Hello Aspirant,

Both neuroscience and psychology are very interesting fields of study. While neuroscience mainly focus on studying brain and nervous system ,psychology focis on studying human behavior and its causes. In fact both are interlinked and they fall under the same area which is behavioral sciences.

To pursue neuroscience you should forst complete BSc in Neuroscience and continue till PhD to enter research and teaching field which is the basic option. However in India , you may not find BSc in Nueroscience that easily .

Hence ,Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biotechnology are other starting points apart from BSc to pursue PhD in Neuroscience. This is because neuroscience involves computer science and math , so of you are from a technical background ,it will be easier at higher levels.
Apart from that other career options for neuroscience are:

Behavioral/cognitive neuroscientist
Clinical neuroscientist
Developmental neuroscientist
Neuroanatomist
Neurobiologist
Neurochemist
Neuropathologist
Neuropharmacologist
Neurophysiologist
Neuropsychologist

You will work alongside neurosurgeons and psychiatrists. The scope in India might be a bit limited but abroad ,the opportunites are plenty especially for research.

These are some institutes offering neuroscience degree:

Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore

Madras University offers an MSc in Neuroscience, Chennai

National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Haryana

Jiwaji University, Gwalior

IIT Gandhinagar

NIMHANS, Bangalore

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

Madras University

Armed Forces of Medical College

KIMS Foundation and Research Center

National Brain Research Centre


After B.Sc in Neuroscience ,B.Tech or any related degree ,one need to go till PhD to enter into research field. Some specializations under neurosciene are:

Behavioral Neuroscience: the study of biological behavior and how the brain works.

Cellular Neuroscience: The study of neurons including their form.

Molecular Neuroscience: the study of the role of individual molecules in the nervous system.

Neuro-engineering: using engineering techniques to better understand, replace, repair, or improve neural systems.

Comig to psychology ,there are many specializations like clinical psychology,counselling psychology,sports psychology,child psychology,industrial psychology and many more. So here again , you need to complete B.Sc and MSc from reputed institute to start a career in psychology. You can join as counselors , human resourse professional, Consultant, teaching etc. To go to advance levels like research or independent practice you need to complete PhD. To practice as a licensed clinical psychologist you need to complete M.Phill ,Ph.D in Clinical psychology branch and get the RCI license. Again in India the demand in still growing well but if you go abroad the options are plenty . Both in terms ot salary and career growth ,abroad it better.

Some top colleges to complete BA/BSc in Psychology in India are:

Lady Shri Ram College for Women.

Jesus and Mary College.

Jai Hind College, Mumbai.

Fergusson College, Pune.

Indraprastha College for Women.

Mithibai College, Mumbai.

Christ University.

St. Xavier's Mumbai.

Some useful links for psychology :

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.careers360.com/courses/psychology-course&ved=2ahUKEwjR2MCWnKPuAhUa73MBHSMOBdoQFjADegQIHxAB&usg=AOvVaw0mQrQmigxXxzmzT9WOyDj7

All the best

Cognitive Science can be a great course for you according to your interest. To know about Cognitive Science you should search on internet to get a clear point of view.

For the course you can do a BSc in any or preferably in Psychology. After that you can get admitted in MSc Cognitive Science in IIT's qualifying entrance exams.Also Benaras University offers the course. For more info click the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-technology-gandhinagar/msc-cognitive-science-course

I hope my answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!