First Semester, Academic Year 2025
Admission portal https://www.register.gradchula.com/home via Graduate School website https://www.grad.chula.ac.th/en/index.php.
Choose Thai Program, and simply put bioinformatics in the search box.
Please, note that we are not an international program, but we do use English as a main language of communication and our classes are offered in English.
Important dates
- Round 1: Feb 1, 2025 – Apr 30, 2025
- Announcement of interview candidates: May 2, 2025
- Interview: May 7, 2025 via Zoom → May 13, 2025 at 9.00 AM via Zoom (Updated on May 1, 2025)
- Announcement of prospective students: May 16, 2025
- Round 2: May 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025
- Announcement of interview candidates: Jun 2, 2025
- Interview: Jun 4, 2025 via Zoom
- Announcement of prospective students: Jun5, 2025
Programs offered
Master’s
- Program code 4505: A1 — Non-coursework program
- Program code 4506: A2 — Coursework program
See more description and study plan here: https://www.bioinfo.sc.chula.ac.th/m-sc-program-specialization/
Ph.D.
- Program code 4507: 1.1 — Coursework for applicants holding a Master’s degree
- Program code 4508: 1.2 — Coursework for applicants holding a Bachelor degree
- Program code 4509: 2.1 — Non-coursework for applicants holding a Master’s degree
- Program code 4510: 2.2 — Non-coursework for applicants holding a Bachelor degree
See more description and study plan here: https://www.bioinfo.sc.chula.ac.th/ph-d-program-specialization/
Language Proficiency Requirements
See the English proficiency requirements here https://www.grad.chula.ac.th/download/apply/en_score-2568Eng.pdf from the site of Graduate School https://www.grad.chula.ac.th/en/admission.php?id=2.
Fees
Students are obliged to pay Tuition Fee 48,000 Thai baht per semester. Our program conducts classes in a two-semester system, therefore the tuition fee is 96,000 Thai baht per academic year.
For international students, they are charged for an additional amount of 85,900 Thai baht for Extra Fee for Non-Thai Student per semester.
After their first semester in our program, they may ask the program for the waiver of the Extra Fee for Non-Thai Student. The consideration from the program committee will be primarily based on academic performance.
See the table for tuition fee here; we belong to the Biological Science group 1.
Scholarships
See scholarships available from this Graduate School’s Scholarship site.
ASEAN/Non-ASEAN Scholarship
International prospective students interested in Chula’s flagship scholarship — ASEAN/Non-ASEAN, please also apply via a separate portal GrantGateway from Mar 15, 2025 – May 8, 2025.
See the announcement and requirements of the applicants.
This scholarship covers an economy round-trip plane ticket, monthly stipend of 16,000 Thai baht a month, and tuition fee (48,000 as charged by our program).
There is no English proficiency waiver. Using a diploma/certificate from any English-speaking institutes cannot satisfy the requirement. An applicant must submit their English proficiency scores with minimum requirements of either IELTS band 5.0 or TOEFL (paper-based) 500.
The interview might be held on the same day of the program’s interview days (TBA).
Make sure to put Graduate School as a Faculty, and the program name as Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in the GrantGateway portal.
General information for admission
See Admission site of Graduate School https://www.grad.chula.ac.th/en/admission.php?id=1.