Overview

Key facts:

Research in Neuroscience across these disciplines has grown substantially in the past two decades, and a solid understanding of the physiological basis of many aspects of brain function both in health and disease has come along with this growth in research. Along with this comes an increasing need for students to begin careers in neuroscience and to be prepared to work on the problems in neuroscience and to bring new answers to the public and to patients. In order to be successful in developing new treatments and answering outstanding questions in the field, neuroscientists need to be conversant in many different levels of inquiry from neurobiology to cognitive neuroscience to computational neuroscience.
The Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the Mellon College of Science have joined forces to establish an exciting interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. The goal of this degree program is to provide an intensive interdisciplinary education to enable outstanding students to become leaders in identifying and solving tomorrow's Neuroscience problems using a variety of methods. The program's interdisciplinary curriculum is designed for students to gain a fundamental understanding of brain function on many different levels and to begin to specialize within the broad field of Neuroscience. Students in Mellon College of Science or Dietrich College may have a primary major in Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University in any of the three concentrations. Students from other colleges may have a second major in Neuroscience in any of the three concentrations, subject to double-counting restrictions.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Genetics
Modern Chemistry
Techniques in Quantitative Analysis
Modern Biology Laboratory
Organic Chemistry
Programming and Computer Science

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

102

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135

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Neuroscience View 371 other Bachelors in Neuroscience in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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102

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135

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Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application
$75 application fee*
Official high school transcript (please review our Academic Requirements)**
All required standardized testing official score reports, which includes the TOEFL or IELTS if English is not your native language
Secondary School Counselor Evaluation
Teacher Recommendation
Common Application essay
Carnegie Mellon Common Application Writing Supplement, which includes three short answer questions
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Home schooled applicants should submit an academic portfolio/transcript consistent with their state guidelines and a list of all textbooks used.

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Tuition Fee

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International

67020 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67020 USD per year during 48 months.
National

67020 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67020 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

67020 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67020 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Pittsburgh

1148 - 1944 USD /month

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Scholarships Information

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