MRes Neurotechnology
Key information
Overview
This course provides a grounding in neurotechnology research, and enables you to develop the technical skills required to carry out successful PhD work.
Neurotechnology is the use of insights and tools from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering to investigate neural function and treat dysfunction. Brain-related illnesses affect more than two billion people worldwide, and the numbers are growing. Reducing this burden is a major challenge for society.
The MRes Neurotechnology is a one year full-time programme which will provide you with technical knowledge, expertise and transferable skills in this exciting area. Our MRes will prepare you for an innovative research career at the interface between neuroscience and engineering, in academia, industry, or elsewhere.
The programme comprises lectures, practical work and workshops in the first term, followed by full-time work on a research project. In addition, you will attend regular symposia and a neurotechnology journal club throughout the year. Your research project will be supervised by a multidisciplinary team of at least two Imperial College London supervisors who will bring technical and neuroscience expertise to the project.
The MRes Neurotechnology also forms the first year of the four-year CDT Neurotechnology programme. Students on the one-year course benefit from interaction with CDT cohorts throughout the programme.
Careers
The MRes Neurotechnology provides unique training at the interface between neuroscience and engineering, enhancing your skills in research, analysis and scientific presentation and developing your ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
Our programme provides a solid foundation in research for those continuing with a neurotechnology career, whether within the CDT Neurotechnology programme or a separate PhD, or working in industry.
Contacting a supervisor
Please note that you must contact a potential academic supervisor before applying, and there is more detail on what you need to in the before you apply section.
Structure
Modules shown are for the current academic year and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.
Please note that the curriculum of this course is currently being reviewed as part of a College-wide process to introduce a standardised modular structure. As a result, the content and assessment structures of this course may change for your year of entry. We therefore recommend that you check this course page before finalising your application and after submitting it as we will aim to update this page as soon as any changes are ratified by the College.
Find out more about the limited circumstances in which we may need to make changes to or in relation to our courses, the type of changes we may make and how we will tell you about changes we have made.
Structure
Core modules
- Computational Methods Training
- Ethical and Social Implications of Neurotechnology
- Introduction to Neuroscience
- Neurotechnology Journal Club
- Statistics and Data Analysis
Optional modules
You choose between one and four modules from below.
Some of the below modules come from our MSc degrees, and the assessment for these modules is replaced by a short report.
- Advanced Biomaterials
- Advanced Medical Imaging
- Advanced Physiological Monitoring and Data Analysis
- Advanced Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials
- Biomechanics
- Biomedical Imaging
- Biomimetics
- Brain Machine Interfaces
- Cellular Biomechanics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Electrophysiology
- Health Economics and Decision Making
- Hearing and Speech Processing
- Human Neuromechanical Control and Learning
- Image Processing
- Introduction to Robotics
- Machine Learning and Neural Computation
- Medical Device Entrepreneurship
- MEMS and Nanotechnology
- Nuclear medicine
- Optical Imaging Techniques
- Orthopaedic Biomechanics
- Physiological Fluid Mechanics
- Radiotherapy physics and radiobiology
- Systems Physiology
- Techniques in Molecular Bioengineering
Research project
You complete a nine-month research project supported by at least two academic members of staff from Imperial College. Your supervisors will be experts in their field, with a keen interest in your particular research topic. Your research project will be agreed with your MRes supervisors at the time of application.
You will submit a six-page literature review and thesis proposal in early February and present your preliminary research results as a poster at the Centre for Neurotechnology symposium in the summer. You will then continue to work on your research projects until submission of the MRes thesis in mid-September.
The research project makes up three-quarters of your MRes and provides an opportunity to demonstrate your advanced knowledge and write extensively on your chosen research theme.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching
- Demonstrations
- Group exercises
- Guided practical classes
- Laboratory work
- Lectures
- Individual research project
- Presentations
- Seminars
- Workshops
Assessment
- Coursework
- Oral presentations
- Research thesis
- Written examinations
- Written reports
Staff expertise
You are taught by experts in the field from the Centre of Neurotechnology and will be supervised by at least two members of staff from Imperial College London while completing your thesis.
Course timetable
You will receive your course timetable by the beginning of your studies in October and the core teaching hours for the College are 9am–6pm.
Entry requirements
We welcome students from all over the world and consider all applicants on an individual basis.
Admissions
Minimum academic requirement
Our minimum requirement is a 2.1 degree in engineering or physical science.
Students from a biological or medical sciences background may be considered if they can demonstrate substantial quantitative skills.
International qualifications
We also accept a wide variety of international qualifications.
The academic requirement above is for applicants who hold or who are working towards a UK qualification.
For guidance see our Country Index though please note that the standards listed here are the minimum for entry to the College, and not specifically this Department.
If you have any questions about admissions and the standard required for the qualification you hold or are currently studying then please contact the relevant admissions team.
English language requirement (all applicants)
All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the College.
For admission to this course, you must achieve the standard College requirement in the appropriate English language qualification. For details of the minimum grades required to achieve this requirement, please see the English language requirements for postgraduate applicants.
How to apply
You can submit one application form per year of entry, and usually choose up to two courses.
How to apply
Before you apply
All applicants must apply online and full details of the process are given in the how to apply section below.
There are additional steps in the application process for some of our postgraduate courses, including this one.
You must decide on a supervisor and agree on a project with them before you apply for this course. Please review the below pages which will help you in identifying a supervisor and give greater detail on the steps you need to take before making an application.
Making an application
To apply for this course, you need to use our online application system.
You can submit one application form per year of entry, and usually choose up to two courses.
ATAS certificate (overseas candidates)
An ATAS certificate is required for all Non-EEA/Swiss nationals who require a visa to study in the UK.
To apply for an ATAS certificate online, you will need your programme details and the relevant Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) code and ‘descriptor’. For this course, these are:
| CAH code | Descriptor |
|---|---|
| CAH10-01-06 | bioengineering, medical and biomedical engineering |
Your Tier 4 visa application, or extension of stay, will automatically be refused if you need an ATAS certificate and cannot provide one.
For further guidance on obtaining an ATAS certificate please see the information on our International Student Support website.
Tuition fees and funding
The level of tuition fees you pay is based on your fee status, which we assess based on UK government legislation.
For more information on the funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Fees and Funding website.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees (Home and EU students)
| 2019 entry |
|---|
| £13,250 per year |
Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.
Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2019 will apply to fees for the academic year 2019–2020.
Tuition fees (Overseas and Islands students)
| 2019 entry |
|---|
| £31,250 per year |
Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.
Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2019 will apply to fees for the academic year 2019–2020.
Postgraduate Master's loan
If you are a Home or EU student who meets certain criteria, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan of up to £10,906 from the UK government. The loan is not means-tested, and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
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We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students to support you through your studies. Try our scholarships search tool to see what you might be eligible for.
There are a number of external organisations also offer awards for Imperial students, find out more about non-Imperial scholarships.
Accommodation and living costs
Living costs, including accommodation, are not included in your tuition fees.
You can compare costs across our different accommodation options on our Accommodation website.
A rough guide to what you might expect to spend to live in reasonable comfort in London is available on our Fees and Funding website.
Further information
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