Graduate Students

Prospective Students

Graduate students interested in Picower Institute opportunities should go through Admissions at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences or the Department of Biology at MIT.

Become a graduate student at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT

Become a graduate student at the Department of Biology at MIT

RAs and TAs

Reseach Assistant and Teaching Assistant opportunities within the Picower Insititute are coordinated through the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

Denise Heintze

MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Graduate Program

Building 46 Room 2005
77 Massachusetts Avenue 
Cambridge, MA 02139-7403

Phone 617.253.5741
Email heintze@mit.edu

MCN Program

A collaborative endeavor which broadens graduate student choice in neuroscience research at MIT is the Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (MCN) track for graduate education.

Innovative neuroscience research is being carried out across these areas, bridging the molecular and cellular field with neuroengineering, systems neuroscience, neurodevelopment and neurochemistry. The new graduate Ph.D. MCN track will allow incoming students access to the world-class neuroscience faculty across campus. By bridging research laboratories in multiple departments and centers, the MCN track will provide an outstanding and unprecedented research and training environment for the top neuroscience undergraduates from around the globe.