University of California, Berkeley campus

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PhD Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley, United States

Programme overview

The Neuroscience PhD Program at UC Berkeley is a unique, diverse PhD training program that offers intensive, integrated training in multiple areas of neuroscience research. The program includes approximately 65 training faculty from different campus departments, with expertise ranging from molecular and cellular neuroscience to systems and computational neuroscience to human cognitive neuroscience.

Faculty: Graduate Division  |  Department: Neuroscience Graduate Program  |  Duration: 6 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Program Requirements Normative Time Requirements Normative time to advancement is 2 years. Normative time in candidacy is 3 years. Total normative time is 5 years.

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Health & Medicine, Science & Research.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

For information on our program admission requirements, please visit our program website: neuroscience.berkeley.edu/grad/admissions.

Duration: 6 years

Apply through the official page: https://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/

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