Second year undergraduates in a chemistry lab session, Chemistry building, University Park. November 5th 2021.

Neuroscience MSci

Medical School Building and University Park Campus, Nottingham, UK

Course overview 

Curious about how your brain works?  Would you like to understand neurological diseases such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s at an advanced level? Then our MSci in Neuroscience is for you.

Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology, in this course you'll study the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system, as well as neurological diseases and disorders.

Our degree programme convers concepts from the genome through to human based clinical neuroscience.

Through optional modules and research projects, you can tailor the course to focus on the specific areas of neuroscience that interest you. You’ll be taught by leading scientists with a range of specialities to broaden your understanding of neuroscience.

Indicative modules

Mandatory

Year 1

Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Mandatory

Year 1

Core Skills in Neuroscience

Mandatory

Year 1

Human Physiology

Mandatory

Year 1

Genes, Molecules and Cells

Optional

Year 1

Life on Earth

Optional

Year 1

Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour

Mandatory

Year 2

Building Brains

Mandatory

Year 2

Neurons and Glia

Mandatory

Year 2

Communicating and Ethics in Neuroscience

Mandatory

Year 2

The Environment and the Brain

Mandatory

Year 2

Neurobiology of Disease

Mandatory

Year 2

Neuroscience Research Methods

Optional

Year 2

Experimental Design and Practical Neuroscience

Mandatory

Year 3

Neuroscience Research Project

Mandatory

Year 3

Placement Project Report

Mandatory

Year 4

Pain and Sensory disorders 4

Mandatory

Year 4

Neuroscience MSci project study

Mandatory

Year 4

Advanced Skills in Neuroscience

Mandatory

Year 4

Current Research in Neuroscience

Optional

Year 4

Nature vs Nurture, the forces shaping your brain

Optional

Year 4

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Optional

Year 4

History of Science

Optional

Year 4

The Gut Microbiome-brain axis and Mental Health

Optional

Year 4

Psychopharmacology and Mental Health

Optional

Year 4

Chronobiology

Optional

Year 4

Auditory Systems: Cochlea to Cortex

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About modules

The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Wednesday 21 February 2024. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.

Course data

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Data for Neuroscience (Full time) at University of Nottingham, the

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Open Day June 2022