At University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Canada, MA/MS in Neuroscience is offered as a master's degree in Neuroscience programme. The programme runs for 24 months, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 5,483 per semester (CAD 2,218 per semester for local students).
This program is a research-based Master of Science in Neuroscience combining thesis work with coursework, with particular emphasis on behavioural neuroscience and the links between brain and behaviour. Applicants must secure a potential supervisor before submitting an application. Delivered in person on the Lethbridge campus, it runs 24 months full-time or 48 months part-time, with intakes in Summer, Fall, and Winter, and includes an optional co-operative education component. Faculty research areas include animal social behaviour, learning and memory, decision-making, addiction, developmental plasticity, neural coding, motor control, and comparative neuroanatomy, supported by facilities such as confocal, electron, and light microscopy, imaging systems, multi-channel recording systems, and human and animal MRI scanners. The program suits students seeking hands-on experimental training in neuroscience research. Graduates pursue academic research and teaching, industry research such as within pharmaceutical companies, government policy roles, and health-profession careers including rehabilitation therapy, audiology, optometry, and EEG technology.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The MSc Neuroscience program page does not itself publish admission requirements; it directs applicants to the university's general graduate Admission Requirements and Admission & Application pages. Under uLethbridge's general graduate admission framework, applicants need an appropriate undergraduate degree and must meet the university's graduate English Language Proficiency requirement if their first language is not English, with detailed GPA thresholds and accepted tests set out on those general pages rather than the program page itself. Prospective applicants are advised to consult the linked admission-information and supporting-documents pages, or contact the program directly, for the complete requirements and current application materials.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall, Winter and Summer
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to the University of Lethbridge for Fall 2027 entry apply by 30 June 2027 (post-secondary applicants) or 15 December 2026 (direct-entry high-school applicants), with admission-decision documents due by 30 June or 15 July 2027 and final documents by 1-15 August 2027; for Winter 2028 entry the domestic deadline is 1 November 2027. International applicants for Fall 2027 apply by 15 June 2027, with decision documents due 30 June 2027 and final documents by 15 July 2027; for Winter 2028 the international deadline is 15 September 2027. Applications for Fall 2027 opened 14 September 2026. Deadlines vary by program and campus and are not rolling in the open-ended sense, though the university notes some programmes may close early once capacity is reached. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
