Programme Overview:
- Duration:
- 1 Years
- Attendance:
- Full Time
- Mode of Delivery:
- Face-to-Face
- Next Intake:
- 2024/2025 September
- Contact Name:
- Contact Number:
- Fees:
- Fee Information
The MSc. in Behavioural Neuroscience offers advanced education and training in topics concerning human behaviour and its relation to the brain. The programme provides an excellent preparation for students who wish to pursue doctoral research in psychology, neuroscience or neuropsychology and equips students for work in research, medical and health settings. Students will gain key skills in research methods, experimental design, programming & data analysis. This is achieved through lab rotation and by pairing students with academic supervisors based on their research interests to complete a 30-credit research project.
Behavioural Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field which combines expertise from a range of disciplines, including Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering and Economics. Teaching on the MSc will be provided by UCD faculty with backgrounds in wide-ranging but complementary fields, cutting across boundaries to provide students with new insights into this exciting topic. The programme also offers students the opportunity to get involved in staff research and to work together to produce a successful research thesis. The School of Psychology has laboratories dedicated to the study of Attention & Memory, Perception, Neuropsychology, Eye Tracking, EEG, and Media & Entertainment Psychology, and the School has research links with Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and St Vincent’s Hospital.
Curricular information is subject to change
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
Candidates may apply for admission to the MSc. in Behavioural Neuroscience if they have the following:
Students should achieve the following learning outcomes over the course of the programme:
Knowledge and understanding
Applying knowledge and understanding
Making judgements
Communications and working skills
Learning skills
Students can take modules from Schools of Psychology and Neuroscience that span topics such as neuropsychology, cognition, neurodevelopment, sensory neuroscience and neuro disability, allowing students to customise their postgraduate education to complement their undergraduate training.
Modules will include:
MSc Behavioural Neuroscience (W461) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 11500
nonEU fee per year - € 24870
***Fees are subject to change
Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.
The School of Psychology welcomes International applications to the MSc Behavioural Neuroscience programme. Our basic International requirements for the psychology degree are:
A primary degree with at least upper second class honours or international equivalent in Psychology or in Neuroscience
or a Higher Diploma in Psychology with at least upper second class honours
We will also consider applicants with at least an upper second class honours degree in a cognate area that provides appropriate background to the programme
Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7.0 (no band less than 6.5 in each element) or equivalent
Nora King
I found the programme to be very beneficial to the ongoing progression of my career. The modules were aligned with my interests in neuroscience and neuropsychology. In particular, both the Clinical Casesin Neuropsychology module and the Neuropsychological Testing practical lab provided me with transferable skills that I apply in my current role of Assistant Psychologist as part of the Neuropsychology Team in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. I developed a range of additional skills and learned about research methodologies that are unique to the programme, such as eye- tracking, virtual reality, and EEG methods. Aside from the course content, the staff went above and beyond expectations by providing continuous individualised support with work and research opportunities.
The following entry routes are available:
Applicants should contact the programme administrator, Ms Mary Boyle, at mary.boyle@ucd.ie, phone: +353 (0)1 716 8369