TOTAL of 90 ECTS must be completed successfully to acquire the MSc title in Neuroscience

• 50 ECTS from the taught courses (3 mandatory courses + 2 elective courses) + 40 ECTS from the research or library project *When selecting your elective courses in the Autumn & Spring semester, take no more than one course from the MM codes
• 10 ECTS per course/research/library module (excluding MRP102A/B and MLP102A/B, worth 15 ECTS each)

Full-Time: 13 months
Part-Time: 24 months (minimum of one course per semester, among those offered in the referred semester)

Autumn Semester – Full Time
30 ECTS must be completed in this semester, comprised of: 2 MANDATORY COURSES + 1 ELECTIVE COURSE

2 MANDATORY COURSES (You must take both of these courses)

• Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 
• Brain and Behaviour

1 ELECTIVE COURSE (*You must select one of these courses as your elective)

• molecular basis of monogenic diseases
• molecular basis of complex diseases
• Cytogenetics and Genomics
• Methodologies & Technologies Applied in Medical Genetics
• Molecular Virology and Immunology
• Bioinformatics 

Spring Semester – Full Time
30 ECTS must be completed in this semester, comprised of: 1 MANDATORY COURSE + 1 ELECTIVE COURSE + 1 PROJECT MODULE (either Research or Library

1 MANDATORY COURSE (You must take this course)

• Neurosciences and Neurogenetics

1 ELECTIVE COURSE (*You must select one of these courses as your elective)

• Gene and Cell Therapy
• Molecular Genetics
• Biochemical Basis of Genetic Diseases

1 RESEARCH MODULE or 1 LIBRARY MODULE
(You will begin either your Research Project or your Library Project, depending on the route you have selected)

• MSc Research Project Part I
• MSc Library Project Part I

SUMMER PERIOD
15 ECTS must be completed in this semester

1 RESEARCH MODULE or 1 LIBRARY MODULE
(You will continue your Research Project or Library Project and report preparation)

• MSc Research Project Part II 
• MSc Library Project Part II 

PERIOD SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
15 ECTS must be completed in this semester

1 RESEARCH MODULE or 1 LIBRARY MODULE
(You will continue your Research Project or Library Project, report preparation and thesis examination)

• MSc Research Project Part III
• MSc Library Project Part III

*For part-time schedule, enquire with the Education Office