Bachelor of Human Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics

Bachelor of Human Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics

Career opportunities: Bioinformatician, biotechnologist, data analyst and more.

The Bachelor of Human Sciences will provide you with the opportunity to develop a fundamental interdisciplinary understanding of human function and behaviour and the manner in which it adapts to challenging and disruptive change. You'll develop and enhance skills in critical and analytical thinking, innovation and other transferable skills for effective communication and engagement with community, government and relevant industry groups, including social and public health policies. 

The Master of Bioinformatics provides students with the ability to extend their biological and analytical knowledge and skills obtained from the undergraduate program to the realm of genetics and genomics as well as the huge diversity of phenotypic data being generated, related to everything from crop performance, the environment through to drug design and understanding and finding cures for human disease.

Why study this course at UWA

• UWA is ranked 1st in WA for Human Biological Sciences (GRAS 2024)
• UWA is ranked 1st in WA and 2nd in Australia in Anatomy and Physiology (QS 2025).

You'll learn to

• practical skills in biological data management and analysis
• the application of high performance computing to advance our understanding of biology
• in demand skills which are applied to biology but also transferable to diverse computational and data analytical fields.

Get career-ready with a UWA degree

At UWA, all our degrees include the option to take internships or Work Integrated Learning units, and, along with mentoring and volunteering opportunities, these can help you stand out in the job market and increase your employability. Find out more about how we can prepare you for your dream career, from first job to long-term goals.