The Neuroscience Area of Concentration within the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to research with the goal of understanding the normal function and disorders of the nervous system. The interdepartmental concentration currently has 38 faculty and 19 predoctoral students, and encompasses experimental approaches spanning molecular and systems neuroscience, including areas of cellular, molecular, and developmental neurobiology; neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, and neuropathology.
Admissions Information
The application for Fall 2027 will open in mid-September. The deadline for application, application fee, and supporting materials for Fall 2027 is December 1, 2026. Detailed information on the application process can be found here: https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-school/admissions/apply/
Questions about admissions? Contact BiomedSciAdmissions@uchc.edu