Neuroscience
Keele University
UCAS Code: B141 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
To include 2 Science A levels (Science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Human Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Applied Science, Statistics and Sports Science).
Access to HE Diploma
You must also have taken sufficient Science credits, please contact us for advice.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language at grade C (or 4) and Maths at grade C (or 4).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
To include 2 Higher Level Science subjects at 6 or above.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
You must have taken sufficient Science units, please contact us for advice.
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At Keele University, we’re proud to be consistently ranked in the Top 3 UK universities for student satisfaction, which is testimony to the safe, supportive and welcoming campus we hope you’ll soon call home.
You’ll discover how we learn and remember, how our brains control the body, and how the brain regenerates and repairs itself. You could study interesting disciplines such as neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology and neuropathology. Single Honours Neuroscience enables you to focus your studies on an in-depth coverage of a wide range of Neuroscience topics. If you choose Combined Honours Neuroscience you will combine the core elements of Neuroscience with the ability to choose other areas of the subject that may interest you.
Working in diverse ways, including in our modern labs, you’ll develop your independent research skills as you learn to acquire, interpret and analyse data from multiple sources. You’ll also understand how neuroscience can help us understand medical problems and improve the quality of life.
Your degree will open up exciting careers in sectors as varied as healthcare, scientific research, pharmacology, IT, publishing and more. You might choose to work as a research scientist in academia or the drug industry, or work as a clinical neuroscientist in the hospital sector.
With further study, you might go on to become a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, doctor, pharmacologist or systems analyst. If you choose our four year course, with a year’s industrial placement, you’ll have the added benefit of significant work experience to offer employers.
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