Neuroscience or Neurobiology
The University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neuroscience, defines neuroscience as “the study of the structure and function of the nervous system”. According to The University of College of London, Division of Biosciences, “Neuroscience aims to understand how the brain works and is one of only a few areas of scientific exploration where fundamental discoveries are yet to take place”. While different universities emphasise different dimensions of the subject, which means students can make better choices, most treat the subject as interdisciplinary. Some call it neurobiology.
Oxford University notes that “Immediately after the MSc in Neuroscience, almost 60% of the 220 students to graduate to date have gone on to do a PhD, either at Oxford or elsewhere. A further 17% continued into graduate medicine. Only 6% left science altogether. Others have taken science-related jobs, including science journalism and science communication, or become management consultants in the biotechnology sector”.
(http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/msc-neuroscience)
British Neuroscience Association offers a lot of information about the courses available in the UK (https://www.bna.org.uk/postgraduate-opportunities.html)
The University of Bristol, School of Clinical Sciences, offers an MSc Molecular Neuroscience (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/courses/postgraduate/molecular-neuroscience/) as does the University of Queensland (https://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=5486).
King’s College London offers a Neuroscience MSc (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-courses/neuroscience-msc.aspx). University of College of London, Division of Biosciences, (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/masters/mscneuroscience), the University of Oxford, and the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam (http://www.neurosciencecampus-amsterdam.nl/en/education/master-training/master-of-neuroscience/) offer an MSc in Neuroscience.
University of York, Department of Psychology, offers an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience along with the York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), and recruits contributing faculty from other university departments such as The Hull-York Medical School. (http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/prospective/postgraduate/taught/cns/)University of Helsinki offers The international Master’s Degree Programme in Neuroscience in areas such as Molecular and cellular neuroscience, Developmental neuroscience, Neuronal disorders, Systems neuroscience, Neurobiophysics, Translational neuroscience, Molecular biology and genetics
Electrophysiology, Behavioural tests and Live cell imaging and microscopy MEG, EEG and MRI (http://www.helsinki.fi/neuro/).
The International Max Plank Research School offers MSc/Phd/MD-PhD Program in Neurosciences jointly with many participating institutions
(https://www.gpneuro.uni-goettingen.de/content/c_institutions.php).
Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Department of neurobiology, offers a Master’s Program in Neurobiology
(http://www.neurobiology.northwestern.edu/graduate/program-overview/). The University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neuroscience, offers a Masters in Neuroscience but insists that “All applicants must be sponsored by a Department of Neuroscience faculty (or affiliated faculty) member before submitting their application”.
(http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/programs/masters/)
Boston University offers a MA in Neuroscience and has very specific requirements for admission (http://www.bu.edu/academics/grs/programs/neuroscience/ma/).