Neuroscience

Program Overview

Neuroscience asks how billions of neurons create sensory, emotional and intellectual life and all animal behaviour. The field is interdisciplinary, drawing on genetics, chemistry, molecular biology, mathematics, systems biology, computer science and cognitive science. How competitive: for the Class of 2029, which entered in fall 2025, Harvard admitted 4.2% of its 47,893 applicants; it publishes no separate figure for international applicants. It sets no IB minimum and no subject requirement, and it requires the SAT or ACT: IB results, final or predicted, count in their place only in exceptional cases. Students apply to Harvard College and choose a concentration, Harvard's name for a major, from 50 fields.