Admissions Snapshot

Welcome! The Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) at the University of Michigan was constituted in 1971, making this the longest-standing neuroscience graduate program in the United States. We are a collegial and interactive group of 80+ students and 170+ faculty that perform research across the breath 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.

Thank you for your interest in the Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) at the University of Michigan.  Our diverse student population comes from a wide range of educational, scientific and geographic backgrounds.