Program at a glance

ECTS: European Credits Transfer System
1 ECTS is about 25-30 hours student workload, all included (from individual reading to final examination).

Year 1

SEMESTER 1: September – January (30 ECTS)
Compulsory courses
› Scientific Communication (3 ECTS)
› Statistics and neural data analysis  (3 ECTS)
› Tutored Project (3 ECTS)
› Functional Neuroanatomy (5 ECTS)
› Neurophysiology (4 ECTS)
› Molecular Neurobiology (4 ECTS)
› Neuropharmacology (4 ECTS)
› Higher Brain Functions (4 ECTS)
› Animal experimentation (option) 
SEMESTER 2: mid January – mid June (30 ECTS)
› Laboratory Internship

Year 2

SEMESTER 3: September – December (30 ECTS)

Compulsory courses
› Research Project Literature Survey & Methodology (9 ECTS)
› Drug discovery & Pharmaceutical Industries (3 ECTS)

Optional courses (3 out of 8)
› Current research in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (6 ECTS)
› Cognitive Neuroscience (6 ECTS)
› Pathophysiology of Neurological & Psychiatric Diseases (6 ECTS)
› Neural Networks (6 ECTS)
› Addiction (6 ECTS)
› Behavioural Studies (6 ECTS)
› Pre-clinical and clinical Neuropharmacology (6 ECTS)
› Advanced Topics in Cellular Neuroscience Imaging (6 ECTS)

SEMESTER 4: January-early June (30 ECTS)
› Internship & Master Thesis

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    • An up-to-date core curriculum in Neuroscience
    • Advanced scientific education and training with innovative and interdisciplinary brain research methodology
    • Training through original research aimed at the translation from bench-to-bedside and from bedside-to-bench
    • Friendly and intercultural learning environment
    • Small classes and close faculty contact
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