Intercalation
The School welcomes all intercalating medical, dental and vet students on to our courses in Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Physiological Sciences.
Specific information about intercalated degrees within this school is below. Find out more about intercalated degrees at Bristol and how to apply.
Entry requirements
There are no official entry requirements for external intercalators. Applications are judged on academic performance in your medical course up to the time of the application.
We expect to only offer places to candidates whose average performance is over 60 per cent (or equivalent if based on other mark scales).
Entry to all courses requires:
- An outline of the teaching that demonstrates an appropriate background to intercalation in Neuroscience, Pharmacology or Physiological Science;
- strong references.
Places are dependent on availability and the number of places varies each year.
Course structure
Please see the tables below for an outline of the intercalation course structure for each of our programmes.
Neuroscience
| Units (totaling 120 credit points) | Credit points (CP) | Components | Mark allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concepts and skills (mandatory) | 20 CP (16.66%) | Experimental Design and Statistics | 6.6% |
| Library Project | 6.6% | ||
| Public Engagement with Science | 3.3% | ||
| Research project* (mandatory) | 40 CP (33.33%) | Project Review (Essay & Abstract) | 6.7% |
| Dissertation | 20% | ||
| Project Talk | 3.3% | ||
| Supervisor's Assessment | 3.3% | ||
|
Optional Units** You may take one of these units with the above options subject to timetabling constraints |
20 CP (16.66%) | Synaptic Plasticity or Sensational Neuroscience | 16.66% |
| Molecular Neuroscience or Neuroscience of Pain or Future of Molecular Medicine | 16.66% | ||
| Neurological & Psychiatric Disorders or Brain & Behaviour | 16.66% | ||
| The Heart in Health & Disease | 16.66% | ||
| Cardiovascular System in Health & Disease | 16.66% | ||
| Let's go with the flow, the urinary tract from beginning to end | 16.66% | ||
| Pharmacology of ion channels and synaptic transmission | 16.66% | ||
| Receptor signalling and non-drug therapies | 16.66% | ||
| Pharmacology of the Nervous System | 16.66% |
* Note that several types of projects are available, including experimental, non-experimental (literature based) and teaching. You will be able to express a preference for individual projects, but we cannot guarantee that you will be allocated to a particular project or project type.
** Note that you are able to express a preference for which optional units you would like to study, but we cannot guarantee that you will be able to take a particular optional unit if it is oversubscribed.
Find out more about the units for Neuroscience.
Pharmacology
| Units (totaling 120 credit points) | Credit points (CP) | Components | Mark allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concepts and skills | 20 CP (16.66%) | Exam: Experimental Design and Statistics | 8.3% |
| Experimental Design Oral and Written Presentation | 8.3% | ||
| Pharmacology of ion channel and synaptic transmission | 20 CP (16.66%) | Essay / Data analysis / Figure interpretation | 1.66% |
| Exam | 15% | ||
| Receptor signaling and non-drug therapies | 20 CP (16.66%) | Essay / Data analysis / Figure interpretation | 1.66% |
| Exam | 15% | ||
| Pharmacology of the nervous system | 20 CP (16.66%) | Essay / Data analysis / Figure interpretation | 1.66% |
| Exam | 15% | ||
| Pharmacology Research Project* | 40 CP (33.33%) | Dissertation | 30% |
| Poster | 3.33% | ||
|
Optional Units*** You may take one of these units with the above options subject to timetabling constraints |
20 CP (16.66%) | Synaptic Plasticity | 16.66% |
| Synaptic Cell Biology | 16.66% | ||
| Brain and Behaviour | 16.66% | ||
| Neuroscience of Pain | 16.66% | ||
| New Horizons in Medicine | 16.66% | ||
| Neurological and Psychiatric disorders (Unit 4D) | 16.66% | ||
| Sensational Neuroscience | 16.66% | ||
| The Heart in Health & Disease | 16.66% | ||
| Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease | 16.66% | ||
|
Let's go with the flow, the urinary tract from beginning to end |
16.66% |
* Note that several types of projects are available, including experimental and non-experimental (literature based). You will be able to express a preference for individual projects, but we cannot guarantee that you will be allocated to a particular project or project type.
Find out more about the units for Pharmacology.
Physiology
| Units (totaling 120 credit points) | Credit points (CP) | Components | Mark allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concepts and skills (mandatory) | 20 CP (16.66%) | Experimental Design and Statistics | 6.6% |
| Library Project | 6.6% | ||
| Public Engagement with Science | 3.3% | ||
| Research project* (mandatory) | 40 CP (33.33%) | Project Review (Essay & Abstract) | 6.7% |
| Dissertation | 20% | ||
| Project Talk | 3.3% | ||
| Supervisor's Assessment | 3.3% | ||
|
Optional Units*** You may take one of these units with the above options subject to timetabling constraints |
20 CP (16.66%) | Heart in Health and Disease or Sensational Neuroscience | 16.66% |
| Neuroscience of Pain or Future of Molecular Medicine | 16.66% | ||
| Cardiovascular Systems in Health and Disease or Brain Behaviour | 16.66% | ||
| Pharmacology of ion channels and synaptic transmission | 16.66% | ||
| Receptor signalling and non-drug therapies | 16.66% | ||
| Pharmacology of the Nervous System | 16.66% | ||
| Synaptic Plasticity | 16.66% | ||
| Synaptic Cell Biology | 16.66% | ||
| Neurological and Psychiatric disorders (Unit 4D) | 16.66% |
* Note that several types of projects are available, including experimental, non-experimental (literature based) and teaching. You will be able to express a preference for individual projects, but we cannot guarantee that you will be allocated to a particular project or project type.
** Note that you are able to express a preference for which optional units you would like to study, but we cannot guarantee that you will be able to take a particular optional unit if it is oversubscribed.
Find out more about the units for Physiology.
How to apply
Find out more about intercalated degrees at Bristol and how to apply.