Neuroscience courses in the UK

Undergraduate courses

There are a range of neuroscience and related courses offered at various institutions throughout the UK and Ireland. 

The information below is obtained from UCAS: please contact the individual institutions for full details. 

If you know of courses which are not listed here, please let us know at office@bna.org.uk.

Neuroscience undergraduate and integrated master's courses

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Neuroscience-related undergraduate and intergrated master's courses

Postgraduate opportunities

There are a range of neuroscience and related courses offered at various institutions throughout the UK and Ireland. 

The information below is obtained from UCAS: please contact the individual institutions for full details. 

If you know of courses which are not listed here, please let us know at office@bna.org.uk.

Neuroscience postgraduate courses

Master's courses in Neuroscience

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Master's courses in Translational Neuroscience

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Neuroscience-related Master's Courses

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In addition to master's in neuroscience, there are a number of related courses including: 

• Clinical Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Educational Neuroscience
• Molecular Neuroscience
• Sensory Neuroscience
• Behavioural Neuroscience
• Experimental Neuroscience
• Social Neuroscience
• Translational Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
• Basic and Translational Neuroscience 
• Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 
• Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience
• Clinical, Social and Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging
• Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
• Computational Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics
• Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics
• Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 
• Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology
• Neuroimaging for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Neuroscience Research Training 
• Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology 
• Systems / Behavioural Neuroscience 
• Translational Pathology (Neuroscience) 
• Dementia (Causes, Treatments and Research in Neuroscience)
• Language Sciences (with specialisation in Linguistics with Neuroscience)
• Language Sciences (with specialisation in Neuroscience and Communication) 
• Research Methods in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Applied Neuropsychology
• Clinical Neuropsychology 
• Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology 
• Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology 
• Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology 
• Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology
• Foundations of Clinical Neuropsychology 
• Human Cognitive Neuropsychology 
• Principles of Applied Neuropsychology 
• Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences 

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Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs)

DTPs provide competition-funded PhD projects over 3.5-4 years to support early career research students. If you know of programmes which offer neuroscience-related projects which are not listed here, please let us know at office@bna.org.uk.
 

Course	Institution(s)	Course length (years)	Projects offered / research themes	Deadline
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Imaging	(KCL) King's College London; Imperial College London	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Medical imaging including AI-enabled imaging; smart imaging probes; emerging imaging & affordable imaging.	Applications open in November 2021 for 2022 intake.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre PhD programme	University College London (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour)	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Systems, theoretical & experimental neuroscience.	Applications open in September 2021 for 2022 intake.
Oxford BBSRC Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP	University of Oxford; Pirbright Institute, Oxford Brookes University; Diamond Light Source; ISIS Neutron and Muon Source; STFC Central Laser Facility; Research Complex at Harwell	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Integrative animal & plant biology; mechanistic molecular and cellular biology; bioscience for food, industry & health; including crop science; animal health & welfare; synthetic biology; industrial biotechnology & the development of innovative approaches for drug discovery and pharmaceutical production.	Applications open in September 2021 for 2022 intake.
Manchester MRC DTP	University of Manchester	3.5	Early detection & diagnosis; understanding mechanisms of disease; therapeutic interventions; precision medicine; harnessing health data; materials & medicine.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Manchester BBSRC DTP	University of Manchester	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Multidisciplinary challenges for students with backgrounds including bioscience, biomedical, mathematical & physical sciences.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
MRC GW4 BioMed DTP	University of Bath; University of Bristol; Cardiff University; University of Exeter	3.5	Infection, immuny & repair; neuroscience & mental health; population health.	Applications open in October 2021 for 2022 intake.
Kings MRC DTP studentships in biomedical science	(KCL) King's College London; Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	3.5 (PhD) or 1+3 (Mres + PhD)	Molecules, cells & the basis for disease; neurosciences, psychiatry & mental health; physiological medicine; imaging & biomedical engineering.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Cambridge MRC DTP	University of Cambridge (Bambraham Institute)	3.5	Population & systems medicine; infections & immunity; molecular & cellular; neurosciences & mental health.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
South West Biosciences DTP	University of Bath; University of Bristol; Cardiff University; University of Exeter; Rothamsted Research; The Marine Biological Association; Plymouth Marine Laboratory; SETSquared Bristol; Swansea University; University of the West of England	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Biomolecular & biophysical studies; agriculture & the environment; animal behaviour & in vivo studies.	Applications open in October 2021 for 2022 intake.
EastBio BBSRC DTP	University of Aberdeen; University of Dundee; University of Edinburgh; University of St Andrews; University of Stirling; Scotish Universities Life Sciences Alliance; the James Hutton Institute; Cool Farm Alliance; Moredun Research Institute	4	Basic bioscience underpinning health (ageing); bioenergy & industrial biotechnology; food security and world-class bioscience.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Imperial MRC DTP	Imperial College London	3.5 or 4.5	Informatics for health; experimental medicine; infection & antimicrobial resistance	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Edinburgh Wellcome PhD in Translational Neuroscience	University of Edinburgh	1 + 3	Translation neuroscience using experimental technology (e.g. cellular, regenerative, computational, genetic, animal models) & analytical tools to bridge the knowledge gap between the design, execution and interpretation of cellular/animal experiments & the challenges of experimental medicine.	Applications open in October 2021 for 2022 intake.
Cambridge BBSRC DTP	University of Cambridge	4	Understanding the rules of life; transformative technologies; bioscience for sustainable agriculture & food; bioscience for renewable sources & clean growth; bioscience for an integrated understanding of health.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Nottingham BBSRC DTP	University of Nottingham	4	Agriculture & food security; bioscience for health; biotechnology	Applications open in November 2021 for 2022 intake.
PhD in Molecular, Genetic, and Lifecourse Epidemiology	University of Bristol	1 + 3	We are training a new generation of scientists who can harness the benefits of an epidemiological approach in exciting and productive ways.	Applications open in autumn of 2021 for 2022 intake.
MRC-Sackler PhD fellowships	King's College London (MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders)	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Epilepsy; autism spectrum disorder; schizophrenia; common genetic mechanisms in neurodevelopmental disorders; understanding functional variation in neurodevelopmental disorders.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Newcastle/Liverpool/Durham (NLD) BBSRC DTP	Newcastle University; University of Liverpool; Durham University	1 + 3	Agriculture & food security; bioscience for health; world-class underpinning bioscience; industrial biotechnology & bioenergy.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
MRC PhD DTP in Quantitative and Interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical science (QIBIOMED)	University of Dundee	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Development, stem cells & neurobiology; infection & disease; responses to cellular stress; big data & translation.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Sussex Neuroscience 4-Year PhD Programme	University of Sussex	4	Cellular & molecular neuroscience; cognitive & behavioural neuroscience; circuits, systems & computational neuroscience; translational & clinical neuroscience.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Oxford MRC DTP	Oxford University	4	Infection & immunology; neuroscience (incorporating psychology & psychiatry); cancer; population health, genomics & genes.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Doctoral training PhD (LIDo)	Birkbeck University; (KCL) King's College London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; University of Greenwich; Queen Mary University; Royal Holloway University; Royal Vetinary College; University College London	4	Food security; industrial biotechnology & bioenergy; world-class bioscience; molecules, cells & organisms.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP)	University of Birmingham; University of Leicester; University of Warwick; Harper Adams University; Aston University	4	Sustainable Agriculture & Food; Understanding the Rules of Life; Renewable Resources & Clean Growth; Integrated Understanding of Health	Applications open in October 2021 for 2022 intake.
UCL-Birkbeck MRC DTP	Birkbeck University, University College London	1 + 3	Fundamental mechanisms of disease; experimental & personalised medicine; neuroscience & mental health; populations, people & data across the life course.	Applications closed for 2021. Check website for when 2022 intake applications open.
Warwick MRC DTP	Warwick University	1 + 3 (MSc + PhD)	Molecular, cellular & tissue dynamics; microbiology & infection; applied biomedical technologies; artificial intelligence & data science.	Applications open in autumn of 2021 for 2022 intake.

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