Your Neuroscience offer

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Congratulations

Congratulations on your offer to study at Lancaster. With a growing awareness of mental health and brain disorders, a degree in neuroscience has never been more relevant. It will see you gain a deep understanding of the nervous system and its role in human behaviour and conditions, including schizophrenia, autism, mood disorders and dementia.

When you study neuroscience at Lancaster, you will join our Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences. It’s where you will learn from renowned scientists, and where you will make life-long friends and memories in practical sessions. With courses ranging from biology to pharmacology, biomedicine to biochemistry, you will become part of our thriving community of like-minded students.

Professor Jackie Parry, Head of Biomedical and Life Sciences

Offer Holder Events

Discover Lancaster University for yourself at one of our events exclusively for Neuroscience offer holders and guests.

  • Saturday 6 February
  • Saturday 27 February
  • Saturday 13 March
  • Saturday 10 April

These events are a chance to experience our friendly and inclusive teaching environment first-hand. You’ll get to know our biosciences team and current students through subject talks, taster sessions and informal chats over a complimentary lunch.

At your Offer Holder Event, you will:

  • Learn more about the structure of your degree and our approach to teaching and learning
  • Experience life as a Neuroscience student through a hands-on laboratory taster session
  • Have the opportunity to chat with current students and staff, and find out answers to any questions you may have

We also host a variety of online events designed to give you a closer look at life within our biosciences community - whilst also exploring exciting career paths that could shape your future.

View Offer Holder Event Programme

Once you have received an offer to study Neuroscience, you will be emailed a unique booking link to the email address used on your UCAS application. You can book your place on both the in-person and online events. If you have any questions, or haven't received your personal booking link, please email us.

Why Lancaster?

In joining Lancaster, you will become a part of our Biosciences community in a highly ranked department (8th in the UK for Biomedical Sciences, Complete University Guide 2027). Our Neuroscience degrees will give you the biological and psychological grounding to explore the brain, nervous system and how the body works.

Taught by experts

You'll be taught by active researchers across both our Biomedical and Life Sciences and Psychology departments.

Strong foundations

In Years 1 and 2, you'll gain a strong foundation in both theory and practical skills by studying modules in anatomy, neuropsychology, pharmacology, genetics and more.

Advance and specialise your knowledge

From Year 3, you'll study advanced neuroscience modules and, depending on your interests, specialise in either drug design or cognition.

State-of-the-art labs

Our teaching laboratories are at the centre of your degree, where you'll gain hands-on experience needed to understand the fundamentals of the science of life.

Part of the community

Benefit from being part of a biosciences community, with courses from biology to neuroscience, and students from around the world.

Career opportunities

One of our degrees will give you the skills to pursue a career in your chosen area of the biosciences and will give you the transferable skills valued by a wide range of future employers.

Keep exploring

For further information about your course, including modules and career opportunities, take a look at the course information page:

Current student Zara in the countryside

Our students: Zara

From a young age I have always loved biology and learning about the human body, specifically the brain. However, going into my final two years of school I had the opportunity to take psychology classes and very quickly found myself falling in love with the material and the connections it had back to biology. Being able to study both subjects and seeing the connections between them makes me realize just how intertwined so many different science fields are. 

I was lucky enough to be able to attend an open day in the summer before my final year of high school and I really liked the campus and the student ambassadors I was able to talk to. The friendly atmosphere and general vibe of the campus felt very inviting and Lancaster was one of the few universities I visited that summer where I could truly see myself attending in the future. 

Zara, Biology with Psychology student

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