Neuroscience and Cognitive Studies in Canadian Universities

Various levels of Neuroscience Degrees viz. Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience; Master of Science in Neuroscience and PhD in Neuroscience are offered for international candidates in many reputed Canadian universities namely, the University of British Columbia; Queen’s University; Dalhousie University; University of Calgary; University of Alberta; University of Lethbridge; McMaster University; University of Ottawa and the University of Western Ontario. In addition to this, one year duration Graduate diploma in Neuroscience is available at the York University. University of Guelph; Carleton University and Brock University are also popular for their BSc in neuroscience (Honours) programme.

Some reputed collaborative master and doctoral level programmes in Neurosciences are conducted at the University of Toronto; University of Waterloo and University of Ottawa. University of Toronto offers Collaborative Master’s Program in Neuroscience (Participating Degrees: MA, MSc) and Collaborative Doctoral Program in Neuroscience (Participating Degrees: PhD) while Collaborative Master of Behavioral Neuroscience and Collaborative PhD in behavioral neuroscience are offered at the University of Waterloo and the University of Ottawa.

Academic programmes in Cognitive Systems and Cognitive Studies are available at the Carleton University (PhD in cognitive science); Mount Allison University (BSc in cognitive sciences); the University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Systems; Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Systems); McMaster University (MSc/PhD in Cognitive Science of Language); the University of Western Ontario (BA in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience); University of Windsor (BSc honours in Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience); McGill University (Bachelor of Arts and Science interfaculty program in cognitive science); University of Toronto (BSc in Cognitive Science; BSc in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence) and the Queen’s University (Bachelor of computing honours in cognitive science; BSc in cognitive science). A BA in Cognitive Science programme is also available at the University of Toronto; York University and the Simon Fraser University.

Memorial University of Newfoundland is also a well known Canadian university in the field of Cognitive Studies and Neurosciences education and major courses available at the university are, MSc in cognitive and behavioral ecology; PhD in cognitive and behavioral ecology; BSc in behavioral neuroscience; MSc in medicine (neurosciences) and PhD in medicine (neurosciences).