In close apprenticeship relationships with research advisers and other faculty in the program, students are trained to master multidisciplinary techniques in order to address the current issues in neuroscience. The research of each student in the program is supervised by a committee that is chaired by the student's research adviser and includes faculty from the academic units that participate in the Neuroscience Program. 

Neuroscientists at the pharmaceutical laboratories of The DuPont Company, DuPont-Merck, and Zeneca in Wilmington, Delaware, and at the U.S. government laboratories in Aberdeen, Maryland work closely with University faculty in the training of graduate students. Through these experiences, students are exposed to the research environments of industrial and governmental laboratories. 

Students with interest and background in the interdisciplinary aspects of neuroscience should apply to the University through one of the two participating academic units (Departments of Psychology or Biological Sciences). Students must meet the admission requirements of the academic unit to which they apply before they may be considered for admission to the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Students are encouraged to consult with any of the participating faculty, or with the Director of the Neuroscience Program for additional information relating to the neurosciences. Students may also apply to the Program in Neuroscience after matriculation into one of the participating academic units. 

Admission is selective and competitive based on the number of well-qualified applicants and the limits of available faculty and facilities. Those who meet stated minimum academic requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those who fail to meet those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths. 

Students must satisfy the degree requirements of the participating academic unit into which they have been accepted. In addition, to gain competence and breadth in the major areas of neuroscience, students must take four core courses in the neuroscience curriculum, one year of statistics,  and pass a qualifying examination in neuroscience. The core courses in the program are neuroanatomy, cellular neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and integrative neurophysiology.