University of Helsinki

Key Research Areas

The Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences as well the Neuroscience Center host internationally prominent neurobiology research teams which use a wide variety of methods, often combining electrophysiological and molecular biological techniques. The research strategies are based on an integrative approach by addressing questions at different levels of organization (from molecules to behaviour) and at different stages of development, under normal and pathophysiological states, etc. Read more information on the research at the Neuroscience Center and the research of the Major of Physiology and Neuroscience.

Teaching provided by the research groups in Viikki forms a major part of the Master´s Program of Neuroscience. The strong research-based teaching offers MNEURO students an opportunity to complete their training courses and their Master’s Thesis in internationally recognized neuroscience research groups.

 

In addition to graduate-level teaching, the MNEURO will cooperate with the Finnish Graduate School for Neuroscience (FGSN), the Helsinki Graduate School of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (GSBM) and the Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School (HBGS) to arrange special courses for PhD training. Furthermore, via its representative in Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS), the MNEURO participates in creating standards for European Master’s and Doctorate degrees in neuroscience.