Applying to the INP
The INP and the BBS
Students seeking entry into the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program should apply through the Neuroscience track of Yale's
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program. The BBS is an umbrella program which encompasses many other fields of
study in the biological sciences in addition to neuroscience.
Students who are accepted into the BBS program in the Neuroscience track will first complete one year of course work and lab
rotations as BBS students. At the end of the first year of study, students in all tracks of the BBS are required to select a dissertation
adviser, at which point they cease to be in the BBS program and formally join a degree-granting program. Students who come into
Yale via the Neuroscience track of the BBS will generally join either the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (and will thus
receive a Ph.D. in Neuroscience) or the Neurobiology department (and will thus receive a Ph.D. in Neurobiology).
Clearly, then, there are close associations among the BBS program, the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, and the Neurobiology
department, although all three are distinct entities. In all cases, however, applicants who wish to receive degrees in either Neuroscience
or Neurobiology should begin by applying to the Neuroscience track of the BBS. Those with further questions are encouraged to contact
the registrars and/or Directors of Graduate Studies for the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program and Neurobiology department, or the
coordinators of the BBS program.
Relevant links:
http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/academics/bbs.html Overview of the BBS program
at the main website of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs Main website for the BBS program with frequently asked questions, track descriptions, and more.
http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/applT.html The BBS application process.
http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool Main website of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Go here
for a complete list of Yale's Ph.D.-granting programs and general information on attending graduate school at Yale.
http://www.med.yale.edu/neurobio Home page of the Neurobiology department.
Contact information for the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program