Program Description:

Title: UCL Gatsby Bridging Program 2025

Application Deadline: 30 Mar 2025.

The Gatsby Bridging Programme is a mathematics summer school for penultimate- or final-year undergraduates and Master’s students (incl. recent graduates) who aspire to pursue a postgraduate research degree in Theoretical Neuroscience and/or Machine Learning but whose predoctoral degree(s) does not have a strong mathematical focus. During the program, you will develop mathematical intuitions and learn the mathematics skills necessary to enter these fields.

We aim to be inclusive and to increase the diversity of students entering both fields. Thus, we particularly encourage applications from students in underrepresented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), whose socioeconomic background and/or other circumstances may have made it more difficult for them to reach their full academic potential or to consider postgraduate study and research in STEM.

1. Have a keen interest in postgraduate research in theoretical neuroscience and/or machine learning.
2. Be currently taking or have recently completed an undergraduate or Master’s degree which does not offer the type of mathematical training in our program (see Programme Syllabus). If you are an undergraduate student, you must be in the penultimate or final year of your degree.
3. Have a background in a relevant field such as biological sciences (neuroscience or cognitive psychology in particular) or computer science.
4. Have A-level (or equivalent) mathematics (see A-level subject content for mathematics).
5. Have proven and potential academic excellence.
6. Have a good command of the English language.
7. Consent to abide by the terms and conditions of the offer, should you be made one.

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