Neuroscience MRes
Postgraduate
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
1 Year
Neuroscientists investigate the mind and brain – from neuropharmacology to consciousness – with applications from medicine to artificial intelligence.
This course is ideal for you if you have a strong academic record in neuroscience or a closely related discipline and plan to move into a research career.
By studying with us you’ll deepen your knowledge, strengthen your laboratory experience and build your research skills.
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About this course
The laboratory experience and research skills you gain on the course will place you in an excellent position to compete for research studentships at leading laboratories in the UK and around the world.
Graduate destinations
95% of students from the School of Life Sciences (excluding Chemistry) were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of Life Sciences graduates have gone on to jobs including:
commissioning editor, Royal Society Of Chemistry
grants adviser, Wellcome Trust
postdoctoral researcher, Cancer Research UK.
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
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Subjects
- Neuroscience
- Research
- Techniques
- Statistics
- Ethics
- Philosophy
- Methods
- Biochemistry
- Mathematics
- Transmission
Course programme
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Neuroscience Research Project 2
- Advanced Techniques in Neuroscience
- Current Topics in Research
- Life Sciences Master of Science Research Proposal
- Neuroscience Research Project 1
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
- An Adventure in Statistics
- Ethics, Philosophy and Methods of Research
- Intelligence in Animals and Machines
- Introduction to Genes and Biochemistry
- Mathematics and Computational Methods for Complex Systems
- Molecular Genetics
- Neuronal Transduction and Transmission
- Social Neuroscience
- Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience
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Neuroscience MRes