Neuroscience Programs

Index

Board of Regents Aspirational Institutions

2 University of Iowa2 Indiana University – Bloomington3 University of Arizona3 University of Maryland, College Park4 University of Pittsburgh4 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill5 State University of New York, Buffalo5 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities6 University of Virginia6 University of California, Los Angeles7 University of Washington7 University of California, Irvine8 University of California, San Diego8 Florida State University9 Rutgers University

Board of Regents Proposed Peer Institutions

9 George Mason University10 State University of New York, Albany10 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee11 Virginia Commonwealth University11 Arizona State University12 University of Louisville12 University of New Mexico13 Temple University13 University of Illinois, Chicago 14 University of Alabama, Birmingham14 University of South Florida15 University of Houston-University Park15 University of Cincinnati16 University of Toledo

Urban 13 (some schools were also peer institutions)

16 University of Memphis17 University of Missouri-St. Louis17 City College of New York

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Board of Regents Proposed Aspirational Institutions

School University of Iowa

College Graduate College

Department

Title Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

Faculty PediatricsPathologyNeurologyMolecular & Cellular BiologyToxicologyPharmacologyPsychologyOphthalmologyLife SciencesPhysiologyNeurobiologyPsychiatrySpeech, Language & HearingNeurobiologyPhysiological SciencesChemistryAnesthesiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Degrees Ph.D.

Website http://neuroscience.grad.uiowa.edu/

Notes 25 students per yearGPA 3.5+GRE – 1200 (verbal and quantitative)

School Indiana University – Bloomington

College Arts & Sciences

Department Psychological & Brain Sciences

Title Program in Neuroscience

Faculty BiologyChemistryComputer ScienceKinesiologyMathematicsMedical SciencesOptometryPhysicsPsychological & Brain SciencesSpeech and Hearing Sciences

Degrees BS (Psychological & Brain Sciences)PhD (Psychological & Brain Sciences)PhD (Neural Science – program in neuroscience)

Website http://www.indiana.edu/~neurosci/

Notes $52m grant from MetaCyt for Life Sciences research.

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School University of Arizona

College Graduate School

Department

Title Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

Faculty PediatricsPathologyNeurologyMolecular & Cellular BiologyPharmacologyToxicologyPsychologyOphthalmologyLife SciencesPsychiatryPhysiologyNeurobiologySpeech, Language & HearingARL division Neurobiology (?)Physiological SciencesChemistryAnesthesiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Degrees PhD

Website www.neuroscience.arizona.edu

Notes 25 students totalGPA 3.5+GRE 1200+ (verbal & quantitative)

School University of Maryland, College Park

College Chemical & Life SciencesBehavioral & Social SciencesComputer, Mathematical & Physical SciencesArts & Humanities

Department Each student has a “home” department.

Title Program in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science

Faculty Animal & Avian SciencesBiologyChemistryBiochemistryComputer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngineeringEnglishEntomologyHearing & Speech SciencesHuman DevelopmentKinesiologyLinguisticsNutrition & Food SciencesPhilosophy & Psychology

Degrees PhD

Website www.nacs.umd.edu

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School University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

College School of Medicine

Department NeurobiologyNeuroscience Center

Title

Faculty PhysiologyBiologyPsychiatryAnesthesiologyPsychologyBiochemistryBiophysicsPharmacologyAlcohol studiesEndodonticsOtolaryngologyNeurologyCell Biology & AnatomyMicrobiology & ImmunologyGeneticsPhysical TherapyDevelopmental NeurobiologyNeurobiology & Behavior & AddictionMolecular & Genetic NeurobiologyChannels, Receptors & Signal TransductionNeuroimmunologyRegeneration & Myelination (sp?)Imaging & Cognitive FunctionSensory SystemsSynaptic Structure & FunctionAnimal Models of Human DiseasesComparative NeurobiologyComputational Neurobiology

Degrees MD/PhD (Neurobiology)

Website www.med.unc.edu/neurobiology

School University of Pittsburgh

College School of Arts & Sciences

Department Neuroscience

Title

Faculty NeuroscienceNeurobiologyPhysiologyCell BiologyPsychiatryPsychologyPharmacologyOtolaryngologyBioengineeringCenter for Neural Basis of Cognition Biological Sciences

Degrees B.S./M.S./PhD.

Website www.neuroscience.pitt.edu

Notes Sample study plans online.

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School State University of New York, Buffalo

College School of Medicine & Biomedical SciencesLiberal Arts & Sciences

Department

Title Neuroscience Program

Faculty Physiology & BiophysicsBiochemistryPsychologyOtolaryngologyPathology & Anatomical SciencesPharmacology & ToxicologyOphthalmologyNeurologyNeurosurgeryRadiologyBiological Sciences

Degrees MS/PhD

Website www.smbs.buffalo.edu/neuroscience

Notes Courses listed online

School University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

College Medical School

Department Neuroscience

Title

Faculty NeuroscienceBiomedical EngineeringGeneticsCell Biology & DevelopmentNeurologyNeurosurgeryPediatricsPsychologyPharmaceuticsPharmacologyPhysiologyPsychiatryRadiology

Degrees BS/PhD

Website www.neurosci.umn.edu (undergrad)www.neuroscience.umn.edu/index.html (grad)

Notes BS courses listed online

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School University of Virginia

College School of MedicineArts & Sciences

Department Neuroscience

Title

Faculty NeuroscienceBiologyOtolaryngologyPathologyNeurological SurgeryUrologyCell BiologyPharmacologyPsychiatryBiochemistryMolecular GeneticsMolecular PhysiologyBiological PhysicsNeurologyPsychologyNeurobehavioral SciencesCardiovascular MedicineMedicine, Endocrinology & MetabolismMicrobiologyAnesthesiologyChemistry

Degrees PhD

Website www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/neurosci/

Notes Departments of Biology, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences offer undergraduate (BS) majors with a neuroscience component.

School University of California, Los Angeles

College Graduate Division

Department NeuroscienceSemel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior

Title Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program

Faculty Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesPsychologyPhysiological ScienceNeurobiologyPublic HealthMicrobiologyImmunology & Molecular GeneticsBiological ChemistryPathology & Laboratory Medicine

Degrees BS/PhD

Website www.neurosci.ucla.edu/index.asp

Notes Course plans onlineTerrible website (very few details about program)

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School University of Washington

College Arts & Sciences

Department Biology

Title Undergraduate Neurobiology

Faculty BiochemistryNeurophysiologyPhysiologyNeurobiologyBiology & OtolaryngologyBiological Structure

Degrees BS

Website http://protist.biology.washington.edu/neurobiology

Notes Professors from both Arts & Sciences and the Med SchoolNeuroscience residency program available for MDs.

School University of California, Irvine

College School of Biological Sciences

Department

Title Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Faculty Pharmacology Neurobiology & BehaviorDevelopmental & Cell BiologyCognitive SciencesAnatomy & Neurobiology

Degrees PhD (Neuroscience)BS (Neurobiology)

Website www.inp.uci.edu

Notes Grad students participate in a one year “Gateway” program that introduces them to Neuroscience. After the first year, they join the graduate program of their chosen advisor.

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School University of California, San Diego

College School of MedicineBiological Sciences

Department Neurosciences

Title Neurosciences Graduate Program

Faculty Areas of Interest

Biochemistry & Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive, Behavioral & PsychopharmacologyComputational NeuroscienceCellular & Developmental NeuroscienceSystems NeuroscienceClinical Neuroscience

Degrees PhD (Neuroscience)BS/MS/PhD (Neurobiology) – Division of Biological Sciences

Website http://neurograd.ucsd.edu

Notes “top ranking neuroscience department in the country”

School Florida State University

College Arts & Sciences

Department

Title Neuroscience Program

Faculty Biological ScienceBiomedical ScienceNutritionFood & Exercise SciencesMathematicsPsychologyNeuroscience

Degrees PhDBS (Biological Sciences – Physiology & Neuroscience Track)

Website www.neuro.fsu.edu

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School Rutgers University

College Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Medicine & Dentistry of New JerseyCenter for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

Department

Title Integrative Neuroscience Program

Faculty Molecular and Behavioral NeuroscienceBiological SciencesPsychologyPharmacology/PhysiologyBiochemistryMolecular BiologyPsychiatryRadiologyPhysical Medicine & RehabilitationNeurosurgeryOphthalmology

Degrees PhD

Website http://ins.rutgers.edu http://cmbn.rutgers.edu

Board of Regents Proposed Peer Institutions

School George Mason University

College Humanities & Social Sciences (BS)College of Science (PhD)College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences (PhD)

Department Psychology (BS)

Title Computational Neuroscience Program (PhD)

Faculty PsychologyPhysicsMolecular & MicrobiologyEconomicsBioinformatics & Computational BiologyElectrical & Computer EngineeringMathematical Sciences

Degrees BS/PhDGraduate Certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience (College of Humanities & Social Sciences)

Website http://chss.gmu.edu/academics/psych/bs_neuroscience.php (BS)http://www.gmu.edu/departments/neuroscience (PhD)

Notes BS designed to “interface” with pre-med requirements.

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School State University of New York, Albany

College Arts & SciencesSchool of Public Health

Department Biological SciencesPsychologyBiomedical SciencesEnvironmental Health & Toxicology

Title Center for Neuroscience Research

Faculty NeurobiologyPsychobiologyNeuroscienceAnthropology SociologyChemistry

Degrees BS/MS/PhD (not specifically in Neuroscience)

Website www.albany.edu/neuron/center/

School University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

College Letters & Science

Department

Title Research and Graduate Training in Neuroscience

Faculty BiologyPsychologyAnthropologyNeurologyBiological Sciences

Degrees MS/PhD (Biological Sciences or Psychology)

Website http://uwm.edu/Dept/neuroscience

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School Virginia Commonwealth University

College School of Medicine

Department

Title

Faculty Anatomy & NeurobiologyBiochemistryPharmacology & ToxicologyPhysiology

Degrees PhD

Website http://www.vcu.edu/neurograd/ http://www.vcu.edu/anatomy/programs/phd-neuro.shtmlhttp://www.vcu.edu/biochem/resgroups/neuro.shtml http://www.vcu.edu/pharmtox/prospective/grad_neuroscience.htm

School Arizona State University

College Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department Psychology

Title Behavioral Neuroscience

Faculty Psychology

Degrees PhD

Website http://www.asu.edu/clas/psych/gprogram/behavioral/

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School University of Louisville

College Arts & SciencesSchool of Medicine

Department

Title Graduate Neuroscience Program

Faculty Anatomical Sciences & NeurobiologyBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiologyPharmacology & ToxicologyPsychological & Brain Sciences

Degrees PhD

Website http://www.neuroscience.louisville.edu/program-info/overview.html

School University of New Mexico

College School of Medicine

Department Neuroscience

Title Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program)

Faculty Cell Biology & PhysiologyNeurosciencesMedical Chemistry & Toxicology

Degrees

Website www.unm.edu/~neurohsc

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School Temple University

College School of Medicine

Department Neuroscience & Center for Neurovirology & Cancer Biology

Title

Faculty NeuroscienceBiologyNeurovirology

Degrees MD/PhD

Website www.temple.edu/medicine/departments_centers/basic_science/neuroscience.htm

School University of Illinois, Chicago

College Liberal Arts & SciencesCollege of Medicine

Department Biological SciencesPsychology

Title Interdepartmental Concentration in Neuroscience (graduate)

Faculty Biological SciencesPsychologyChemistryPhilosophyAnatomy & Cell BiologyBiochemistryBiochemistry & Molecular GeneticsAnesthesiologyPharmacologyPsychiatryHematology/OncologyOphthalmologyPhysiology & BiophysicsBioengineeringAnalytical ChemistryMedicinal ChemistryPathology

Degrees BS/MS/PhD

Website http://www.uic.edu/ucat/catalog/LAN.shtml (undergraduate)www.uic.edu/depts/neurosci/ (graduate)

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School University of Alabama, Birmingham

College Graduate School

Department

Title Neuroscience Graduate Program

Faculty PsychologyMicrobiologyPhysiology & BiophysicsCell BiologyNeurobiologyPathologyMedicineOphthalmologyBiomedical engineeringVision SciencesBiologyNeurosurgeryNeurologyGenomicsPsychiatryClinical GeneticsBiomedical Engineering

Degrees PhD (MD/PhD through School of Medicine)

Website http://www.neuroscience.uab.edu/

School University of South Florida

College Medicine

Department

Title Graduate Program in Medical Sciences – Neuroscience Concentration

Faculty AnatomyBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMed Micro & ImmunologyNeurologyNeurosurgeryOtolaryngologyPathologyPharmacology &TherapeuticsPhysiology & BiophysicsPsychiatry

Degrees PhD

Website http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/phd/Neuroscience+Program+Description.htm

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School University of Houston-University Park

College Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Department Psychology

Title Developmental Cognitive Neurosciences Initiative

Faculty PsychologyNeuropsychologyBehavioral NeuroscienceCognitive NeuroscienceSpeech Pathology

Degrees PhD

Website www.psychology.uh.edu/SpecialUnitsResearch/CognitiveNeuroscienceInitiative.asp

School University of Cincinnati

College Medicine

Department

Title Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Faculty AnesthesiologyBiological SciencesBiomedical EngineeringCell & Cancer BiologyPharmacyCommunication Sciences & DisordersDevelopmental BiologyElectrical & Computer EngineeringHematologyMolecular Genetics & MicrobiologyMolecular PharmacologyNeurologyNeurosurgeryOphthalmologyPediatricsPharmacology & Cell BiophysicsPhilosophyPhysical Medicine & RehabilitationPsychiatryPsychologyRadiologySurgerySystems Biology & Physiology

Degrees PhD

Website http://neuroscience.uc.edu

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School University of Toledo

College Graduate School

Department Biomedical Sciences

Title Neurosciences & Neurological Disorders (NND) Program

Faculty NeuroscienceNeurologyPhysiology & PharmacologyOtolaryngologyPsychiatry & Radiation Therapy

Degrees MS/PhD

Website http://hsc.utoledo.edu/grad/neuro/index.html

Notes There is a Neurosciences department but it awards degrees through the NND program.

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School University of Memphis

College Graduate School

Department Psychology

Title Behavioral Neuroscience (Experimental Psychology Program)

Faculty

Degrees MS/PhD

Website www.psyc.memphis.edu/research/neuro/neuro.shtml

Notes Only three faculty members (advertising for fourth).Students must also take courses in Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology.

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School University of Missouri-St. Louis

College Arts & Sciences

Department Psychology

Title Behavioral Neuroscience

Faculty PsychologyOptometryNeurobiologyCognition & Psychopathology

Degrees PhD

Website www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/psychology/behavioral/program.html

School City College of New York

College Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department Psychology

Title The Cognitive Neuroscience PhD Program

Faculty PsychologyBiologyPsychiatric Research

Degrees PhD

Website http://origin.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/psychology/cogneuro/Home.htm

Notes Also a PhD in Biology with a neuroscience concentration

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