This course is ideal for you if you have a strong academic record in neuroscience and plan to move into a research career.

With over 50 research groups on campus, Sussex Neuroscience is one of the largest and most interconnected neuroscience communities in the UK. Our areas of expertise include:

• sensory processing
• neural circuits
• synapses and ion channels
• neurodegeneration.

The MRes has a strong research focus. You’ll be taught and supervised by research faculty across the Schools of Life Sciences, Psychology, Engineering and Informatics, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School. A research project in one of our interdisciplinary research groups makes up half of the course credits and gives you the opportunity to gain valuable experience for a career in neuroscience.

The laboratory experience and research skills you gain on the course will place you in an excellent position to compete for research studentships at leading laboratories in the UK and around the world.