Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and improves the methods of storing, retrieving, organizing, and analyzing biological data.

Major activities in bioinformatics are aimed at developing effective software tools for the production of biological knowledge. Given the importance of the recording, transferring, and processing of information in biological systems, in 1978, the field of Bioinformatics was officially introduced as an interdisciplinary field for tackling clinicians' needs. Considering the definition of this field, its importance is also significant in the biophysical and biochemical fields. Between 1981 and 1991, the period known as the Genetic Revolution era, by increasing the volume of biological and genetic data, the importance of bioinformatics became more and more evident.

The Department of Bioinformatics aims to train qualified bioinformatics specialists through practical and theoretical teaching methods, and to establish close cooperation with research and therapeutic centers to improve public health and achieve sustainable development. The presence of bioinformatic specialists at universities of Medical Sciences is a clear indication of the growth of inter-faculty collaboration. Specialists in this field help better understand the results of the medical universities' laboratories, including toxicology, physiology, biology, medical genetics, and pharmaceutical laboratories.

The department focuses on preparing graduates in this field to apply computer science, information, mathematics, and statistics to solve biomolecular problems. As part of the training program, the graduates are prepared to apply bioinformatics techniques to information obtained from the analysis of molecular biology data in any modern economic and industrial fields (i.e., pharmaceutical, food, agriculture, biotechnology, & health industries).