Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute, which is the focal point for an integrated four-year M.Sc./Ph.D. programme in Neuroscience. The structure of the programme is tailored to ensure a broad, interdisciplinary experience of laboratory techniques, clinical methods and coursework. Research and training is conducted within custom-designed laboratories, interaction spaces, seminar rooms and write-up spaces, in an explicitly interdisciplinary context, where fundamental, problem-orientated research is conducted in the context of a desire to contribute to human health and welfare. Students initially register for a Masters degree and on successful completion of the academic training requirements, transfer to the Ph.D. register at the end of the first year. Students who do not satisfy the requirements, or for their own reasons choose to do so, may be
awarded the degree of M.Sc. in Neuroscience after successfully completing the first year's coursework and achieving a pass mark in the M.Sc. dissertation. The entry to the programme in October 2004 was funded by the Health Research Board as a pilot evaluation of a 4-year Ph.D. programme.