Careers
Employability
Neuroscience & Psychology BSc graduates can follow a variety of careers, within scientific research and beyond. You will develop wide-ranging knowledge of human behaviour and the nervous system, a thorough grounding in experimental research methods in psychological and neural sciences, training in some of the latest technological and methodological approaches in cognitive and systems neuroscience and the computational, statistical and analytic skills required to work with complex and big data. You will develop the mind-set required for project-based interdisciplinary teamwork, be comfortable working across levels of analysis, from cells and molecules to cognitive and cultural processes, and will develop problem solving and effective communication skills.
As a Neuroscience & Psychology graduate you could follow a variety of career pathways, including:
- Scientific research and teaching in neuroscience and psychology.
- Further study in order to become a forensic, educational or clinical psychologist.
- Pharmaceutical industry and Drug Development, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Data science, Health Science and Health Services Research.
- Science communication, museum work and public engagement, scientific publishing.