Neuroscience

University of Nottingham

Would you like to understand neurological diseases such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s? 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. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the brain, spinal cord, and neurological diseases, with an accredited Neuroscience degree, preparing you for a career in clinical research, pharmaceuticals, or academic science. **Course overview**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?**- Tailor your course to your unique interests with a range of optional modules- Study in one of the UK’s major teaching hospitals on a course with a strong clinical and pharmacological emphasis- Student feedback - excellent track record in student feedback on quality of teaching - Student support - a personal tutor assigned to you to provide academic and pastoral advice throughout the degree- Employability - good record in our students securing employment or postgraduate education- Laboratory experience begins in term one. You will benefit from cutting-edge labs, a personal tutor, advanced research labs and opportunities to work with imaging (SLIM, MRI, 3D), genomics, deep-seq, nanopore, flow cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing- Capstone experience - in your final year, you can undertake a capstone project, applying your expertise to real-world challenges in a collaborative working group. Teaching is research-led, meaning you'll learn from academics actively working in cutting-edge research - Research - be trained by tutors who are active in real world research, giving you the skills necessary for your future career- Travel while you learn - opportunities through studying abroad at our campus in Malaysia or with our other partners

School of Life Sciences