New Students

Read your IPN Student Handbook. The student handbook contains official guidelines and requirements of students completing their Ph.D. in the IPN.

Follow the BGE New Student Checklist to set up your student ID card, email account, and immunizations.

Follow the steps in the BGE New Student Checklist to activate or waive your student health insurance. You may also choose to enroll in dental insurance.

Choosing your first lab rotation before you arrive in the program can be complicated. Take advantage of our faculty and student profile pages to learn about research in the IPN. Email faculty and students who have rotated in the labs you are considering to learn about their research, availability, and experience. The more you can learn at this time, the better. Keep in touch with the IPN program director and the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) chair throughout this process.

You will do your first rotation in the Summer semester. By the previous May, you should begin contacting laboratories that you are interested in working with. By the middle of June, you should have already chosen the lab you will work in. If you have any questions about rotations, feel free to contact the IPN director.

Once you have chosen a lab, you will need to do complete the pre-rotation form and email the program director, SAC director and program administrator with your summer rotation information.

Our Summer semester starts on July 1. You will enroll in NSCI 8001 Experiences in Neuroscience, a 0-credit pass/fail course to gauge and help support your basic neuroscience knowledge before the beginning of the Fall semester coursework. You will also be enrolled in a summer laboratory rotation (NSCI 9985). Visit the Course Schedule page for enrollment information.

In addition to the Summer courses, you will also participate in Neurofest, a meeting with IPN faculty to learn about their research.