The Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota offers training leading to the PhD degree. The program has 84 faculty members, representing a broad range of research interests from invertebrates to vertebrates, and from cells to systems. This allows students many research options, including molecular, cellular, systems, developmental, behavioral and computational neuroscience. Motor control, neurobiology of disease, pain and vision are particularly well-represented. Students receive full financial aid for the duration of their studies, as long as they make good academic progress.
Support includes stipend, health-care benefits, and tuition.
The program admits 10-12 students each year. The curriculum begins with a laboratory course at the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station. During the first year, students rotate through different laboratories to become acquainted with faculty members in their area of interest and to assist them in choosing a thesis advisor. Our summer Itasca course, combined with a flexible graduate program and our exceptional faculty, will prepare you very well for a career in neuroscience. Members of our diverse introduction to cell and molecular neuroscience.