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Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics

The Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics in Mathematics is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics offered by Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Science

There is a growing demand from fields such as molecular and systems biology, bioinformatics, and ecology for researchers with solid mathematical skills who can develop and analyse precise models for experimental data. The biomathematics stream meets this demand.

Biomathematics is a broad interdisciplinary field where mathematical, statistical, and computing techniques are used to explain phenomenon and research problems within the biological, biomedical and environmental sciences - from predicting the influence of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis to the effects of climate change in South Africa.

The Biomathematics stream offers two options of which you choose one:

• a Molecular Biology option that leads to an honours programme in Biomathematics and also, if applicable elective modules are taken, an honours programme in Biochemistry; and
• an Ecology option that leads to an honours programme in Biomathematics and also, if applicable elective modules are taken, to an honours programme in Mathematical Statistics.

As a biomathematician you will be able to work for pharmaceutical companies, the government, health organisations, and the agricultural and environmental sectors as a climatologist, as a future analyst or as a researcher.