Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1-2 Years
Study the biology of the mind and prepare for a career using cognitive neuroscience or clinical neuroscience, or both.
At Sussex, you’lll:
study the structure and function of the brain with our expert cognitive and clinical neuroscience researchers. You’ll discover how this is linked to concepts such as social interaction, consciousness, and clinical disorders
tailor your course to your interests and career goals. You can choose to focus your studies more on either neuroscience theory or research methods
gain hands-on and practical experience with advanced research techniques. This includes neuroimaging (fMRI), statistics, programming for experiments and electroencephalography (EEG)
enhance your data analysis skills using R and specialised software for neuroimaging.
You’ll also have direct, expert supervision on your own research project. You’ll become part of our cognitive and clinical neuroscience community with access to advanced research seminars and workshops.
You’ll graduate with the research skills in cognitive and clinical neuroscience needed for progression to a research PhD or other careers. These skills are also valuable in other exciting fields, including:
data science
science communication
psychology consultancy
related clinical professions.
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Your qualification should be in psychology, or a closely related subject such as neuroscience or cognitive science. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. You can also apply if you have a qualification from outside the field of psychology.
This MSc will enhance your future career in cognitive and clinical neuroscience research. You'll also be ready to enter fields such as:
data science
science communication
behavioural insights
user experience
consultancy
biomedical science.
You will graduate with enhanced work-related skills. This includes critical insight, literature review, programming in Python and R, neuroimaging, experiment design, and data analysis.
You’ll have a valuable understanding of human cognition. Your specialised knowledge will include consciousness, social cognition, and how the brain changes across the lifespan. You will also have a clinical insight into how brain damage and disease impact cognition.
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
Autumn teaching
An Adventure in Statistics
Research Reform and Open Science
The Social and Emotional Brain
Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience
Spring and summer teaching
Research Dissertation
Spring teaching
Brain Imaging Methods
Clinical Neuroscience
Options
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.
While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
Spring teaching
Neuroscience of Consciousness
Programming for Experiments
The Brain Across The Life Span
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