Overview

The Neuroscience program of the Wake Forest University is designed to help students with a bachelor’s degree improve their academic foundation in neuroscience and augment their credentials for admission into health professional programs in related fields, additional study to obtain a PhD in Neuroscience, or entrance to the workforce. For students seeking advanced coursework and hands-on research training in this discipline, the Neuroscience MS Program is the right path.

Key Facts

Why Wake Forest?

The major goal of our MS program is to provide a strong foundation for understanding the fundamentals of neuroscience. We provide our students with a strong arsenal of training and experience to make them competitive for the increasing opportunities in academic pursuits, advanced professional degrees, and opportunities in research and even non-research careers that utilize their scientific and scholarly training.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Quantitative Methods in Biomedical Sciences

Scientific Integrity and Professionalism

Career Planning in the Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Neuroscience

Advanced Molecular Approaches to Neuroscience

Research Design in Sensory and Systems Neurobiology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Winston-Salem, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Personal Statement – The program may have specific requests within the application and you are advised to honor what is requested

Transcript(s) from all schools from which a degree was granted – Unofficial transcripts may be used for application review

Three Letters of Recommendation

Research Statement

On-campus learning attestation

Application fee ($100)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

53950 USD / year

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Out-of-State

53950 USD / year

≈ 53950 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

53950 USD / year

≈ 53950 USD / year

Living costs

Winston-Salem

United States

864 - 1409 USD / month

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Funding

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Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

Winston-Salem

Financing

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