University of Washington

University of Washington

Type	Public
Established	1861 (1861)
President	Ana Mari Cauce
Location	Seattle, Washington, United States
Campus	Urban
Colors	Purple and gold
Nickname	Huskies
Website	washington.edu
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=19657

University of Washington, commonly referred to as simply Washington, UW, or informally U-Dub, is a public research university based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The university also has campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. The university is organized into 16 colleges and schools offering hundreds of undergraduate and graduate programs. U-Dub is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The university enrolled more than 45,000 students, and it ranked 54 among all national universities and 16 among "Top Public Schools" according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings.

Informatics programs

Health and clinical informatics

The following health/clinical informatics options exist for potential students:

B.S. in Health Informatics and Health Information Management

??? credit hours; "Students enter the HIHIM program having already completed at least 90 transferable credits." Then must complete 76 credits. Completion time "two years for full-time students and three years for part-time students."

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.healthinformationmanagement.uw.edu/

M.S. in Health Informatics and Health Information Management

~35 credit hours, completed in roughly two years

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.health-informatics.uw.edu/

M.S. in Biomedical and Health Informatics

~?? credit hours, completed in roughly two years

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bime.uw.edu/education-programs/research-masters/

M.S. in Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technologies

~30 credit hours, completed in roughly two years

Available online? Yes

Program URL: https://clinical-informatics.uw.edu/about

Ph.D. in Biomedical and Health Informatics

?? credit hours

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bime.uw.edu/education-programs/research-phd/

Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Health Information Management

?? credit hours over 16 courses

Available online? No

Program URL: https://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/health-informatics-health-information-management

Postdoc Fellowship Program in Biomedical and Health Informatics

Two-year program

Available online? No

Program URL: http://bime.uw.edu/education-programs/research-postdoc/

Additional external links

• Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education