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Neuroscience Graduate Program Manual

Current Students and Recent Graduates

Neuroscience Graduate Courses




mikey The Neuroscience Graduate Group Chairman
Michael Nusbaum, PhD

Graduate training at Penn consists of three main components:  coursework, laboratory rotations, and dissertation research. In the first year, students take a one-year core course reflecting the diverse nature of Neuroscience. They also participate in a journal club and are expected to attend weekly seminars given by outside speakers. Practical experience in different techniques and intellectual approaches to the nervous system comes from laboratory rotations. At the end of the second year, students prepare and defend a research proposal and then enter their dissertation laboratory to carry out an original thesis research project. Requirements are applied flexibly and students need not select a thesis advisor until the end of their second year. 

Campus-wide Neuroscience activities are integrated by the David Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences through seminars, colloquia, symposia, and annual Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience retreats. Interaction among scientists with different backgrounds is extremely important in an interdisciplinary field such as Neuroscience, and we are particularly proud of our strongly collaborative environment. 

Courses offered regularly by the graduate group include:

  • Cell and Molecular Neuroscience 
  • Electrical Language of Cells
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Systems Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neuropharmacology & Neurochemistry
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience

One of the best ways to judge the quality of a graduate program is to look at its students. So, here's a look at ours:

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You can also take a look at our Students and Recent Graduates page

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The faculty are drawn from eighteen departments in the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, and the College of Arts and Sciences. The faculty includes ten members of the National Academy of Sciences and experts in virtually every area of Neuroscience.
 

NEUROSCIENCE GRADUATE GROUP FACULTY

A list of the neuroscience graduate group faculty, with research interests, research summaries, and key references: 

Alphabetical

or

By Department

or

By Research Interests
 
 

More information on the research interests of faculty members can be found on the Research web page.
 
 

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Admission is based on transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation,and experience. A strong undergraduate background in science is encouraged.

Application deadline is the beginning of January for domestic applications, and the beginning of December for international applications; notifications are given by April 15th. All students accepted into the Neuroscience Graduate Program are provided with a stipend and full tuition support.

FOR AN APPLICATION PACKAGE OR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Our Graduate Group Coordinator:

Fiona Cowan 
EMAIL: fiona@mail.med.upenn.edu
FAX: (215) 573-2248
Phone: (215) 898-8048

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