MunichWeek-Long Study Tour | Neuroscience Program

Required Course(s)
Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety
Available
Fall/Spring semester

Germany is at the forefront of neuroscience in Europe, and the city of Munich is broadly recognized as a research hub across many areas of science, including neurobiology.  

During the Study Tour, you will be exposed to a long range of neuroscience perspectives, some will have you meet leading researchers in the field, and some will give you a unique insight into the history of neuroscience and mental disorders. Made possible by being in places of relevance, now and then.  

You will have the opportunity to see how the knowledge you learn in the classroom translates into research, treatment, and education approaches in a real-world environment. To make your study tour a holistic experience, it consists of visits with researchers, museums, historic sites, and cultural landmarks. 

Tour Objectives

  • Broaden your understanding of the critical connection between academia and science mediation
  • Understand how the neuroscience of fear and anxiety can be a part of everyday life, now and in the past, by exploring historically relevant information and research
  • Broaden your horizon within the field of neuroscience and go beyond the classroom, encouraging you to develop further questions and insights regarding your personal, academic, and professional interests

Possible Activities

  • Visit researchers at the Max Planck Society at the Ludvig Maximilian University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Get a unique insight into science mediation at the Health exhibit at the Deutsches Museum. As well as a unique historical perspective on Fear and Anxiety in Munich
  • Interact with locals to get an understanding of the neuroscience underlying fear and anxiety from a patient point of view