Clinical Neuroscience

The MSc in Clinical Neuroscience is designed for students from psychology, medicine, or other biomedical and neuroscience disciplines who hope to go on to doctoral training in clinical psychology or neuroscience research.



What will I study?



This full-time M.Sc. programme comprises a 12-week taught program in semester one and semester two, followed by a research dissertation in semester three, during which you will have the opportunity to work in the group or lab of your supervisor.

Optional SI209: Neurophysiology - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional ST311: Applied Statistics I - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional PS340: Neuropsychology - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional AN326: Neuroanatomy - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional MA5106: Medical Genomics 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional PM209: Applied Concepts in Pharmacology - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional PM208: Fundamental Concepts in Pharmacology - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional BI5107: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional PS6183: Advanced Research Methods - 10 Credits - Semester 1

Required PS6130: Clinical and Experimental Cognitive Neuroscience - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Required PS6132: Dissertation - 30 Credits -



Semester 1

Optional PS6157: Research Methods in Neuroscience - 10 Credits - Semester 2

Optional PS3122: Cognitive Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Required AN5105: Human Neuroimaging - 10 Credits - Semester 2

Required PS6133: Neuropsychiatry and Mental Health - 10 Credits - Semester 2

Minimum Entry Requirements



Candidates must hold at least a Second Class Honours Level 8 primary degree in a related subject area or hold a primary degree in a related area (which is acceptable to the college) without honours and have three years’ relevant practical experience in the subject area.

1 year full-time.

Next start date: September 2026

As noted above, graduates from the course have gone on to either clinical training, to undertake a PhD, or to work in industry.



This programme provides graduates with a highly marketable and transferrable combination of neuroscience skills, as well as experience of applying these skills in neuroscience research.



Students will receive valuable training in current research methodologies, with facilities to study in depth those methodologies most interesting to them (e.g., systematic review, wet-bench, and software methodologies).



Students will be provided with an exceptional learning environment, where they can excel and capitalise on the strength of the University of Galway neuroscience community.