Program Overview
Obtaining a Master's Degree in Neuroscience from the UAM requires passing 90 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) Credits over 4 Semesters (two academic years). The offer of teaching activities of the Master is structured in 4 Modules:
Module 1:
Mandatory Courses
7 Courses about fundamental contents. Must be completed in the first two Semesters
35 ECTS
Modules 2 & 3:
Elective Courses*
13 Special Topic (Module 2) and 4 Methodological (Module 3) Courses.
35 ECTS
To be chosen from among the Courses offered
Module 4:
Master's Thesis
To be carried out in the second academic year; usually under the direction of a Master's professor
20 ECTS
(*) In the first Academic Year, students usually take 25 of these elective ECTS, and then complete the remaining 10 in the second year, in parallel with the Master’s Thesis. Up to 8 of these elective ECTS can be taken from courses in other UAM official masters.
Check here the Academic Offer of the current Academic Year and the following oneBOE new study plan