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Neuroscience, MS 

The MS program expands your employment opportunities beyond what’s available to those with a bachelor’s degree. You’ll develop expertise in the techniques needed to advance in the field.

Overview

What is Neuroscience, MS at WVU like?

Description

The goal of the MS in Neuroscience is to develop a biomedical work force with expertise in the techniques needed to advance in the field of Neuroscience. Successful completion of this degree program will expand your employment opportunities well beyond what is available to individuals with a bachelor’s degree.

Our intent is to prepare the highest caliber post-baccalaureate personnel so that they can effectively compete for jobs in biomedical science, particularly in areas where an understanding of Neuroscience will provide a competitive advantage. The program will include training in research techniques or in didactic teaching methodology.

Reflecting the nature of contemporary neuroscience, our interdisciplinary graduate program contains faculty from basic and clinical departments. Program mentors are drawn from the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and the adjacent National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control providing training opportunities in basic, clinical, and translational science. This environment affords our faculty and students prime access to the state-of-the-art resources needed to conduct world-class neuroscience research.

Application Deadlines

Each graduate program sets their own term of admission and application deadline. Applicants can only apply for admission for the term displayed below. Any questions regarding the application deadline should be directed to the graduate program representative.

Fall: March 31

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Requirements

What are the requirements to apply for Neuroscience, MS at WVU?

University Requirements

To be eligible for admission into a graduate program at WVU an applicant must submit official, bachelors degree transcripts from a regionally accredited institution and hold a GPA of at least 2.75.

WVU operates decentralized admissions. Decentralized admissions allows each graduate program to set its own application requirements in addition to the University requirements.

Program Requirements

To be eligible for admission into the Neuroscience graduate program, you must submit the following documentation:

  • Letters of Recommendation - 2
  • Résumé/CV

Additional application considerations:

Applications that are incomplete or are submitted after the deadline may be reviewed if openings remain.

International applicants must also submit required materials for international students.

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