Neurosciences Program School of Medicine University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego, Basks in an Outstanding Location in La Jolla

University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), is situated beside the Pacific Ocean on about 1,200 acres of woodland in La Jolla, California. About 15 minutes from the downtown area of Mission Valley and easily accessible from I-5, UC San Diego's campus is a powerful focal point where people take a fresh approach to research and education.

Not only is La Jolla a great place to live, but its location makes it an ideal base camp from which students can explore San Diego's other attractions - when they have time. Outstanding shopping, great restaurants, art galleries, and a breathtaking coastline are all within a short distance and are easily accessible by car or a short stroll.

The quintessential California experience is available to UC San Diego, students right off campus along Coast Boulevard. La Jolla's Scripps Park and Torrey Pines Road are two other beautiful outdoor attractions where students can find respite from their studies. Students have no shortage of meeting places, as La Jolla is also known for its variety of eateries and offers Indian, Thai, German, Mexican, seafood, waffles, and more, all within a few blocks of campus. Art and theater attractions include the La Jolla Playhouse theater and the Museum of Contemporary Art, a beautiful venue that overlooks the ocean.

University of California San Diego is considered one of the greenest universities in the United States. As a leader in climate research, the institute fosters sustainable solutions throughout the local area and throughout the world.

UC San Diego's Graduate Program in Neurosciences Was Named the Top-Ranking Program in the Country

As one of the nation's most prominent research universities, University of California, San Diego, is acclaimed for its global reach, national influence, and local impact. The campus has an ideal location - right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, near the border of the United States and Mexico. The university is well-known for its cross-disciplinary, diverse system of education that goes above and beyond the traditional boundaries of art, science, and humanities.

The graduate program in neurosciences offers amazing opportunities for graduate training, largely due its outstanding location in one of the most exceedingly interactive and responsive scientific environments available anywhere in the U.S. The program was recently named the top-ranking graduate program in neurosciences in the country by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Department of Neurosciences is proud to also offer a specialization in computational neuroscience as part of the neuroscience graduate program. The specialization equips students with a broad range of scientific and technical skills that are essential to understand the computational resources of neural systems. The challenging program welcomes students with backgrounds in neuroscience, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, computer science, engineering, and mathematics.

The Department of Neurosciences at USCD Enjoys Outstanding Faculty Members and Research Facilities

The hallmark of UC San Diego's Department of Neurosciences is its faculty and facilities. The faculty comprises numerous award-winning scholars who are experts in their fields and many who have stunning track records for their technological, medical, and scientific breakthroughs. Faculty members include 83 National Academy of Sciences members, four National Medal of Sciences recipients, one winner of the Pulitzer Prize, six fellows of the MacArthur Foundation, and seven Nobel Prize Laureates.

The neurosciences faculty has been carefully assembled; it members come from numerous campus departments, the School of Medicine, and affiliated institutes, including the Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Burnham Institute, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Scripps Research Institute, and the Salk Institute.

UCSD offers its students a multitude of research opportunities, and students often use more than one laboratory for their dissertation research. Funding sources and grants are available in disciplines ranging from biotechnology, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry to information technology and functional MRI.

To assure a rock-solid grounding in their discipline, all neurosciences students must take six core courses and fulfill their elective requirements. In addition, they attend research rounds for two years, complete three research rotations, and teach for at least one quarter.

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees 13
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? No
• Evening/weekend programs available? No
• Distance learning programs available? No
• Terminal master's degree available? Not reported

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees Required and qualifying exam
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied450
• Accepted68
• Acceptance Rate15%
• Enrolled22
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $80
• Application Fee - International $100
• Electronic applications accepted? Yes
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Not Reported
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Spring deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Entrance Requirements
• Master's DegreesNot Reported
• Doctoral's DegreesGRE General Test, GRE Subject Test
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesTOEFL required

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *Not Reported
• Out-of-state tuition *$14,694
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year fees$7,867.00
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitNot Reported
• Application deadlines for financial awardsJanuary 15
• Types of financial support availableNot Reported

• Gender
• Total Graduate Students72
• Female Percentage53%
• Male Percentage47%
• Participation
• Total Graduate Students72
• Part-time PercentageNot Reported
• Full-time PercentageNot Reported
• Ethnicity
• Hispanic / Latino4%
• Black / African American1%
• White / Caucasian70%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native3%
• Asian14%
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
• Two or more races0%
• Unknown8%

• Existing Research
• Focus of faculty researchNeurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neurochemistry
• Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported