Neuroscience

Neuroscience is a truly modern and multidisciplinary subject which seeks to understand the most complex organ in the body; the nervous system. As an emerging field, neuroscience builds on and harnesses insights from both traditional disciplines such as anatomy and physiology together with recent developments in, for example, molecular neuroscience, neuropsychology and neuroimaging. The aim is to gain both a mechanistic and holistic knowledge of the structure and function of the nervous system and to apply these to neural disorders and diseases. Neuroscience knowledge is of wide relevance to issues in today's society, and studying this subject leads to a wide range of career choices.

Neuroscience is a truly modern and multidisciplinary subject, which seeks to understand the most complex organ in the body: the nervous system. A vital aspect of neuroscience is that it is topical and is based on the insights gained from contemporary research findings. At King’s the Neuroscience BSc programme provides research-led teaching that is informed by and constantly updated in light of research advances. This strength is particularly reflected in the advanced and specialised topics studied in the final year.

At King’s, students benefit from the research excellence of several research centres, including the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases. Many third year students undertake a substantial original laboratory-based project in Developmental or Cells/Systems Neuroscience, or a Neuropsychology project.

The neuroscience degree programme is relatively recent and has gone from strength to strength, attracting increasing numbers of excellent and highly motivated students. We have scored consistently highly in student course evaluations and in the National Student Survey. The range of theoretical, analytical and practical skills taught on this programme equips students for a competitive job market.