Neuroscience including Integrated Placement Year - MSci (Hons)

University of Nottingham

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 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 covers 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.Our degree programme convers concepts from the genome through to human based clinical neuroscience. Topics studied will include: * behaviour* cellular and molecular biology* experimental design * genetics* pharmacology* physiology* neuroanatomy * neuroimmune interactions* environmental neuroscience**BSc or MSci?**MSci degrees are undergraduate-level courses which last for four years and have an integrated master's qualification. They are the equivalent to a BSc plus a master's level qualification. The MSci provides additional intensive laboratory research and the opportunity for you to add in industrial experience to enhance your future career prospects. **Why choose this course?*** Study in one of the UK’s major teaching hospitals on a course with a strong human neurobiology and pharmacological emphasis.* Laboratory experience from term one - you’ll have access to advanced research labs and opportunities to work with imaging (SLIM, MRI, 3D), genomics, deep-seq, nanopore, flow cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing.* In your final year, you can undertake a capstone project, applying your expertise to real-world challenges in a collaborative working.* We’re a top 20 UK and top 100 world university (QS World University Rankings 2026).* The average starting salary for life sciences undergraduates within 15 months of graduation was £27,563 (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2022/23).

School of Biomedical Sciences