Overview

The Neuroscience MPhil, PhD, MD programme from Newcastle University mission is to help you:

stay healthy, positive and feeling well
overcome any challenges you may face during your degree – academic or personal
get the most out of your postgraduate research experience
carry out admin and activities essential to progressing through your degree
understand postgraduate research processes, standards and rules

We can offer you tailored wellbeing support, courses and activities.

You can also access a broad range of workshops covering:

research and professional skills
careers support
wellbeing
health and safety
public engagement
academic development

Each faculty offers a researcher development programme for its postgraduate research students. We have designed your programme to help you:

perform better as a researcher
boost your career prospects
broaden your impact
Through workshops and activities, it will build your transferable skills and increase your confidence.

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Programme Structure

Our research focuses on:

understanding mechanisms underlying pain, analgesia, and anaesthesia
the development of methods to assess pain and to alleviate pain in animals and humans

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-04-20 00:00:00

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There is no application closing date for this course. We suggest international students apply at least two months before the course starts.

Language

English

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PTE Academic

70

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Neuroscience View 40 other PhDs in Neuroscience in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

125

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PTE Academic

70

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

MPhil
A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a science or medicine related subject.
PhD
A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent. Further research experience or a Master’s degree would be advantageous.
MD
A MBBS, or an equivalent medical degree.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

31900 GBP / year

≈ 31900 GBP / year

Living costs

Newcastle upon Tyne

United Kingdom

560 - 991 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.