Neuroscience, PhD

About this programme

The Department of Neuroscience offers an interdisciplinary program designed to train doctoral students for independent research and teaching in neuroscience. It is the goal of the program to ensure that candidates for the PhD and MD/PhD degrees obtain a background covering molecular, cellular, systems, and cognitive approaches to neuroscience, as well as receive training that brings them to the forefront of research in their particular area of interest. The program also ensures that students obtain broad training in the neurosciences. Our curriculum spans the breadth of modern neuroscience, from molecular/cellular underpinnings to systems/cognitive integration and offers a rich training experience. Students enter the program from different backgrounds and join laboratories working on different disciplines; therefore, the program is tailored to fit the needs of individual students. Courses are designed so that students have ample time to become involved in laboratory research in the first year. Most students begin their thesis research at the beginning of their second year.