Course summary
Our interdisciplinary neuroscience research community is one of the largest in the UK. Spend your first year doing rotations in different laboratories and taking taught modules across a wide range of neuroscience fields, strengthening your research training before choosing a PhD project. This competitive four-year PhD Programme is for you if you wish to deepen your expertise in neuroscience before choosing your primary research focus, or if you’re coming to neuroscience with a background in the psychological or physical sciences. If you’re awarded a place on this PhD Programme, you’ll get full funding. We offer research projects in a wide range of areas:
- cellular and molecular neuroscience
- cognitive and behavioural neuroscience
- circuits, systems and computational neuroscience
- translational and clinical neuroscience.
Modules
We offer research projects in a wide range of areas: cellular and molecular neuroscience cognitive and behavioural neuroscience circuits, systems and computational neuroscience translational and clinical neuroscience.
Assessment method
PhD project.
Entry requirements
You’re normally expected to have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Your qualification should be in a biological or physical sciences subject area. You may also be considered for the degree if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. IELTS (Academic): Standard level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Sponsorship information
Our goal is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to regardless of financial barriers, so that we continue to attract talented and unique people.
Provider information
University of Sussex
Sussex House
Brighton
BN1 9RH