Higher Education Courses

Highlighting dementia related specialist and higher education courses

One of the aims of Dementia Researcher is to encourage people to consider a career in dementia research. Completing an MSc or other further dementia education, is a great way to prepare yourself for further study at PhD level, to help you progress within your clinical field or to gain dementia or neuroscience knowledge that can be combined with your own field of study - be that in the creative arts, maths, coding, communications or something else.

Below is a list of UK or Online based Dementia and Neuroscience related MSc and other education courses, you can filter these by field of study and institution, using the check boxes. If you run an MSc or dementia education course, you can submit to this directory on our advertisement page after registering your account.


  • Neuroscience PGCert – Blizzard Institute

    PGCert |    Queen Mary University of London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    From the bench to the bedside — help to transfer neuroscience and pharmacological discoveries into clinical use. Study topics from the principles of drug design and development to the clinical…

  • Neuroscience PGDip – Blizzard Institute

    PGDip |    Queen Mary University of London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    From the bench to the bedside — help to transfer neuroscience and pharmacological discoveries into clinical use. Study topics from the principles of drug design and development to the clinical…

  • Neuroscience MSc – Blizzard Institute

    MSc |    Queen Mary University of London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    From the bench to the bedside — help to transfer neuroscience and pharmacological discoveries into clinical use. Study topics from the principles of drug design and development to the clinical…

  • Neuroscience for Future Scientists

    MRes |    University of Central Lancashire |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    This Master of Research (MRes) course will prepare you for a thriving career at the forefront of neuroscience, an exciting and fast-paced field of research where new discoveries have the…

  • Neuroscience and Psychology

    BSc (Hons) |    King's College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course Overview Our Neuroscience & Psychology BSc program cuts across disciplinary boundaries to provide you with the knowledge and skills that you need to understand the workings of the brain…

  • Dementia: Causes, Treatments and Research (MH)

    MSc |    University College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course Details The new Dementia MSc is offered jointly by the Division of Psychiatry and Queen Square Institute of Neurology and tackles one of the biggest global health problems facing…

  • Research-focused Neuroscience

    MSc |    The University of Manchester |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course overview Take a research-focused master’s course where you will learn through seminars, workshops, small group tutorials and research placements. Your placement will be in the labs of leading neurobiology…

  • Brain and Mind Sciences

    MSc |    University College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course Details This international programme is offered by three of Europe’s most prestigious centres of research and teaching in cognitive studies and neuroscience: UCL, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (part…

  • Neuroscience Research

    MRes |    University of Leeds |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Utilise exciting cutting-edge neuroscience techniques to advance our understanding of the nervous system and brain at University of Leeds Our nervous system is the most complex and highly organised system…

  • Clinical Neuroscience

    MSc |    University College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course Details This well-established and highly competitive MSc provides students with specialist training in the basic scientific principles of modern neuroscience, and in the application of these principles to the…

  • Molecular Neuroscience

    MSc |    University of Bristol |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    The programme provides intensive training in the neurosciences as they relate to the physiologic function and behaviour of the organism. It builds on the broad research strengths of recognised scientists,…

  • Dementia: Causes, Treatments and Research (Neuroscience)

    MSc |    University College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Course Details The Dementia (Neuroscience) MSc offered by the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology tackles one of the biggest global health problems facing society today. It provides research-oriented and…

  • Clinical Neurosciences

    MSc by Research |    University of Oxford |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    About the course The MSc by Research in Clinical Neurosciences at University of Oxford offers excellent opportunities for high quality research training, for both clinical and non-clinical graduates, in wide-ranging…

  • Neuroscience – molecular to the behavioural levels

    MPhil |    Cardiff University |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    The Neuroscience division at Cardiff University pursues a broad range of neurobiological research, spanning from the molecular to the behavioural levels. Research areas include: neuronal development molecular and cellular neuroscience…

  • Stem Cells and Translational Neurology (Online)

    MScPGCertPGDip |    The University of Edinburgh |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Programme description Dementia (including a raft of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease) has recently become the leading cause of death in the UK. Stem cells are a novel and…

  • Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition

    MSc |    The University of Edinburgh |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Programme description This programme provides an intensive grounding in the philosophy of embodied cognitive science, its methodologies, research questions and techniques of research. You will study among one of the…

  • Neuroscience & Mental Health

    MSc |    University of Strathclyde Glasgow |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Studying a Masters in Neuroscience & Mental Health at the University of Strathclyde, you’ll be learning at an award-winning academic institution. An award-winning institution, we were named Times Higher Education University…

  • Neuroscience (FT / PT)

    MSc |    Trinity College Dublin |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    This course is run by the Discipline of Physiology and detailed information pertaining to the course can be found here. In addition to the MSc Neuroscience Full time (FT), an MSc Neuroscience…

  • Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

    MSc |    University of Oxford |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    The one year MSc is interdisciplinary in content and completely inter-departmental in structure, since at least nine departments or research centres contribute to it each year. Providing both theoretical and…

  • Translational Neuroscience

    MSc |    Imperial College London |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Overview This course is designed to provide high-quality training to tomorrow’s neuroscientists, who will play a vital role in not only understanding what causes neurological and psychiatric disorders but also…

  • Basic and Translational Neuroscience

    MPhil |    University of Cambridge |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    The MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience is a stand-alone postgraduate course in neuroscience offering both taught and research components.  This one-year neuroscience programme is aimed particularly at those who…

  • Neuroscience and Neuropsychology MSci

    MSc |    University of Sussex |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    If you’d like to understand the structure and function of the nervous system, and you’re interested in the neurophysiology of behaviour, Neuroscience is the course for you. To understand the…

  • Neuroscience – brain development, structure and function

    MSc |    University of Southampton |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Study the brain’s development, structure and function on this MSci Neuroscience degree. Discover the processes behind neurological disorders. You’ll explore subjects as diverse as biochemistry, neurophysiology, and neural circuits controlling behaviour….

  • Neuroscience – Royal Society of Biology Credited

    MSc |    University of Nottingham |    EXPIRES 31/12/2024

    Curious about how your brain works?  Would you like to understand neurological diseases such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s?  On this course, accredited by the Royal Society of Biology, you’ll…

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