At Western University in London, Canada, BA/BS in Neuroscience is offered as a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 47,493 per year (CAD 6,171 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Neuroscience
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 6,171 / year
International tuition: CAD 47,493 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Honours Specialization in Neuroscience is a Bachelor of Science program offered through Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Entry to the specialization is limited from the second year onward, with admission determined competitively rather than guaranteed by minimum grades alone. The curriculum introduces the diversity of questions, approaches, and methods used across neuroscience, with an emphasis on critically evaluating current research literature, and it builds toward an independent research experience in the senior year of the program. Students are based at Western's main campus in London, Ontario, with access to the university's neuroscience research community. The program suits science-oriented students who want both a theoretical grounding in brain and nervous system science and hands-on research experience, particularly those considering graduate study or a research career in neuroscience or a related field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Students do not apply to Neuroscience directly from high school; they enter Western through Medical Sciences (ESM) or Science (ES) in Year 1 and apply to the Honours Specialization in Neuroscience in Year 2. The ESM route requires English (ENG4U), Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U), Biology (SBI4U), Chemistry (SCH4U) and two further Grade 12U/M courses; the ES route requires English (ENG4U), Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) and four further 4U/M courses with at least two from Advanced Functions, Mathematics of Data Management, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Science or Computer & Information Science. Module entry is competitive: recent admission averages ran in the low 90s for the ESM route and the mid 80s for the ES route. International applicants present an equivalent secondary credential plus English proficiency under Western's general standard: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) or TOEFL iBT 83 (no section below 20).
Application Details
Application Deadline:Western applies through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, which opens for Fall 2027 entry in late September 2026; Western's own equal-consideration deadline for full-time undergraduate study is 15 January 2027, the same date used for domestic (OUAC 101/105) and international applicants alike, since Western publishes no separate international closing date. Several named programmes carry their own earlier deadlines within the cycle: Medicine (MD) closes 1 October 2026, Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close 1 November 2026, Education (BEd) closes 2 November 2026, and Western Integrated Science closes in early April 2027. Students already enrolled in an Ontario high school cannot be required to respond to an offer before 1 June 2027. Admission is not rolling: applicants are assessed against these published deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
