Overview

With the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience degree offered at University of Sussex , you will:

study the structure and function of the brain with our expert cognitive and clinical neuroscience researchers. You'll discover how this is linked to concepts such as social interaction, consciousness, and clinical disorders
tailor your course to your interests and career goals. You can choose to focus your studies more on either neuroscience theory or research methods
gain hands-on and practical experience with advanced research techniques. This includes neuroimaging (fMRI), statistics, programming for experiments and electroencephalography (EEG)
enhance your data analysis skills using R and specialised software for neuroimaging.

Careers

This Cognitive Neuroscience MSc at University of Sussex prepares you for a potential career in research and enhances your work-related skills such as critical insight and data analysis.

This course is also relevant if you are interested in clinical psychology or in work in the biomedical sector by providing, for example, an understanding of how brain damage affects cognition.

Our graduates have gone on to pursue PhDs and to careers in industry and medicine.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

An Adventure in Statistics

Research Reform and Open Science

The Social and Emotional Brain

Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

Brain Imaging Methods

Clinical Neuroscience

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Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
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- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brighton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
Subject-specific requirements: Your undergraduate degree should be in psychology or a closely related subject such as neuroscience. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. You can also apply if you have a qualification from outside the field of psychology.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

27300 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

12800 GBP / year

≈ 12800 GBP / year

Additional Details

If you study part time over two years, you’ll be charged 50% of the equivalent full-time fee in each year of study

Living costs

Brighton

United Kingdom

815 - 1383 GBP / month

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Funding

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