Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience

This concurrent diploma program is open to incoming or current students at the Master's or PhD level in the Psychology, Kinesiology & Health Science and Biology programs. In the past decade, neuroscience — the multidisciplinary study of the nervous system — has been one of the most rapidly expanding field of science. In recognition of the recent growth in York University's neuroscience faculty, infrastructure and research, York is now offering a graduate diploma in Neuroscience. The discipline ranges from research on molecular and cellular mechanisms in nerve cells and the relationship between the elements of neural systems, to the study of behaviour of whole organisms. York has more than 25 neuroscience professors, employing diverse approaches to neuroscience, including computational modeling, event-related potentials, brain imaging (fMRI, PET, MEG), animal neurophysiology, psychophysics, kinematics, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and molecular and cellular techniques. Opportunities for local and international collaborations with hospitals and other universities are also available.

Applicants must hold, at a minimum, an Honours undergraduate degree or equivalent (typically a four-year full-time program) from a recognized post-secondary institution with at least a B (second class) standing in the final two years of full-time equivalent study. As approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Senate, individual graduate programs may have a minimum academic standing requirement greater than B (second class).

Language Test Scores

a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper based), or 79-80 (internet based);
a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 (Academic Module);
a minimum PTE Academic score of 60;
YUELI Academic Program Level 9 with Pass;
YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP) graduate/Pass;
a CAEL overall score of 60 with no component score less than 60;
a minimum CPE score of C, or;
a minimum CAE score of C1.