Athens International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences

Το ΔΠΜΣ απονέμει Διπλώματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών (ΔΜΣ) στις «Νευροεπιστήμες».

Οι τίτλοι απονέμονται από το Τμήμα Βιολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με αναφορά των ονομάτων όλων των συνεργαζόμενων Τμημάτων και Σχολών των ΑΕΙ και των Ερευνητικών Κέντρων στους χορηγούμενους τίτλους σπουδών Το Διιδρυματικό Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών Athens International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences» – «Διεθνές πρόγραμμα μεταπτυχιακών σπουδών στις Νευροεπιστήμες» έχει ως αντικείμενο τις «Νευροεπιστήμες».

Το Πρόγραμμα στοχεύει στην παροχή υψηλού επιπέδου μεταπτυχιακής εκπαίδευσης σε επίπεδο Διπλώματος
Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών (ΔΜΣ) – Master of Sciences (Μ.Sc.) στο επιστημονικό πεδίο των Νευροεπιστημών.
Ολοκληρώνοντας το Πρόγραμμα, οι φοιτητές θα μπορούν να:

• Ακολουθήσουν διδακτορικές σπουδές.
• Στελεχώσουν Πανεπιστήμια και ερευνητικά κέντρα στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό.
• Στελεχώσουν ιδιαίτερα τα τμήματα έρευνας και ανάπτυξης σε βιοτεχνολογικές και φαρμακευτικές εταιρείες.

Δείτε αναλυτικά την προκήρυξη:

The Departments of Biology, Nursing, Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the School of Medicine of the national and Kapodistrian University of Athens in cooperation with the of Foundation Biomedical Research of the Academy Athens (BRFAA), the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (HPI), the Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming” / (BSRC Fleming), the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, (E.KE. F.E. DEMOKRITOS) and the National research Foundation organize and function together the Master’s Program entitled «Athens International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences» from the academic year 2018-2019. 

The purpose of the postgraduate program «Athens International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences» is to provide high quality graduate education at the Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) level in the scientific field of neuroscience. 

The program invites graduates of Departments of domestic Universities and Higher Technological Institutes and graduates of recognized equivalent institutions abroad to submit their candidacy for enrollment. The program will accept maximum 25 full time students and 5 part-time students. 

Students from foreign institutions should recognize their Academic Titles following acceptance to the program. Under Law 4485/17, a Postgraduate Diploma is not awarded to a student whose first degree from a foreign institution has not been recognized by the Interdisciplinary Organization of Recognition of Academic Titles and Information (Διεπιστημονικό Οργανισμό Αναγνώρισης Τίτλων Ακαδημαϊκών και Πληροφόρησης (Δ.Ο.Α.Τ.Α.Π.), according to Law 3328/2005 (A 80). 

For the evaluation and selection of candidates the Selection Committee applying the law (4485/2017), additional criteria defined by the competent bodies, as well as the decisions of the Special Interdepartmental Committee, takes into consideration the documents described below as well as the performance in the interview. 

Interested graduate students are invited to submit the following documents during the period of 18th of May to 18th of June 2020. 

1. Application Form-Personal Statement-Detailed curriculum vitae (at the Program website, please send this as pdf upon electronic submission of the application and as hard copy upon submission by regular mail to the department of Biology)
2. Synopsis of your Biographical Sketch as an excel document (excel document found at the Program website, please send this as pdf upon electronic submission of the application and as hard copy upon submission by regular mail to the department of Biology)
3. Certified copy of Diploma or certificate of completion of studies (hard copy and pdf). NOTE: If the certificate of completion of studies is not available during the application period, the students should submit it by the 25th of September, 2020 the latest.
4. Detailed list of all undergraduate courses and grades (hard copy and pdf)
5. A one page summary of the Undergraduate Research Thesis (hard copy and pdf)
6. Publications in peer-reviewed journal (hard copy and pdf)
7. Evidence of professional or research activity (if any and other than that obtained during the Undergraduate Research Thesis, hard copy and pdf)
8. A Photocopy of both sides of your identity card (hard copy and pdf)
9. Certificate of the ranking of the student, issued by the administration of the Department, (if such document is issued, hard copy and pdf)
10. Two reference letters with special reference to the relevant ranking of the applicant. The reference letters will be sent to the administration of the Program directly by the referees to [email protected].
11. Certificate of Proficiency in English (hard copy and pdf). Knowledge of English is documented by one of the following ways:

• Diploma from an Educational Body of an English-speaking country or a postgraduate program taught in English 
• Certificate of Proficiency in English 
• Certificate of Toefl score at least 500 points (or 300 with the new way of evaluation) 
• IELTS certificate with a grade of 6.5 or more 
• National Certificate of Language Proficiency (level B2) 

The Dates of the interviews will be announced on the webpage but are expected to be on the July 1st to 3nd, 2020 

NOTE: Greek students are not required to have the documents provided by the Greek Universities translated in English. Nobody is required to translate their Undergraduate Research Project. 

The starting date of the courses is predicted to be between the first week of October. The exact date will be announced later 

Please, send all documents by E-mail to [email protected] AND by regular mail to: 

Secretariat of the Department of Biology Zografou 157 84 Panepistimiopolis, Zografou Athens Greece Or Γραμματεία Τμήματος Βιολογίας 157 84 Ζωγράφου Πανεπιστημιούπολη Ζωγράφου Αθήνα, Ελλάδα 

Related information and the required application forms-are listed on the webpage of the Program: http://masterneuroscience.biol.uoa.gr 

Courses/ ECTS

1st Semester-Obligatory Courses:

• Developmental Neuroscience 4
• Gross and microscopic anatomy of the nervous system 3,5
• Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5,5
• Technical courses 5
• Lab rotation 12

Total ECTs of the 1st semester 30

2nd Semester-Elective Courses:

• Neurobiological Basis of Diseases of the Nervous System 6
• Neuropharmacology 6
• Behavioral Neuroscience in animals 6
• Neuroimmunology 3
• Neuroendocrinoplogy 3
• Electrophysiology 3
• Computational Neuroscience 3

2nd Semester-Obligatory Course:

• Obligatory Lab rotation 12

Total ECTs of the 2nd semester 30

3nd & 4th Semester-Obligatory Course:

• Research Thesis Project 60

Total ECTs of the 3nd and 4th semester 60
Total ECTs 120