Neuroscience
The Graduate Program
The Graduate Program for Neuroscience (GPN) is a University-wide PhD degree-granting program in neuroscience that unites the graduate training faculty and students present on our two campuses, the Charles River Campus (CRC) and the Medical Campus (BUMC). The research of our training faculty covers virtually all areas of neuroscience and GPN serves as the nexus point for all neuroscience training missions at Boston University via the merger of the Programs in Neuroscience (CRC) and Biomedical Neuroscience (BUMC). Currently, GPN is being administered via the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS).
Admission
Applications to the BU Graduate Program for Neuroscience should be submitted by 1 January via the Neuroscience website. This program attracts applicants from many different areas of study, including biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Prospective students are expected to have strong undergraduate backgrounds in one or more of these areas and to desire neuroscience training in experimental methodologies, computational modeling, and/or bioinformatics. Previous undergraduate research experience is highly recommended. Applicants are required to submit scores of the Graduate Record Examination (General). Applicants whose native language is not English are also required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and a minimum score of 600 is required.
Curriculum and Requirements
The BU Graduate Program for Neuroscience offers the PhD (post-bachelor’s and post-master’s) in neuroscience and the PhD (post-bachelor’s and post-master’s) in computational neuroscience. The reader is referred to the GPN website for more details regarding the curriculum and to individual department listings specific to the required and elective coursework that is described below. Please contact the program office for the most up-to-date information regarding new course offerings and curriculum replacement neurosci@bu.edu.
