• McMaster University offers a Master of Science in Neuroscience for a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on both full-time and a part-time basis.
  • The Neuroscience Graduate Program is a collaborative partnership among the Faculties of Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, and Humanities.
  • It is a research-intensive interdisciplinary graduate program in Neuroscience that includes faculty members from Health Sciences, Science, Humanities, and Engineering.
  • The research areas of the program are:
    • Brain-Body Interactions
    • Learning and Memory
    • Motor Control and Rehabilitation
    • Neural Development
    • Neural Signal Processing
    • Neuroimmunology
  • All students will be required to take the 700 level Neuroscience course.
  • Students will be expected to attend the seminars in the Neuroscience Program Seminar Series, including weekly journal club seminars presented by students and faculty, and regular colloquia presented by invited speakers.
  • Master’s students will be required to present one seminar in the weekly series that describes their research.
  • Students may enter directly to PhD or start in the Master's program and transfer to PhD during their first year of study.
  • The department provides various types of degree in this program such as:
    • MSc in Neuroscience (2 years)
    • PhD in Neuroscience (4 years)
    • MD/PhD in Neuroscience (7 years)
  • The average salary of the program goes up to 54,000 USD.