Bachelor in Neuroscience (Bachelor's)

For Bachelor in Neuroscience (Bachelor's), tuition is Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $64,200..

The Neuroscience programme at Bowdoin College is a full major that integrates biology and psychology to study the brain and behavior. Students take courses in cellular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience. The programme emphasizes laboratory research and independent study throughout the curriculum.

Focus areas include Cellular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neural Circuits and Behavior, Neurodevelopment and Plasticity, Neurobiology of Disease.

The programme requires 36 credits, including core courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology, plus advanced neuroscience electives and a senior thesis. Students complete a research project under faculty supervision in their final year.

Graduates pursue careers in biomedical research, pharmaceutical development, neuroscience-related healthcare fields, and graduate study in neuroscience or related disciplines.

Applicants must have completed high school with a strong academic record. Required materials include official transcripts, standardized test scores, and a personal statement. International students must also submit English proficiency scores.

The programme totals about 36 credit hours. on-campus, full-time, four-year programme. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 8% of applicants.

Bowdoin’s history includes the story of the land that became the Schiller Coastal Studies Center. William Hastings Thalheimer, a member of the Bowdoin Class of 1927, and his wife, Irma, purchased the Orr’s Island farm in 1957 and later expanded the property. They deeded the land to Bowdoin in 1981, and it transferred to the College in the 1990s. The former family farmhouse remains one of the center’s administrative buildings.

Today, the 118-acre center in Harpswell supports advanced marine research and interdisciplinary work focused on Maine’s coastal environments, economies, and communities. Its two and a half miles of coastline, forest, and field provide a setting for study and teaching. Bowdoin students have used the facility’s seawater-filled wet laboratories and contributed to eelgrass restoration in Casco Bay.

On the Brunswick campus, students study subjects including biology, chemistry, computer and data studies, economics, English, environmental studies, government and legal studies, mathematics, languages, and the arts. Research and practical opportunities include summer projects, community and public service internships, coastal studies, GIS mapping, and work involving artificial intelligence. Bowdoin’s liberal arts education connects classroom learning with questions in society, science, culture, and public life. International students should expect a small-college setting in Brunswick, Maine, with access to both campus resources and coastal fieldwork.