- UCAS course code
- 3L47
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Science (MSci)
MSci Neuroscience
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: 3L47 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA-AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB-ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36-35 points overall with 6, 6, 6 to 6, 6, 5 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Additional expenses
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Course unit details:
MSci Project Literature Review and Research Proposal
| Unit code | BIOL33000 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This unit will provide students with the scientific knoweldge and the critical reading, writing and experimental design skills that will underpin their final year project. Students will be informed of their MSci project supervisor(allocated in consultation and their Programme Directors) at the start of the year. Students will first write a Literature Review in Semester 5, followed by a Research Proposal in Semester 6. The Literature Review and Research Proposal are each worth 50% of the unit mark. At the start of each semester students will attend plenary sessions that provide guidance on writing the Literature Review and Research Proposal, critical reading of the primary literature, evaluate experimental approaches and design experiements to test a hypothesis. During the remainder of each semester, students will work with their supervisor to indentify a research topic/question that will form the basis of their final year project, to write a review of the relevant literature (Literature Review), and develop a proposal for their final year research project (the Research Proposal).