MSC Molecular Biosciences: Neuroscience Major Mandatory Courses
Semester 1 - Start 2025
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Welcome to the Master Biosciences | 13/10/2025 | 10:00 | online |
Welcome to the Neuroscience Major | 14/10/2025 | 10:00 | COS |
Lecture and Tutorial “Frontiers in Biosciences 1” | start: 15/10/2025 | 18:00 | See HeiCo |
Practical: Data Science & Analysis in Neuroscience | First meeting 20/11 | varies | See HeiCo |
Practical: Introduction to Neuroanatomy | Monday and Wednesdays before Christmas | 18:00-19:30 | See HeiCo |
Lecture and Tutorial “Frontiers in Biosciences 2” | start: 12/1/2026 | 8:15-9:45 | See HeiCo |
Practical: Introduction to Neuronal Networks | two weeks in January 2026 | 10:00-18:00 | COS |
The Neuroscience Major requires you to complete lab rotations in at least three different labs. This includes the Working in Bioscience module, where you can do a lab rotation in industry for instance. Finding lab rotations can be done by contacting the PI’s of the IZN-associated research groups. On Moodle you can find a more detailed list with specific projects (only accessible for current students).
The Neuroscience Major additionally requires the completion of at least 4 seminars in Neuroscience prior to the start of the master’s thesis. Possible seminars include, among others:
- Calcium-signalling in learning, survival and death
- Transgene Methoden und Tiermodelle neurodegenerativer Erkrankungen (will be in English when foreign students are present)
- Regenerative approaches for spinal cord injury
- Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Functions in Health and Disease
- Reward and Addiction
- Cancer Neuroscience
- Translational Neuroimmunology: Transfer from bench to bedside in Multiple Sclerosis
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A complete list can be found in HeiCo.
Semester 2
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Focus 1 - Introduction to Neuroscience | April/May 2026 | 8:15-9:45 | BioQuant |
Focus 2 - Molecules, neurons, networks, behaviour | May/June 2026 | 8:15-9:45 | BioQuant |
Semester 3 (winter)
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In this semester you should complete your remaining lab rotations. It is also the perfect time for doing a traineeship abroad. See Moodle for more details (only accessible for current students), also with respect to financial aid. If you are interested in doing a traineeship in the industry, this semester is also best suited to do that. You can declare the credits obtained during this traineeship in the ‘Working in Bioscience’-module. |
Semester 4 (summer)
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The Master's thesis work lasts 6 months. You undertake a laboratory research project from within the neurosciences, write a thesis, and defend it in an oral presentation. |
