The Department of Neurology was recently chosen as a National Center for Parkinson's Disease Research by the National Institute of Health. The rapid pace of growth at Emory University over the past decade has brought in many junior and senior faculty from many of the country's other top research institutions. This, together with the fact that the Neuroscience program spans many departments, has created an atmosphere wherein faculty and students are encouraged to collaborate across disciplines for everyone's mutual benefit. The majority of our students are from the United States and matriculate from both large universities and small colleges all over the country. We also have students from various countries including Germany, Canada, Peru, Japan, Italy, Austria, India and Turkey.
Most students take about five and a half years to graduate.
Does the Neuroscience program have M.D.-Ph. D. students are admitted through the M.D.-Ph. D. program . No, we only offer a Ph.D. degree. Because the program is relatively young, the first graduate students have only recently begun to complete their postdoctoral training and enter the job market, and thus far have competed very well for jobs in academia, industry, and research institutes.