Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) PhD

Master

In Evanston (USA)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Evanston (USA)

Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) is a highly interactive and collaborative program, with faculty distributed across more than 20 departments on the Lincoln Park, Chicago and Evanston campuses. Our program encourages interdisciplinary research among seven NU-affiliated centers, including the Children’s Memorial Research Center (Lincoln Park), the Feinberg School of Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago), the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering, the School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management (Evanston). NUIN faculty represents a broad range of research interests including molecular and developmental neuroscience, cellular physiology, cognition and systems neuroscience, and medical or 'translational' research. Training in research is supplemented with core and elective coursework, mentorship, teaching and other professional development opportunities.

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Evanston (USA)
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633 Clark St, Evanston, 60208

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Subjects

  • Neuroscience
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  • University
  • Teaching
  • Presentation

Course programme

Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.

PhD Required Courses
  • Core courses (4 units)
  • “Great Experiments” elective (1 unit)
  • Biostatistics elective (1 unit)
  • Additional electives (3 units)
Noncredit Courses
  • NUIN 490 Responsible Conduct of Research
Other PhD Requirements
  • Laboratory rotations: three research rotations (additional if necessary) and rotation summary/poster presentations
  • Seminar attendance: 6/quarter in Fall, Winter, Spring of first year
  • Examinations: knowledge and research based qualifying exam, taken during second year
  • Teaching: two quarters of teaching assistantship, usually during the second year
  • Thesis Committee Meetings: written proposal and oral defense of thesis project to Thesis Committee, taken during third year; annual thesis committee meetings thereafter
  • Seminar presentation: oral presentation of research at a departmental or conference seminar
  • Publication: at least one first author publication in a peer-reviewed journal
  • Dissertation: written dissertation, oral defense of dissertation to Thesis Committee, and public presentation of dissertation.

Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) PhD

Price on request