what is needed to become a neurologist or neurosurgeon?

Only one of your questions is worth answering:

You need a medical degree to be a neurologist or neurosurgeon. Its a long training process. First med school, then foundation years, then speciality training and possibly further training to sub-specialize.

You can't do it with a neuroscience degree alone. You need a medical degree. Most neurosurgeons and many neurologists will have a PhD or MD in the field of neuroscience however before they get a consultant position. I think this might be due to the fact that neurological research is a huge frontier right now.

How much is this going to cost?

What should I be doing after I finish a neuroscience degree? If I don't take a medical degree, what can I do with a neuroscience degree?

If you're a UK student, then the degree costs the same as every other degree - £9000 per year at most universities, which is usually paid for by a loan which you repay later, plus living costs. If you are international then it costs more, but you'd have to find out exactly how much from the universities themselves.

If you just have a neuroscience degree, it doesn't qualify you to do anything clinical. You could go on and do further research in the area, either for a university or something like a pharma company, or you could get any number of generic graduate jobs. But if you actually want to be a neurologist or neurosurgeon (bearing in mind that they are very different jobs and not anything like what most applicants seem to think they are) you have to do medicine, with or without a neuroscience degree.

Is it one of the highest earning careers after investment banking?


Are there other careers where I can earn top cash more easily?

Mate, if it's all about earning potential for you, you're totally barking up the wrong tree.

Not really, i actually enjoy neuroscience, but earning potential is undeniably very important at the same time. It's good to know.

You seem to use the terms neuroscience, neurology and neurosurgery interchangeably. I would strongly recommend doing a bit of googling about what these jobs actually are. Then you can actually have a sensible conversation here.

I don't use them interchangeably. But they all require basic knowledge of the brain.

Fine.

If you enjoy sucking out clots and arguing with orthopods, be a neurosurgeon.

If you like watching your patients degenerate and die, be a neurologist.

If you want a big salary be an investment banker.

Dam, you make it sound worse than it is.

I can't be an investment banker for some reasons.... I also enjoy neuro more than finance!

If you enjoy neuro then you'd enjoy looking this stuff up and reading about it instead of making us do your dirty work.

It's a question

If you don't know the answer, don't respond...

I enjoy the actual work, not looking up all these questions.

Neuroscience degrees are good for research only, although the jobs and very few and far between.

Anything else you need to have done medicine and then further training other dm or phd like others have said.

Seriously dude if you want this career do the research.