Contact:
Erin Gilbert
University of California, San
Diego
Graduate Program in Neurosciences
9500 Gilman Drive
Mail Code 0662
La
Jolla, CA 92093-0662
Telephone: (858)
534-3377
FAX: (858) 534-8242
E-mail: egilbert@ucsd.edu
WWW: http://neurograd.ucsd.edu
Year Established: 1969
Total Number of Faculty: 137
Total Number of Students:
78
US Citizens: 98%
Female:
56%
US Under-Represented
Minorities: 11%
Graduates in the Last Five Years: 49
Average Number of Years to Complete the
Program: 6
Program Description:
The Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate training in one of the most highly interactive scientific environments available in the United States. Recently, our graduate program was named by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences as the top ranking neuroscience graduate program in the country.
The faculty who participate in the Graduate Program in Neurosciences have been brought together from many campus departments, the School of Medicine and from a number of affiliated institutes, including the Salk Institute, the Scripps Research Institute, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Burnham Institute, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. There is an enormous breadth of neuroscience research interests represented among the faculty, so that students are able to pursue study in a wide range of neuroscience areas and they often carry out their dissertation research in collaboration with more than one laboratory.
Admission Requirements: U.S. Applicants - Applicants for graduate admission must present official evidence of receipt of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education or the equivalent, with training comparable in standard and content to that provided by the University of California . This must be provided by the beginning of the first academic year of study at UCSD. A minimum scholastic average of B (or its equivalent, if the letter grade system is not used) is required for course work completed in the final two years of undergraduate study and any post baccalaureate study.
International Applicants - An international student whose postsecondary education is completed outside the U.S. must hold the equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate degree, with above average scholarship, granted by a non-U.S. university or university-level institution
GRE: You must have taken the GRE within 5 years of when you apply. The average GRE score of the students admitted to the Neurosciences Program is 615 verbal, 760 quantitative, and 5.0 analytical writing.
GPA: The minimum required GPA is 3.0, the average GPA for admitted applicants is 3.6.
TOEFL: Required of all international applicants whose native language is not English or who were not enrolled, full time, for a minimum of one year in an academic program at an English speaking institution.
How, or Where to Apply: http://neurograd.ucsd.edu/admissions/index.html
Annual Tuition and Fees Costs:
$23,629.50 (non-resident of California)
$8,668.50 (California resident)
Approximate Cost of Living: $15,000 (excluding tuition/fees)
Housing Availability and Costs Per Year: $8,500 on campus, $9,350 off campus. Housing is easily accessible.
Stipend/Assistantships and Financial Assistance: Neurosciences Program stipend level is $26,000/year plus resident fees.
How to Apply for Financial
Assistance: http://www-ogsr.ucsd.edu/fellowships/index.htm
http://fao.ucsd.edu/index.htm
Last revised November, 2006
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