Overview

The Behavioral Neuroscience program at The City University of New York is designed to enhance students’ chances of being admitted into highly-competitive doctoral training programs in Behavioral Neuroscience and other Neuroscience-related fields, and to increase chances of employment within the private sector as Research Assistants/Associates trained in Neuroscience and Neuroscience-related fields.

Students matriculated into this program also contribute to Neuroscience-related research within the Psychology department and help facilitate interactions between the diverse Neuroscience laboratories from various Departments (e.g., Psychology, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry/Biochemistry and Anthropology) across the campus.

MABN Research Thesis Guidelines

In order to graduate, all MABN students are required to:

submit a research thesis
give an oral presentation of this thesis, and
receive a ‘satisfactory’ grade on all of the above.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Basic Neuroscience: Molecular Neuroscience

Neuroscience Methods I: Statistics and Research Design

Psychology of Perception

Cognition

Psychopathology

Psychometric Methods

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

An undergraduate overall GPA greater than 3.00.

At least 15 credits of Undergraduate Psychology, Neuroscience or equivalent courses.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

12825 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12825 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

7050 USD / year

≈ 7050 USD / year

Additional Details

New York State Resident: $5545 / semester.

Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Funding

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