Neuroscience is the discipline concerned with the scientific study of the nervous system in health and disease. It probes the intricate machinery of the nervous system in an attempt to understand how we think, move, perceive, learn and remember. Research in the neurosciences is of considerable importance in medicine, considering the debilitating and costly effects of neurological and psychiatric disease. In this regard, a major goal of modern neuroscience research is to elucidate the underlying causes, and to produce more effective treatments for major brain diseases such as Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and depression.

As a graduate of neuroscience you can expect to find employment in organisations that utilise your general scientific training as well as your specialist skills (some recent graduates are now employed by Pfizer, Abbott and Quintiles). You may also study for a higher degree in neuroscience, biological or psychological research, and pursue a research career in an academic, government, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical research organisation (some recent graduates are now employed by the Trinity Institute of Neuroscience). If you do not want to pursue a research career, the course provides transferable skills suitable for a wide variety of careers in teaching, business, management and industry. Some graduates also go on to take professional degrees in medicine, speech therapy or allied health-related sciences.