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 masters courses

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Neuroscience-related undergraduate and intergrated masters 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

Masters courses in Neuroscience

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Masters courses in Translational Neuroscience

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In addition to masters 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	University College London	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Medical imaging including neuroimaging, ophthalmology, fetal imaging and infection & inflammation imaging.	20/08/18
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre PhD programme	University College London (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour)	1 + 3 (MRes + PhD)	Experimental, systems and theoretical neuroscience.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Oxford BBSRC Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP	Oxford University; The Pirbright Institute; Oxford Brookes University; Diamond Light Source; ISIS Neutron and Muon Source; STFC Central Laser Facility; The Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH)	4	Integrative animal and plant biology; mechanistic molecular and cellular bioscience; bioscience for food, industry and energy; exploiting new ways of working.	12 noon UK time (midday) on: Friday 16 November 2018, Friday 25 January 2019 and Friday 1 March 2019
Manchester MRC DTP	University of Manchester	3.5	Mechanisms of disease; early detection/diagnosis; development and implementation of therapeutic interventions around inflammation, immunobiology and repair, neuroscience and mental health, and cancer.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
Manchester BBSRC DTP	University of Manchester	4	Multidisciplinary projects for students with backgrounds including bioscience, biomedical, mathematical and physical sciences.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
MRC GW4 BioMed DTP	Cardiff University; University of Bristol; University of Exeter; University of Bath	4	Infection, immunity and repair; neuroscience and mental health; population health.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Kings MRC DTP studentships in biomedical science	King's College London	3.5 (PhD) or 1+3 (Mres + PhD)	Molecules, cells and the basis for disease; neurosciences, psychiatry and mental health; physiological medicine; imaging and biomedical engineering.	25/11/18
Cambridge MRC DTP	University of Cambridge (Bambraham Institute)	3.5	Molecules, cells and the basis for disease; neurosciences, psychiatry and mental health; physiological medicine; imaging and biomedical engineering.	Deadlines vary per course
South West Biosciences DTP	University of Bristol; University of Exeter; Rothamsted Research; Cardiff University; University of Bath	4	Agriculture and food security; world-class underpinning bioscience; exploiting new ways of working.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
EastBio BBSRC DTP	University of Edinburgh; University of Dundee; University of Aberdeen; University of St Andrews	4	Basic bioscience underpinning health (ageing); bioenergy & industrial biotechnology; food security and world-class bioscience.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Imperial MRC DTP	Imperial College London	3.5 or 4.5	Informatics for health; experimental medicine; infection and antimicrobial research.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
Edinburgh Wellcome PhD in Translational Neuroscience	University of Edinburgh	4	Translation neuroscience using experimental technology (e.g. cellular, regenerative, computational, genetic, animal models) and analytical tools to bridge the knowledge gap between the design, execution and interpretation of cellular/animal experiments and the challenges of experimental medicine.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, Translational Research in Mental Health and Neuroscience	King's College London	4	Studentships for applicants with backgrounds in neuroscience, psychology, biological science, social science, physical science, epidemiology, mathematics, statistics, bioinformatics and computer science.	09/09/18, 16/09/18
Cambridge BBSRC DTP	University of Cambridge	4	Agriculture and food security; industrial biotechnology and bioenergy; bioscience for health; world-class underpinning bioscience.	07/12/18
Nottingham BBSRC DTP	University of Nottingham	4	Food security; industrial biotechnology and bioenergy; world-class bioscience; molecules, cells and organisms.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October 2018
4-year Wellcome PhD Programme Studies in Cellular and Molecular Physiology	University of Liverpool	4	Cellular and molecular basis of cell function and regulation.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
UCL 4-year PhD in Neuroscience	University College London	4	Projects range from the molecular biology of neuronal proteins to the behaviour of sensory and motor systems and brain imaging.	20/12/18
PhD in Molecular, Genetic, and Lifecourse Epidemiology	University of Bristol	4	We are training a new generation of scientists who can harness the benefits of an epidemiological approach in exciting and productive ways.	Summer 2019
MRC-Sackler PhD fellowships	King's College London (MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders)	4	Projects to identify the biological mechanisms underlying developmental brain disorders, and translate this knowledge into clinical advances.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Newcastle/Liverpool/Durham (NLD) BBSRC DTP	Newcastle University; University of Liverpool; Durham University	4	Agriculture and food security; industrial biotechnology and bioenergy; bioscience for health; world-class underpinning bioscience.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Wellcome Trust  PhD in Neural Dynamics	University of Bristol	4	Projects investigating the nervous system's remarkable capacity to change, and, at a systems level, the dynamic interplay between integration and segregation of brain regions enables all aspects of behaviour, including learning, memory, homeostasis and sensorimotor control.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
MRC PhD DTP in Quantitative and Interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical science (QIBIOMED)	University of Dundee	4	Infection and disease; responses to cellular stress; development, stem cells and neurobiology; big data and translation.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in October/November 2018
Wellcome Trust DTP in Neuroscience	Oxford University	4	Applicants are strongly advised to visit the Medical Sciences Graduate School website to help them identify the most suitable course and supervisors.	11/01/19
Sussex Neuroscience 4-Year PhD Programme	University of Sussex	4	Cellular and molecular neuroscience; circuits, systems and computational neuroscience; cognitive and behavioural neuroscience; translational and clinical neuroscience.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Oxford MRC DTP	Oxford University	4	Infection and immunology; neuroscience (incorporating psychology and psychiatry); cancer; population health, genomics and genes.	11/01/18
BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Doctoral training PhD (LIDo)	University College London; King's College London; Royal Veterinary College; Queen Mary's University London; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Birbeck College	4	Food security; industrial biotechnology and bioenergy; world-class bioscience; molecules, cells and organisms.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP)	University of Warwick; University of Birmingham; University of Leicester	4	Food security, bioenergy and industrial biotechnology.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
UCL-Birkbeck MRC DTP	University College London; Birbeck College		Projects within the UCL Division of Biosciences.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
MRC Integrative Midlands Partnership for Biomedical Training (IMPACT) DTP	University of Birmingham; University of Nottingham; University of Leicester	4	Complex disease: mechanisms to therapy.	*Recruitment for 2019-2020 entry will open in November 2018
MRC DTP in Precision Medicine	University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow	3.5 or 4	Projects identifying which treatment strategy will be effective for which patients, based on genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet.
Warwick MRC DTP	Warwick University	4	Quantitative cellular dynamics; molecular microbiology; applied biomedical technologies.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Wellcome Integrative Neuroscience PhD	Cardiff University	4	Multiple neuroscience projects ranging from the phenotypic analysis of single gene mutations to the characterisation of gene-environment interplay in psychiatric and neurological disorders.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet
Imperial Centre of Excellence in Neurotechnology EPSRC CDT	Imperial College London	4	Neurotechnology projects relating to: diagnostics & clinical monitoring; modulation of peripheral disease-controlling neural circuits; brain repair & neuroregeneration; brain circuits in health & disease; rehabilitation & augmentation; lifelong health & well-being.	*Recruitment for the 2019 academic year not open yet

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