Neuroscience (Integrative Neuroscience) MScR

Our programme is full-time for twelve months, beginning in September and ending in August the following year. You are expected to be on campus from week one. Successful MSc and Diploma candidates graduate in November/December of the following year.

Teaching breaks for 2023/4 include:

• 22 December - 14 January

Courses

In Semester 1, you start with a taught component and attend ‘themed weeks’ which run in parallel with elective courses. In addition, you will develop core skills including data analysis and statistics.

You can visit the programme website for full details on electives and programme themes:

• Neuroscience programme website

Elective courses include:

• Developmental Neurobiology
• Neural Dynamics
• Neurodegeneration and Regeneration
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Neuroimaging for graduate neuroscientists

The elective courses run throughout Semester 1 on two half days per week. These will give you a deeper insight into the concepts and methodology of a specific field of interest.

Projects

For your research, you can choose:

• available projects, or

• contact principal investigators from more than 120 groups in the Edinburgh Neuroscience community to develop your own project, which can range from psychology to nanoscience

  • Edinburgh Neuroscience

You can decide to do:

• two consecutive projects to gain a strong overview of research areas, or
• a longer project to get a more in-depth laboratory experience in one field

Find out more about compulsory and optional courses

We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.

Award	Title	Duration	Study mode
MScR	Integrative Neuroscience	1 Year	Full-time	Programme structure 2023/24

Students on the MSc by Research in Integrative Neuroscience have positive next destinations, including:

• PhD
• research
• science administration
• science communication
• clinical career paths

These entry requirements are for the 2023/24 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2024/25 academic year will be published on 2 October 2023.

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in biological or biomedical sciences (including neuroscience or psychology) or a medical, dental or veterinary degree.

Students from China

This degree is Band C.

• Postgraduate entry requirements for students from China

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country

English language requirements

You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 176 with at least 169 in each component.
• Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 62 with at least 59 in each component.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).

• Approved universities in non-MESC

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.

Find out more about our language requirements:

• English language requirements

Academic Technology Approval Scheme

If you are not an EU, EEA or Swiss national, you may need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme clearance certificate in order to study this programme.

• Academic Technology Approval Scheme

Award	Title	Duration	Study mode
MScR	Integrative Neuroscience	1 Year	Full-time	Tuition fees

International Masters Scholarships

The Deanery of Biomedical Sciences will offer 2 scholarships to self-funding, international (non-EU) students who are currently resident in one of the countries on the DAC list of ODA recipients. Additional Programme Costs (to the value of £3,000) will be waived for successful applicants.

• International Masters Scholarships

UK government postgraduate loans

If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.

The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:

• your programme
• the duration of your studies
• your tuition fee status

Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.

• UK government and other external funding

Other funding opportunities

Search for scholarships and funding opportunities:

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