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Master of Neuroscience Applications now CLOSED for 2025!

We have received applications from students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

Our vision

Our vision is of an Africa where people achieve their full potential through brain health.

By addressing existing knowledge gaps and strengthening African research networks, we seek solutions to African challenges and work to ensure that African priorities are represented in global neuroscience.

Training and capacity development

We strive to build research capacity nationally and internationally, and grow the next generation of neuroscience researchers on both the clinical and basic neuroscience career tracks.

Advocacy and engagement

We follow a socially-responsive approach, using advocacy, engagement and outreach to extend our impact to and beyond the scientific community, to industry, government and society more broadly.

The story of a cortex cell atlas, developed in Africa, now published in Nature Genetics.

BIG NEWS!!! Dr Dorit Hockman, NI researcher in the division of Cell Biology, and team have just published a paper in Nature Genetics.

Brand new 'Master of Neuroscience' course opens applications for 2025.

Inviting students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

SANS Symposium 2024: Bridging the bench to bedside gap in African Neuroscience

The Southern African Neuroscience Society (SANS) Symposium 2024, which took place from July 18 - 20, explored the theme “Bridging the bench-to-bedside gap in African Neuroscience”.

UCT’s African Brain Child team triumphs at National Research Foundation Awards

The Neuroscience Institute's African Brain Child team has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation’s Science Team Award in recognition of its work extending the boundaries of scientific research in Africa.