Welcome! The Graduate Program at the University of Michigan was constituted in 1971, making it the longest-standing neuroscience graduate program in the United States. We are a collegial and interactive group of 75 students and 115 faculty that perform research across the breadth of the neuroscience field. Neuroscience graduate students on this campus form a cohesive group, which promotes interactions among the faculty, making the Graduate Program the nexus of the neuroscience community. Graduates receive a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, which provides tremendous flexibility in choosing one’s career path. There are more than 100 alumni of our Program, and these graduates work in academic research, industrial research and development, academic medicine and biotechnology. Our program captures the excitement and interaction intrinsic to the field of neuroscience.

Students are attracted to the University of Michigan by the breadth of the intellectual base, the variety of scientific approaches to studying the brain and nervous system, the richness in the choice of research topics, and the multiple levels of discourse ranging from the molecular to the cognitive. In addition, Ann Arbor is a vibrant and diverse community that offers many of the amenities of a big city in a friendly college town.  It is consistently rated one of the best places to live in the United States.

Students can seek admission to the Neuroscience Program by three different routes – direct application to the Neuroscience Program, application via the Program in Biomedical Sciences and application via the Medical Scientist Training Program. To decide which is best for you, follow this link to the Application Process

Want to know more about graduate student life at the University of Michigan and in Ann Arbor? Check out the Student section of our web site.

Want to know more about our faculty and their research? Check out the Faculty link.

Offices of the Neuroscience Graduate Program recently moved to the Undergraduate Sciences Building (USB), which was opened in 2006. The space includes a large graduate student office, the office of the director and program administrators, and ready access to state-of-the-art laboratory classrooms and auditoria.

Once again, I welcome your interest. Please feel free to contact me; I will be delighted to answer any questions you have about our interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program.

Stephen Maren, Ph.D., Director Neuroscience Graduate Program Phone: (734) 763-9638 FAX: (734) 647-0717 E-mail: maren@umich.edu

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