line education programs
 
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
    Nursing Informatics
    (School of Nursing)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Certificate program  On-line education programs 
 
University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD
    Department of Public and Community Health
     Certificate program  On-line education programs 
    University College
     Masters Degree 
 
University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    Department of Health Informatics
     Masters Degree  PhD  Certificate program 
 
University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Newark, NJ
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
    Nursing Informatics
    (School of Health Related Professions)
     Masters Degree 
 
University of Miami, Miami, FL
    Medical Informatics
     Masters Degree 
 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    School of Dentistry
      
 
University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, MI
    (Department of Pharmacy Services)
     Informatics Specialization  Research Fellowships 
 
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    Health Informatics
    (Division of Health Computer Sciences)
     Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Informatics Specialization 
 
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    Health Management and Informatics
    (School of Medicine)
     Masters Degree  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  On-line education programs 
 
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    College of Nursing
     Masters Degree  Certificate program  On-line education programs 
    Medical Sciences Interdisciplinary Area (MSIA)
     Masters Degree  On-line education programs 
 
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
    Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
     Research Fellowships 
 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    Division of Medical Computing and Informatics
    (School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
 
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    Pittsburgh Bio-medical Informatics Training Program
    Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships Research Fellowships Certificate program 
    Nursing Informatics
    Masters Degree  Certificate program 
    Dental Informatics
    Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships
 
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Dental Informatics
      
 
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    College of Nursing
     Masters Degree 
 
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
    Health Informatics & Information Management
     Undergraduate Degree  Masters Degree  On-line education programs  Certificate program 
 
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX
    Health Informatics
    (School of Health Information Sciences)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  On-line education programs  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Certificate program  Research Fellowships 
 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    Department of Biomedical Informatics
    (School of Medicine)
     Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs 
 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    Clinical Informatics
    (College of Nursing)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Short Courses 
 
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
    Health Information Science
    (School of Health Information Science)
     Undergraduate Degree  Masters Degree  PhD  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs
 
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    Health Evaluation Sciences
     Informatics Specialization  Masters Degree 
    Department of Systems and Information Engineering
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships 
 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics
    (Division of Biomedical & Health Informatics)
     Masters Degree  PhD  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Certificate program  Research Fellowships 
 
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
    Medical Informatics Program
    School of Allied Health and Life Sciences
     Informatics Specialization  Certificate program  Short Courses  On-line education programs
 
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics
    (Medical School)
     Research Fellowships  Certificate program 
 
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
    Interdisciplinary Program
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  Research Fellowships 
    Health Care Informatics
     Masters Degree
    Medical Informatics
     PhD
 
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    Bioinformatics Programming
    (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
     Masters Degree  PhD  Informatics Specialization  NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships  Research Fellowships  Certificate program 
 
Yale University , New Haven, CT
    Center for Medical Informatics
    (School of Medicine)
     NLM-sponsored post-doctoral fellowships