Neuroscience with Entrepreneurship

University of Manchester

Our BSc Neuroscience with Entrepreneurship course will enable you to combine science with business skills - a key driver of employability. You will study how the brain and nervous system work to generate behaviour, perception, movement, sleep, memory and other key functions. The course also covers new technological advances that have been at the forefront of recent breakthroughs in the field of neuroscience, including biomedical imaging, genetic manipulation and functional recording at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels. There have also been major advances in our understanding of the biology of higher brain function and the pathogenesis of a variety of neurological disorders, such as mental health disorders and neurodegenerative diseases eg Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.You will study a range of topics during the course, including pharmacology, physiology, motor systems, sensory systems and more, with the opportunity to choose optional units in particular areas of interest.You will spend your first year studying fundamental principles before going on to specialise in your second and final years.The entrepreneurship units will be offered via the Masood (Manchester) Enterprise Centre (MEC)of the Alliance Manchester Business School at the University, exposing you to key learning in business innovation. The course also includes a year in industry on a research or business placement. Our course has Advanced Accreditation from the Royal Society of Biology , which recognises academic excellence in the biosciences and highlights degrees that educate the research and development leaders and innovators of the future.

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health