Undergraduate study

Undergraduate programmes with involving the study of the brain and/or mind

There are three undergraduate programmes with a defined Neuroscience component:

Neuroscience BSc (Hons) 

MBchB Medicine with an intercalated year of research-based study in Neuroscience. 

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery (Hons) with an intercalated year of research-based study in Neuroscience. 

However, there are over 60 programmes across the whole of the University that explore different aspects of the brain and related avenues of study from behaviour, cognition, disease, stem cells, computation,  philosophy and so much more...

students in lecture theatre

Cognitive Science 
Cognitive Science (Humanities) 

Cognitive Science connects the disciplines that contribute to the study of human cognition: linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.  This programme aims to give students a broad understanding of issues such as the:

  • relationship between language and thought
  • relationship between mind and brain
  • philosophical implications of our ability to look inside the brain and to model its activities in computers and robots
Psychology 
Psychology Psychology and Linguistics
Psychology and BusinessPsychology and Sociology
Psychology and Economics  
Language & Linguistics 
English Language Linguistics and English Language 
English Language and Literature Linguistics and Social Anthropology
Linguistics  
Philosophy 
Philosophy Philosophy and Linguistics
Philosophy and EconomicsPhilosophy and Mathematics 
Philosophy and English LanguagePhilosophy and Politics 
Philosophy and English LiteraturePhilosophy and Psychology
Philosophy and Greek Philosophy and Scottish Literature (BA)   

 


The Edinburgh Futures Institute offers an MA (Hons) Interdisciplinary Futures the goal of which is to combine study across a range of disciplines to work towards addressing personal, local and global challenges.


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