TMU’s Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics began with the establishment of a master’s degree program in August 1998 and a PhD program in August 2001. GIBI is the first graduate institute in Asia serving this interdisciplinary field bridging informatics and biomedicine.

The institute provides comprehensive training to allow students to master the knowledge, information techniques and tools necessary to develop career competencies in biomedical informatics. GIBI has been set up as an education, research and development center for advancing medical care and biomedical research through the use of innovative information technology and statistics. Our vision is to be recognized in Asia and globally as a leading institute that is committed to quality education and research.

Our main research and application focuses are patient safety information systems, electronic medical and health records, biomedical data/text mining, medical decision support systems and bioinformatics.