Neuroscience 2016 applicants

I'm applying for neuroscience at UCL and King's (might change that one though)! And biochemistry too, at Oxford, Imperial and York. What about you?

Hey, I'm a med applicant looking at 2015 clearing if I miss my grades- so I'm hoping someone could answer a couple of my questions about neuroscience
1) how important is it to have a masters?
2) if you do a degree at a uni which doesn't offer a masters, can you transfer to a different uni for this?

thanks!

1) Depends on your career goals. To me it is necessary, because I wish to pursue a career in research (which requires a phD). Do you know what you want to do with your degree?

2) Masters is a two year degree at graduate level (Bachelor is undergrad). And yes, I believe you can get this degree at whatever university offers it.

Okay, that's very helpful! Thank you I'm not exactly sure at the moment, and research does appeal to me.
So, just to check that I understand- a masters degree can be 4 years, but a bachelor degree followed by a masters will probably be 5 years?

Yes that's how I think it works. But don't trust me entirely; you really should ask somebody who knows exactly what each degree entails. Perhaps your school counsellor can help you?

2) Masters is a two year degree at graduate level (Bachelor is undergrad). And yes, I believe you can get this degree at whatever university offers it.

Okay, that's very helpful! Thank you I'm not exactly sure at the moment, and research does appeal to me.
So, just to check that I understand- a masters degree can be 4 years, but a bachelor degree followed by a masters will probably be 5 years?

Just to clear this up a little, a masters course is typically 1 year full-time, but there is the option to study part-time over the course of 2 years. There are 2 types of masters you can take, one is a taught masters (MSc) and the other is a master of research (MRes). The MSc will typically consist of a taught element followed by a research project, and most universities offer these. An MRes is not typically offered by a university but the option is there if you get in touch with a potential supervisor who is willing to accept you. I believe this is where you undertake 2 research projects with no taught element.

That was a bit about masters. Back to your question, a masters degree is definitely not 4 years unless it's integrated with a bachelors (MBio for example). You could be at university for 5 years if you took a sandwich year (placement year) in industry for work experience, in addition to a masters.

This doesn't apply for medicine, I don't know much about the medicine career path.

Hey guys! Glad to see a thread for this.

I'm hoping to apply to Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and Nottingham for Neuroscience.I've already started work on my personal statement and I've been doing additional reading around the subject.

Hope to see more of you on here soon

Just curious, what has attracted you to those schools in particular?

Hi I want to do neuroscience as well but not sure with ABBC :/ Anyone help ?

Hi I want to do neuroscience as well but not sure with ABBC :/ Anyone help ?

Hi sorry for the late reply, but those grades are really good, well done! They're fine for neuroscience, make sure you get AAA predictions. Where do you think you'll apply?