MRes Neuropharmacology
With our Neuropharmacology Masters course, you will also study a number of hot topics in molecular and cellular neuroscience, selected from current scientific literature.
Explore concepts and current research in cognitive neuroscience, including perception, brain structure and organisation, cognition, memory and the functional basis of certain human neurological and psychiatric illnesses.
This course is particularly relevant if you:
- are a recently qualified undergraduate and are looking for the professional skills needed to obtain a job in a bioscience company
- are working in an organisation and want a masters-level qualification to give you a competitive edge
- require the skills and experience needed to study for a research degree
- are an international student who would like to study abroad
- would like the chance for extended research work in the lab of an experienced research academic
How you’re taught
Taught modules are assessed by a variety of different types of course work including:
- written assignments
- oral presentations
- poster presentations
- examinations
- a research project - it will involve the design, implementation and reporting of a major research task as a thesis and presentation orally and / or as a poster.
This Neuropharmacology postgraduate degree will be delivered through lectures, laboratory classes, demonstrations, computer packages, and project work. We have state-of-the-art lecture, computing, library and laboratory facilities at your disposal.
Careers and employability
The vast majority of students from this course progress onto relevant employment within their chosen field or study for a PhD. This is because they are able to develop extensive knowledge of their subject area as well as vital research skills. This knowledge is further enhanced by the research project which students can develop in their area of interest in depth.
With our Neuropharmacology Masters course, you will also study a number of hot topics in molecular and cellular neuroscience, selected from current scientific literature.
Explore concepts and current research in cognitive neuroscience, including perception, brain structure and organisation, cognition, memory and the functional basis of certain human neurological and psychiatric illnesses.
This course is particularly relevant if you:
- are a recently qualified undergraduate and are looking for the professional skills needed to obtain a job in a bioscience company
- are working in an organisation and want a masters-level qualification to give you a competitive edge
- require the skills and experience needed to study for a research degree
- are an international student who would like to study abroad
- would like the chance for extended research work in the lab of an experienced research academic
How you’re taught
Taught modules are assessed by a variety of different types of course work including:
- written assignments
- oral presentations
- poster presentations
- examinations
- a research project - it will involve the design, implementation and reporting of a major research task as a thesis and presentation orally and / or as a poster.
This Neuropharmacology postgraduate degree will be delivered through lectures, laboratory classes, demonstrations, computer packages, and project work. We have state-of-the-art lecture, computing, library and laboratory facilities at your disposal.
Careers and employability
The vast majority of students from this course progress onto relevant employment within their chosen field or study for a PhD. This is because they are able to develop extensive knowledge of their subject area as well as vital research skills. This knowledge is further enhanced by the research project which students can develop in their area of interest in depth.
