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Current Info Winter Semester 2025/26

Semester Notes

Newly Enrolled Students: Welcome Event: October 13, 2025, 2:00 pm, Takustr. 9, room 005
Please take part on site!
Meeting link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mbbfa7a9b0b3278ca9b30704665fa172c
Meeting number: 2786 020 9292
Meeting password: PVjhgMU427Q Student Network Meeting: October 15, 2025, 6 to 9 p.m., Café Holzkopf
Orientation Events for new (International) students
Website for Degree Seeking International Students
Further Information of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science : German and English
International students: If you are unable to be in Berlin on time, please contact the instructors of the modules you have registered for. In some cases, online participation may be possible during the initial period. All Students Official registration period for all courses in Campus Management is October 01 - October 31, 2025. Please register for your courses by October 10!
  • Booking in Campus Management is required for all courses! Some classes consist of several parts, for example lecture and practice seminar (...1/2, ... a/b/c). For completing the corresponding module all parts must be booked.
  • But sometimes different courses are offered under one module. Then choose one! You cannot complete two different courses under one module.
  • Places in courses with space limitations will be allocated on Friday, October 10, beginning at 12:00 PM.
  • Some courses also require an additional registration in Whiteboard (Guide to Whiteboard System). If you can't find a course in Whiteboard, registration in Whiteboard is probably not needed. In case of doubt, please ask the lecturer.
  • The language of instruction in all master programs can be German or English. However, it has to be English if students without sufficient knowledge of German participate in a course. (There may be exceptions for courses that originate from other programs).
  • For more details on the study program, curriculum, study regulations etc., please have look on the page Profile and Structure.
  • If you're looking for a research internship or thesis, here are some suggestions.

  • If you have any general questions concerning the structure or organization of the program, please contact the course coordinator or the examination office. Questions about individual courses should always be directed to the instructor. 

Please send email requests always from your official FU account! When making enquiries, always state your matriculation number so that we can find you in the system.

Course Catalog and Schedules

First Semester Students

  • Mandatory Modules: These courses are all for the first semester. However, in some cases it may be better to focus on fewer courses.
    • Foundations in Computer Science, 2 V / 2 Ü, 6 CP (19404901/02)
    • Foundations in Mathematics and Statistics, 2 V / 2 Ü, 6 CP (19405001/02)
    • Foundations in Bio-Medicine, 2 V / 2 Ü, 6 CP (60102401/02)
    • Introduction to Focus Areas, 2 V / 2 SU, 12 CP (19405106, 19405152)
      First lecture: October 20, 2025

Higher Semester Students

Focus Area Complex Systems

Mandatory Modules:

  • Complex Systems in Biomedical Applications (2 V / 2 Ü, 5 CP)
    • Complex Systems in Biomedical Applications (60103101/02)

Profile Modules:

  • Current Topics in Cell-Physiology (4 PS, 5 CP) - Practical module!
    • Current Topics in Cell-Physiology (60100613; block course during term break)

Focus Area Data Science

Profile Modules:

  • Methodology for Clinical Trials (2 V / 2 Ü, 5 CP)
    • Advanced Biometrical Methods (60101901/2)
      After booking, access to course material on Blackboard will be automatically granted within 24 hours.
  • Advanced Biometrical Methods (2 V / 2 Ü, 5 CP)
    • Advanced Biometrical Methods (60101901/2)
      After booking, access to course material on Blackboard will be automatically granted within 24 hours.
  • Advanced Topics in Data Management (2 V / 2 Ü, 5 CP) ("Spezielle Aspekte der Datenverwaltung")
    • Geospatial Databases (19304801/02)

Focus Area Advanced Algorithms

Mandatory Modules:

  • Methods in Life Sciences, ( 1 V / 2 Ü, 5 CP)
    • Methods in Life Sciences (21697a/b)

Profile Modules:

  • Current Topics in Structural Bioinformatics (4 PS, 5 CP) - Practical module!
    • Current questions of structural Bioinformatics (60101113, block course during term break)
  • Advanced Analysis (4 V / 2 Ü, 10 CP) ("Höhere Algorithmik")
    • Advanced Algorithms (19303501/02)

Elective Modules

Current research topics in Bioinformatics A/B/C (2 S, 5 LP)

  • Journal Club Computational Biology (19402911)
  • Open science, data handling and ethical aspects in bioinformatics (19404611)
  • Biochemical networks and disease (19405911)
  • Journal Club Public Health Data Science (19406411)
  • Seminar Deep Learning for biomedical applications (19402311)
  • Seminar: Networks, dynamic models and ML for data integration in the life sciences (19335011)

Special aspects of Bioinformatics A/B/C (2 V / 2 Ü, 5 LP)

  • Structural Bioinformatics Methods in Drug Development (60103201/02)
  • Data Visualization (19328301/02)

Selected topics in Bioinformatics A/B (2 V / 2 Ü / 2 S, 10 CP)

  • Methods for investigating the RNA structurome and RNA-RNA interactome (216221a/b/c)
Please note: Elective modules are not assigned to Focus Areas! According to the study regulations, at least one V-module and one practical module (Praxismodul) must be chosen from the range of optional modules. This refers to the whole study program, independently of the chosen Focus Area.

If you cannot locate a specific course in Campus Management, check the list above to see to which module(s) it is assigned to!

Example: The course "Journal Club Computational Biology" is assigned to the modules "Current research topics in Bioinformatics A", "Current research topics in Bioinformatics B" and "Current research topics in Bioinformatics C". Please choose module A if possible. If A is not available (= already used by another course), choose module B and if that is not available either, choose module C.