Master's degrees in neuroscience in Europe

General admission requirements to a master's degree in neuroscience

If you are interested in studying a master's degree in neuroscience in Europe, you will usually be required to have a relevant bachelor's degree within the fields of psychology, biomedical engineering, behavioral sciences, medicine, physics, biology, artificial intelligence, mathematics, pharmacy or related fields within Health Sciences. For some competitive programs with more applicants than available study places, you should be ready to present recommendation letters and even go through an interview process.

What you will learn in a master's degree in neuroscience

The learning outcomes will vary depending on your field of specialization. However, as a graduate of a master's degree in neuroscience you will usually be able to:

• Depict the nervous system at molecular and cellular level.
• Explain how neurons function and how they intercommunicate.
• Describe how the brain functions and it is organized.
• Define the link between cognition and behavior.
• Acquire necessary skills that will help you throughout your career, such as generate scientific hypotheses and research plans, as well as skills to be able to effectively communicate your findings.

Some examples of specialization fields offered through master's degrees in neuroscience are neuronal communication and neurophysiology, behavioral genomics, psychophysiology,language and communication, behavior and mind, neuropharmacology, cellular and molecular neurosciences, just to mention a few of them.

In Europe, the length of master's programs in neurscience vary between 1 to 2 years, and are worth between 60 and 120 ECTS according to the ECTS system.

Career options after your master's degree in neuroscience

Graduates of neuroscience are needed specially within the research industry, whether public or private, in a wide variety of areas such as bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, medical and biomedical technology, psychophysics, neurochemistry, neurobiology, neuroanatomy, or neurosurgery.

You may also further your career by applying to a PhD program.