Program Overview

Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience MSc

The Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience MSc has been designed to address the need for trained individuals to use emerging data capture and analysis techniques to understand brain-behaviour relationships. This programme will equip students with a detailed understanding of the historical and contemporary concepts and theories underpinning our current understanding of human brain-behaviour, innovative neuroscience methods, and their application to understand brain function.

Key Information

• Start date: September
• Subject area: Psychology
• Mode of study: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
• Fees:
  • UK: £13,280 full-time, £6,640 part-time
  • International: £22,320 full-time, £11,160 part-time
• Entry requirements:
  • A UK (2:2) Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification in the field of Psychology, Neuroscience, or related subjects.
  • English language requirements: IELTS 6.5 (min 6 in all areas), Pearson 59 (59 in all subscores), BrunELT 63% (min 58% in all areas), TOEFL 90 (min 20 in all)

Course Content

The programme consists of a variety of compulsory modules alongside a dissertation. Modules include:

• Contemporary issues in Psychological Science
• Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: Core Topics
• Cognitive Psychopharmacology and Addiction
• Cognitive Rehabilitation and Plasticity
• Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology
• Neuroscience Methods: Theory and Practice
• Dissertation in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

Careers and Your Future

Completing this programme will equip you with skills and knowledge that prepare you for a range of PhD opportunities in cognitive and clinical areas of psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience. It is also good preparation for other forms of postgraduate training and careers in data analysis and certain allied healthcare professions.

Teaching and Learning

Teaching will be on campus, with a full programme of lectures, seminars, workshops, and practical sessions. Additional practical skills in the use of neuroscience modalities and research will be developed through lab classes, web-based materials, and self-directed learning.

Assessment and Feedback

You will be assessed through coursework essays, written examinations, laboratory practical reports, oral and poster presentations, and a research dissertation.

Location of Study

The programme will be delivered on the Brunel University London campus, located in Uxbridge, Middlesex.