Hi all,

I have been invited for an interview at Imperial for an MSc in Integrative Neuroscience. From experience, what can i expect the interview to be like? No doubt it differs from course to course and uni to uni, but can i expect to be tested on my knowledge of the subject, or more on my motivations and choices to study it in the first place?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Premdass,

I also posted about Neuroscience, though coming from a Psychology background. I have researched this quite a bit, and I know that not all courses require under-grad of medical science. The King's college course has predominantly Psychology graduates, followed by Biomedical Graduates. I have also seen a number of courses which specifiy that Computerscience is certainly acceptable.

Medical graduates are not preferred at all, though Biological science graduates I feel are the majority for most courses. Pharmacology and Biology students especially.
This is not to say that Psychology graduates and Computerscience graduates are not accepted. I know they are, it's just about finding the right course for you.

Good luck!


Frogs

Thanks again for the response - the applications are going well, I have been accepted onto one course, though this is much more cognitive based than biological. I am much more eager to study the biological side of cellular and molecular neuroscience. The applications i have made for those courses I am still waiting to hear from (they say approximately 6 weeks, with 5 weeks having now passed). There are one or two other courses I will apply to if these applications fail, but i'm not going to do that until I know that i have failed with my first choices :)

Thanks for all your help. Out of interest, where do you study Neuroscience?
My undergraduate degree is a BA/BSc, I foolishly chose to be accredited with a BA, though the courses were identical. I have, however, explained this in my applications so it shouldn't affect me. It should also be clear from my transcript that I took some Biological modules.

Thanks once again for your help - You say you had no problem with funding and being offered a place, but how do you find the course itself? A difficult conversion or a challenging, interesting topic? Maybe both?

Hi all,


I'm applying for MSc's in Neuroscience at several Universities, which state "A first degree in medicine, dentistry, biological science or other relevant science".


My first degree is Psychology and I would like to gather opinions from anyone who might be in the know as to whether Psychology is likely to be a "relevant science degree". This entry requirement seems so vague. I'm asking not only from the perspective of "will I get in?" but also, from experience, would i struggle with studying Neuroscience coming from a psychology background?


Thanks in advance
:)