neuroscience phd programs in europe

Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind

The doctoral programme offers high-quality doctoral training in the following fields of science: developmental neuroscience, synaptic transmission and neuronal networks, disorders of the nervous system, sensory and motor systems, neuroimmunology, neuroendocrine systems and sleep, cognition and behavior, and systems and computational neuroscience.

More than 20 new doctoral students are admitted each year. We're an international community, and the programme is multilingual: all teaching is in English and the everyday communication in research is in English. However, you can complete a degree in either Finnish, Swedish or English.

Want to know more? Visit our profile & activities page to learn more about the key research areas and activities in the programme.

International PhD Program in Neuroscience

Porto, Portugal

Learning type(s): In Person

Language(s): English

Duration: 4 years

Degrees available: PhD

Programme website

Domains: Cognition and Neural Network, Neurogenesis and Development, Neurons and Glia: Intrinsic Properties, Cell Biology and Cell Types

Subdomains: Cognitive development and aging, Gene expression and regulation, Intracellular dynamics, Learning and memory, Molecular signals and their receptors, Neural circuit mechanisms, Neurogenesis and gliogenesis, Social cognition and behavior

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Neuroscience and Cognition Utrecht

Phd programs.

The NC Utrecht environment harbors close to 300 PhD students. Most of them participate in one of the following PhD training programs:

Clinical & Experimental Neuroscience , provided by the Rudolf Magnus Institute

Cognition & Behaviour, provided by the Helmholtz Institute

Linguistics, provided by the Institute for Language Sciences .

The PhD programs of Clinical & Experimental Neuroscience  and Cognition & Behaviour are also part of the Graduate School of Life Sciences . The program on Linguistics is part of the Graduate School of Humanities .

Utrecht University Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht The Netherlands Tel. +31 (0)30 253 35 50

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Doctoral programme in Neuroscience

The doctoral programme in neuroscience provides learning activities in neuroscience, including cellular/molecular neuroscience, circuits and systems, cognition and behavior, and mechanisms of neurological and psychiatric disorders. We welcome all interested doctoral students to courses and other activities organized by the programme.

Programme overview

A significant part of the Research at Karolinska Institutet deals with the normal function or pathology of the nervous system. Doctoral students are trained within the different neuroscience disciplines in research groups at eight departments. The inter-departmental "Doctoral Programme in Neuroscience" organizes courses and supports other activities.

Annual Courses

In the beginning of each fall a package of four courses, the "Frontiers Courses in Neuroscience", is given. You may apply to all courses or select individual courses.

We especially recommend doctoral students in the beginning of their training period to apply to all courses. This will quickly give you a broad knowledge base and make you acquainted with many neuroscientists at KI.

Frontiers courses in Neurosciences

• The Developing Brain
• Brain Circuits
• Functional Cognitive Neuroanatomy
• Neurodegenerative Disorders i: Genes, Mechanisms and Clinical Aspects

Other Courses

A number of other specialized and general courses are also given each semester and will be announced in the course catalogue for doctoral courses .

Basic Human Neuroscience

We can now offer a seven (7)-week course in Basic Human Neuroscience for doctoral students without a basic training in biomedicine/medicine. This course follows the curriculum of the biomedicine programme at Karolinska Institutet. It will be given every fall semester and will be announced in the course catalogue .

If you have studied basic neuroscience but feel that you need to refresh your knowledge, we recommend the free online course in Medical Neuroscience organised by Duke University.

Log in to Coursera.org , register and search for Medical Neuroscience .

Proposals for new courses

We welcome proposals for new courses within the neuroscience area that you feel would be valuable. Proposals should include the theme of the course and possible course organizers (within KI) and other possible teachers. Send proposals to Lennart Brodin , e-mail: [email protected] . 

Activities organized by doctoral students

The programme supports activities aimed at promoting neuroscience and networking among doctoral students.

Send proposals to:  Lennart Brodin

Neuroscience seminar series for doctoral students

Application and admission to courses on doctoral level.

Application to courses is made directly in the Course catalogue at Karolinska Institutet. The available courses at the doctoral level are announced once per semester. The catalogue for courses is published on ki.se around 15 April respectively 15 October and is open for application during one month.

Find the courses within the programme of Neuroscience by selecting Doctoral programme in the course catalogue .

After the application period is closed the applicant can only be admitted according to availability. A late application is made directly to the course organizer. KI's courses are open for registered doctoral students at all universities and colleges. If space allows, other applicants may also be accepted.

Formal note about admission (or not) is emailed to the applicants within a month after the application time is closed.  If you are not admitted, you will be asked for interest to be on the waiting list. The applicant needs to confirm participation by a form signed by the applicant and his/hers supervisor.

All syllabi for courses at doctoral level at KI are collected in the course catalogue for doctoral courses .

Steering group

• Lennart Brodin (Coordinator and Chair), Department of Neuroscience
• Daniel Ferreira Padilla , Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
• Nicolas Ruffin , Department of Clinical Neuroscience, CMM
• Sophia Schedin Weiss , Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
• Johan Lundström , Department of Clinical Neuroscience
• Karima Chergui , Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
• Tobias Karlsson , Department of Neuroscience
• Alina Aaltonen , (PhD student representative), Department of Neuroscience
• Ljerka Delac , (PhD student representative), Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
• Victoria Balabanova , (Programme administrator), Department of Neuroscience

Collaboration

We collaborate with the Strategic Research Area in Neuroscience (StratNeuro).

Department of Neuroscience is the host department for the programme

Postal address:.

Karolinska Institutet Department of Neuroscience 171 77 Stockholm Sweden

Visiting address:

Biomedicum Solnavägen 9 171 65 Solna  

Lennart Brodin

Victoria Balabanova