Neuroscience

Wellcome Trust four-year Doctoral Programme in Neuroscience

The first year of this programme comprises the taught MSc in Neuroscience (see below). Subject areas for the three-year DPhil portion cover the entire spectrum of neuroscience topics available in Oxford.

A list of research areas is available on the Neuroscience website and includes:

• Genes and Developmental Neuroscience
• Cellular Neuroscience
• Molecular Neuroscience
• Systems Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Behavioural Neuroscience
• Clinical Neuroscience

MSc in Neuroscience

Course Code | 001970

Oxford has a very large and thriving Neuroscience community, with interests ranging from molecular and cellular through to cognitive science and clinical.

We provide formal training in the theory and practical technology of Neuroscience from the most basic molecular mechanisms right up to clinical issues, coupled with research projects in a very wide range of well-established laboratories.

The course adds both breadth and strength to the hitherto traditional ‘single lab’ research routine. This gives students a better technical and conceptual grasp of Neuroscience than their predecessors, exposes them to a wide range of laboratory techniques, and provides training in basic organisational and research skills.

• Length of programme: 12 months (September to September)
• Core and optional courses: Wide range of compulsory introductory and optional advanced modules; see the 
• Students also carry out two research projects (three months each)
• Programme specification

• Dedicated MSc centre with computer and printing facilities
• Radcliffe Science Library

Information on academic staff profiles

Following the MSc in Neuroscience the majority of students continue to doctoral studies in Oxford or elsewhere.

Most graduates from the DPhil programme enter academic research in prestigious laboratories worldwide. Some 250 research papers have been published by these alumni.