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Get your Health Informatics masters degree entirely online

Turn information overload into a health care asset when you earn a masters degree in Health Informatics through the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI. For your convenience, you can earn this 36-credit-hour degree entirely online.

Tap into the potential of medical data and wield it as a decision-making tool to empower patients and practitioners. By understanding how to use information effectively, you can analyze and protect patient data, improve the quality of health care, and make it more efficient.

Data diligence

The complexity of electronic health records and reimbursement systems demands professionals who understand how to classify, analyze and responsibly store medical data on a large scale. This multidisciplinary degree integrates health care, health information, informatics and other fields into one comprehensive course of study that equips you to use emerging technologies to meet evolving health care needs.

Health informatics opportunities

Our graduates create technology used on the front lines of medicine, shaping the privacy and security of health information, and helping clinical teams use digital devices and new applications to serve more patients. They work in acute care hospitals, health computing industries, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies and government agencies. Those who rely on their expertise include clinicians, researchers, health care educators, health organization administrators, and health policy analysts.

Indianas health care hub: The IUPUI campus

The IUPUI campus has a strong health care focus. The Regenstrief Institute, the IU School of Medicine, the IU Simon Cancer Center, and many other health care schools, programs, and centers make IUPUI a leader in cross-disciplinary research. Youll work one-on-one with faculty who are international experts in their fields.

Indianapolis is home to five major technology-ready networks of hospitals and physician practices and the largest health information exchange in the United States. These resources provide access to patient data and research possibilities that are truly unprecedented.

Students who hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00-point scale, or with an overall “B” grade equivalent may be considered for admission to graduate degree programs in the School of Engineering and Technology. International applicants must submit official test score reports from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to be considered for admissions.  Some graduate programs require official test scores for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) from both domestic and international applications.

All international students must demonstrate English proficiency for admission into IUPUI graduate and professional programs. Non-native English speaking domestic applicants may also be required to complete standardized testing dependent on their English proficiency.

There are many different ways to demonstrate your English proficiency to meet our graduate or professional admission requirements. Please make careful note of the different minimum requirements for Purdue and IU graduate programs shown below. Additionally, some graduate programs only accept the TOEFL, and some may require a score higher than the minimum campus standard. Verify this information with your program before selecting an alternative to the TOEFL.

Your first step is to talk to the academic department that offers your program. You will want to check their admission standards and deadlines before you start the application process.

You are required to submit some supporting documents for your department to make the initial admission decision. Each department has different requirements.