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?Department of Psychiatry

Postgraduate Education

MSc (Neuroscience)?

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Stellenbosch 肆客足球's new MSc (Neuroscience) programme is a research-based programme with no study modules.

 

This program will train researchers who can contribute toward the biopsychosocial understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders and develop much-needed research capacity in neuroscience in South Africa.

 

This programme is a distinct offering from many other programs in that it represents an interdisciplinary, cross-faculty research programme, which will draw on expertise in various fields to create a comprehensive research programme, yielding globally competitive Master's students.

 

Programme Details

The programme will be administered by the Department of Psychiatry.

Duration: Two calendar years on a full-time basis


Programme Structure: This is a research-based degree programme with no study modules. The programme consists of a research project, thesis and project presentation.


Assessment and examination:

  • ?Progress is monitored continuously by the supervisor.
  • ?You must complete a research project, present the results in a thesis and deliver a project presentation.
  • ?The thesis is assessed according to 肆客足球 guidelines by an internal and external examiner.
  • The final mark is calculated from the marks obtained for the research project (supervisor's mark), thesis (internal and external examiners) and project presentation.
  • You must obtain 50% to pass and 75% to pass with distinction.


Admission and Selection requirements

The specific admission requirements for an MSc include an average final mark of more than 60% in one of the following qualifications from a recognized tertiary training institution:

?4-year Bachelor's degree (NQF level 8) or Honour's degree (NQF level 8) in a field relevant to neuroscience e.g. Medicine, BSc Honours in Genetics, Physiology, Biochemistry, Psychology or Engineering.


The application deadline is by 30 September for registration in the subsequent year.


Enquiries

?Student Administrator: Mary Pienaar

Email: maryp@sun.ac.za


Programme coordinator: Prof Sian Hemmings

E-mail: smjh@sun.ac.za?