Admission

Applications will open from Tuesday, February 18th 2020 to Tuesday, June 30th 2020.

Applications submitted before Tuesday, February 18th 2020, 12:00am and after Tuesday, June 30th 2020, 11:59pm will not be examined will not be examined.

Conditions to apply for the 1st year of our master program (M1):

• having obtained or being in the process of validating a Licence 3 or a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical sciences, life sciences or an equivalent degree with a major in biology and a minor in neuroscience

Conditions to apply directly for the 2nd year of our master program (M2):

• For students in science or engineering:
  • having obtained or being in the process of validating a Master 1 in the field of neuroscience or equivalent with a minimum of 2-month internship in neuroscience
  • having obtained or being in the process of validating a Master’s degree (see above)
  • being a 3rd year student in an engineering school (with a major in biology or neurobiology)

• For students in health science (medical, pharmacy):
  • being a 3rd year student in the “Medicine-Science” specific program
  • being a 3rd year student in the “Pharmacy-Science” specific program at Paris Descartes University or at l’Ecole de l’Inserm Liliane Bettencourt
  • being an intern or Doctor of Medicine (MD), Pharmacy (Pharm.D)

NB. The admission committee reserves the right to propose students’ applications for a M1 (instead of a M2) after examining their applications and according to their background

Document format accepted: PDF only

1. A photocopy of your passport, national ID card if you are a European citizen or French national identity card if you are a French citizen

2. A Curriculum Vitae in English only (2 pages max)

3. A letter of personal statement in English only (2 pages max)

4. Photocopies of ALL of your transcripts from your higher education years (merged in two PDF files maximum) in their original language AND the certified translation in French or English

5. Photocopies of ALL of your diplomas from your higher education years in their original language AND the certified translation in French or English

NB.Transcripts from the current semester ONLY can be sent later (as soon as you receive them) at the following email address: contact@master-neuroscience-paris.fr

6. Photocopy of the language certificate that you have passed:

For M1 application:
⇒ A B2 level is required in French
The following tests are accepted:

• TCF 400
• DELF B2

⇒ A B2 level is required in English
The following tests are accepted:

• ELTS 6
• TOEFL 87
• Cambridge English First
• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) level B2
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

For M2 application:
⇒ A B2 level is required in English
The following tests are accepted:

• IELTS 6
• TOEFL 87
• Cambridge English First
• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) level B2
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

NB. If you are currently registered to take an exam which will determine your language level before July 1st:
a) Attach a PDF file simply stating the name of the exam/certificate and the date planned for the test
b) Send the results to master.neuroscience@parisdescartes.fr as soon as you receive them before July 1st maximum

7. Name and contact of your 2 main academic referees. A request for a letter of recommendation will be directly sent to them.
What we mean by academic referees: professors in your university of origin and outside if possible (e.g. a laboratory you worked at), in scientific or technological fields. We only accept their professional/academic email address (no hotmail, gmail or personal email address).
You will be informed by an automatic email as soon as we receive their recommendation letters. You will also be informed a few days before the end of your batch if we still haven’t received their letters so you can contact them directly and remind them to send it before the deadline.

8. Any other document that you would like to add (merged into 2 PDF files maximum)

9. Fill the online form: APPLY

Please note that your application will not be considered if you do not fill out the online form thoroughly

In order for your application to be examined, it must be complete. It is your responsibility.

If your application is not complete, it will only be examined when it is complete. It will be moved to the next batch and so on until it is complete.

Please note that it is in your best interest to apply as early as possible, as some or all tracks may be full after the first rounds of admission.

Foreign students should apply particularly early given the length of procedures to obtain a visa.

During the examination of your application, you may be contacted by some faculty for a phone, in-person or skype interview in English.

Once your complete application is examined by the admission committee, there are 3 possibilities:

• Either you will receive an authorization of registration certificate
• Or you will receive a notification of refusal
• Or you will receive a notification stating that you are put on the waiting list. In this last case, your application will be examined by the last commission (provided that some positions are still available at that stage in the tracks you have applied for) and the final decision will be sent to you by July 31st at the latest.

NB. Please note that once your application is accepted for the M2 track you chose, you will not be able to change tracks. Make sure you choose the track that really corresponds to your aspirations.

1st BATCH: if you apply between Feb 18th at 12am and March 31st at 11:59pm, you shall get a reply by April 30th

2nd BATCH: if you apply between April 1st at 12am and May 15th at 11:59pm, you shall get a reply by June 15th

3rd BATCH: if you apply between May 16th at 12am and June 30th at 11:59pm, you shall get a reply by July 31st