Doctorate in Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology
Universidade Santiago de Compostela
Key Information
Campus location
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Languages
Spanish, Galician
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 200 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Oct 2024
Introduction
This doctoral program aims to train researchers in the areas of Basic and Applied Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, prioritizing interdisciplinarity. With this perspective, the program includes researchers assigned to different areas of knowledge in the fields of Neurobiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychiatry. It is an interuniversity program, jointly organized by the Universities of Santiago de Compostela (which coordinates it), A Coruña and Vigo.
The aim is to provide technical training and specific knowledge for research in these areas and to facilitate a framework of interrelation between the doctoral students linked to them. It aims to promote an integrative multidisciplinary scientific space that addresses the study of the brain from a morphological, structural, functional, computational and developmental point of view, in addition to its reciprocal relationship with psychosocial variables. All in order to understand human behavior and to facilitate preventive and therapeutic strategies for the main neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders.
The study of the nervous system in general, and the human brain in particular, is one of the priority areas of research throughout the world. One of the greatest challenges of this research is to discover the mysteries of the brain, from molecular functioning to the mechanisms that support processes such as memory, intelligence or conscious action and their interaction with the environment. The progress in the knowledge of the nervous system will allow to fight the diseases that affect it and improve the quality of life. From a more clinical perspective, this program integrates lines that deal with the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental disorders, addressing them from a biopsychosocial perspective.
This Program is part of the 'Network of European Neuroscience Schools' (NENS), a structure created within the framework of the FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) to provide information on postgraduate training in the field of Neuroscience and promote collaboration among European study programs.
Lines of investigation
- Neurobiology. Structure, evolution, development and regeneration of the nervous system
- Pharmacogenomics in neuroscience
- Neurophysiology
- cognitive neuroscience. Psychophysiological and neuropsychological study of higher mental processes in the general population and in special populations
- Clinical and health psychology and psychiatry
- Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and dopaminergic neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease and new therapeutic strategies
- PET and SPECT studies in neurology. Fusion of morphological and functional images
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Ideal Students
For admission to the Program, it will be a requirement to have an official Master's degree in Neuroscience, in Clinical and Health Psychology, in Psychiatry or other master's degrees in the biomedical field, or specialized health training (two years positively evaluated). in areas related to the master's degree (Psychology, Psychiatry, Neurology...) as well as other degrees considered equivalent in the opinion of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program.
Offer of official master's degrees with direct access to the program:
1) University of Santiago de Compostela
- Neuroscience
- Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology.
- General Health Psychology
2) University of A Coruña:
- Neuroscience
3) University of Vigo:
- Neuroscience
Graduates, graduates and masters with experience and/or specific interests in the different areas of knowledge of Neuroscience may also be admitted, following a report from the CAPD, as long as they meet the general requirements for access to the doctorate. Those who do not prove the skills required for access to the Program will have to take additional training.
Foreign students:
Graduates will be able to access it according to foreign educational systems, without the need for approval, after verification by the University that it accredits a level of training equivalent to that of the official Spanish university master's degree and that it entitles the country issuing the degree to access to doctoral studies. This admission will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree of which the interested party is in possession or its recognition for purposes other than access to doctoral education.
Admissions
Curriculum
Formation activities
- Information collection and bibliographic review E2111A01
- Participation in conferences and scientific conferences E2111A02
- Methodological and technical training E2111A03
- Training in communication, dissemination and dissemination of scientific information E2111A04
- Training in research management E2111A05
- Mobility E2111A06
Training complements
- Cell Biology of the Nervous System P2012101
- Neurochemistry P2012102
- Neuroanatomy P2012103
- Physiology of the Nervous System P2012104
- Behavioral Neuroscience P2012105
- Nuclear Explorations in Neurology: SPET and PET. Digital Neuroimaging P2012205
- Therapeutic skills of the general health psychologist P2151101
- Mood: psychological evaluation and intervention P2151102
- Anxiety: psychological evaluation and intervention P2151103
- Psychological evaluation and intervention in additions P2151104
- Psychological intervention in childhood and adolescence P2151105
- Intervention in Health Psychology P2151106
- Applied Neuropsychology P2151107
The training complements will be specified for each student, if necessary, by the CAPD and may not exceed 15 ECTS credits. The completion of these complements may be prior to or simultaneous with enrollment in the program.
As a guideline, and without prejudice to the personalization of each case, additional training must be taken in the following cases:
- Students who, without having completed a master's degree in the field of Neuroscience, wish to complete their thesis along the lines of Neurobiology: They must take between 9 and 15 credits (to be determined by the Commission, depending on previous training) from among the mandatory subjects and electives of the Interuniversity Master in Neuroscience (USC, UVigo, UdC) linked to the Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology module.
- Students who, without having completed a master's degree in the field of Neuroscience or Clinical Psychology, wish to complete their thesis in the line of Cognitive Neuroscience, must take between 9 and 15 credits (to be determined by the Commission, depending on previous training ) from among the mandatory and optional subjects of the Interuniversity Master in Neuroscience (USC, UVigo, UdC) linked to the Cognitive Neuroscience module, or from the subjects assigned to the areas of Psychobiology and Behavioral Sciences Methodology of the Master in Psychology General Sanitary by the USC..
- Students who, without having completed a master's degree in the field of Clinical and Health Psychology, wish to complete their thesis in the lines of Clinical and Health Psychology, must take between 9 and 15 credits (to be determined by the Commission, depending on of previous training) from among the mandatory and optional subjects of the Master in General Health Psychology assigned to the areas of Personality, Psychological Evaluation and Treatment and Methodology of Behavioral Sciences.
- For students who are not pursuing a master's degree in the field of Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology or Psychiatry and wish to complete their thesis in the most technological lines (neuroimaging, computational models, etc.), the necessary training complements will be determined accordingly. individualized based on previous training and the specific field of completion of the thesis, from among the mandatory and optional subjects of the Interuniversity Master in Neuroscience (USC, UVigo, UdC).
- Students who access the program with a Bachelor's degree of 300 ECTS in which research training credits equivalent in training value to research credits from Master's studies are not included, must take between 9 and 15 credits of these characteristics. of the master's degrees in Neuroscience or General Health Psychology indicated above.
Program Outcome
From a scientific point of view, the proposed Doctoral Program aims to train researchers prioritizing interdisciplinarity and covering areas of basic and applied neuroscience and clinical psychology and psychiatry.
Among the greatest challenges of research is understanding the functioning of the brain, from the molecular substrate to the bases of memory, intelligence and conscious action; the mechanisms that support them, and the most appropriate intervention strategies to improve health and quality of life.