Overview

The Neuroscience degree at City University of Hong Kong provide students with knowledge and encourage them to critically think about emerging neuroscience and neuroscience-related interdisciplinary research, technology, education, and industries, and to prepare them for a career in this growing multi-disciplinary field and educate healthcare and non-healthcare professionals with updated relevant knowledge of neuroscience and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this master programme, students should be able to:

Understand how the anatomy and physiology of our nervous system enable the various functions such as learning and memory, sensory and motor function, and emotion.
Understand how dysfunction of the nervous system can lead to neurological and psychiatric disorders, and how new therapeutics can be developed to treat them.
Critically evaluate the latest research literature and apply it to provide solutions to current issues in nervous system health.
Critically analyse, interpret, discuss and justify neuroscientific data.
Communicate effectively, manage skillfully, and work closely with people from diverse education and professional background and experience. Communicate complex translational neuroscience concepts effectively to a variety of audience.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Methodology and Ethics
Neurobiology of Disease
Neural Basis of Learning and Memory
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Advanced Neuroscience
Sensory and Motor Neuroscience

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

Disciplines

Neuroscience

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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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79

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should possess a recognised undergraduate degree in Life Science/ Bioengineering/ Psychology/ Medicine/ Dentistry/ Veterinary Medicine/ Biostatistics or a related discipline.
Preference for admission will be given to individuals who have completed a holistic undergraduate education with knowledge covering statistics, neuroscience, psychology, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, medicine, animal science, and bioengineering.

Additional attention will be paid to students, who have little training in health-related area to ensure that they can follow the progress of the programme.

a score of 59 (revised paper-delivered test) or 79 (Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
an overall band score of 6.5 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
a score of 450 in band 6 of the Chinese mainland’s College English Test (CET6)
other equivalent qualifications.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

201000 HKD / year

≈ 201000 HKD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

201000 HKD / year

≈ 201000 HKD / year

Living costs

Hong Kong

Hong Kong (SAR)

13720 - 23419 HKD / month

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Funding

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