Neuroscience

This programme offers a high degree of flexibility, offering you the freedom to shape your academic experience. you can choose to specialise in a particular area or to maintain a wide breadth of learning and explore the interdisciplinary research. your degree title remains flexible up until your final year, allowing you to either continue with bsc neuroscience or switch to another of our bioscience courses.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

This course includes a professional training year (pty) which gives you the opportunity to spend a period of 9-12 months in an academic, clinical or industrial research laboratory, or other approved establishment, in order to gain first-hand research experience. many placements are in the uk, but we have also had several placements in other locations in europe, southeast asia, south africa, germany, italy and the usa. finding a placement is a competitive process and success cannot be guaranteed. the process will primarily be driven by you since most placements depend on application and selection by the partner company or organisation. however, we provide advice and support, and to date we have been successful in placing the vast majority of our pty students. should a placement not be available, or should you change your mind, you can switch from the four-year degree with pty to a three-year bsc degree. alternatively, after the second year and subject to academic progress and space availability, you may apply to change to the integrated master’s mneuro degree.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

In 2016/17, 93% of the school’s graduates who were available for work reported they were in employment and/or further study within six months of graduating. our neuroscience qualification offers strong training for research scientists and a significant proportion of our graduates go on to study phd or master’s degrees. many others have successful careers in science-related fields such as medical and scientific research, biological and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare, toxicology, medical or scientific publishing, and science journalism, amongst many others. through your degree you will also develop transferable skills that are attractive to a wide range of employers in more general areas of industry, commerce, public service, administration and management. a degree in neuroscience can also act as a stepping stone to further training in professional areas including teaching, medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary science and accounting.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Wales have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Cardiff University has partnerships with the following companies: