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Doctorate (PhD) in neuroscience

The doctorate in neuroscience is jointly organised by the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne as a postgraduate course in neuroscience.

The aim of the doctoral programme in neuroscience, the (Ecole doctorale de neurosciences lémaniques) (LNDS), is to provide students with general knowledge in neuroscience, whatever the subject of their thesis. The doctoral programme offers courses and training activities ranging from cellular and molecular neuroscience to cognitive, clinical and computational neuroscience.

After completing the doctoral training program, candidate鈭檓ust have obtained 18 to 20 study credits, according to the ECTS credit system. At the end of this programme, the PhD candidate will have demonstrated that he/she is able to:

  • Basic knowledge in various areas of neuroscience, including basic and clinical/applied neuroscience. The Scientific Committee encourages candidates to take courses outside their own areas of expertise. Topics to be explored will range from molecular and cellular neuroscience to systems, behavioural and cognitive neuroscience.
  • Additional and specific knowledge on the subject of PhD candidate research project. PhD candidate targets doctoral programme activities workshops or training courses. Training activities or events that take place in other training programmes may be validated as long as the topics are relevant to the PhD candidate research project and are not part of his/her previous academic training. The Coordination Office and the Scientific Committee of the programme judge the validity of an educational activity on the basis of the descriptions provided by the organisers of this activity.
  • Knowledge of statistical methods and their application to the analysis and interpretation of scientific data.
  • Compétences en communication scientifique écrite et orale.

Find a host group

Candidates wishing to apply for a doctorate in neuroscience must :

  • Find a host group and a thesis director who is part of the research groups affiliated with the Lemanic neuroscience doctoral program. ()
  • Define a thesis project together with the thesis director and get approval by the doctoral program.

Registration and admission

  • PhD candidates register in the host university and faculty of their thesis director.
  • The application is reviewed by the UNIGE Admission Service and the scientific committee of the Lemanic neuroscience doctoral school (LNDS) presided by Pr Anthony Holtmaat.
  • Contact the program coordinator for questions.

Follow-up on thesis progression and thesis defence

In general, the rules of the faculty of enrollment of the PhD candidate apply.
Program-specific rules and guidelines can be found on .

Please contact the program coordinator for further questions.