The Charles River campus at Boston University has initiated an interdisciplinary Neuroscience training program that involves faculty from several departments, including Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Health Sciences, Mathematics, and Psychology. This graduate program offers both doctoral and master's level degrees.
Graduate students enter doctoral and master's level degrees.
Graduate students enter through individual departmental Ph.D. programs, but take a common core program that provides a basic foundation and practical laboratory experience in modern neurobiology, including cellular and molecular biology, development, electrophysiology, genetics, pharmacology, cognition and behavior, and neural modeling. After satisfying the core curriculum, the program offers flexibility for students to take advanced courses in areas of interest in any department. Students choose a research laboratory at the end of their first year, and begin thesis research in their second year, while carrying a small, advanced course load. Over 40 full-time faculty with diverse interests and different approaches towards addressing neurobiological questions participate in the program. Students are expected to attend weekly Departmental and Program seminar series.