At Wake Forest University, the journey to mastering neuroscience is both rigorous and richly rewarding, crafted to develop curious minds and prepare the next generation of leaders in the field. Our academic pathways in neuroscience offer an immersive, collaborative environment where students can explore the complexities of the mind and brain at every stage of their academic career—from foundational undergraduate experiences to advanced graduate studies.


The URECA Center is the embodiment of Wake Forest’s historic commitment to and strategic vision for intense, productive, faculty-student collaboration through scholarship. The Center provides an administrative umbrella for mentored, undergraduate scholarship and encourages and supports programs of the highest quality and far-reaching impact.

The Wake Forest Salamanca Neuroscience Program offers STEM students the opportunity to study science at one of the leading neuroscience institutes in Europe. Students on the program are enrolled at the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Salamanca (INCyL), site of cutting-edge research in areas ranging from Parkinson’s Disease to regenerative medicine to cell therapy.

The club aims to provide information and research to Winston-Salem and Wake Forest communities in an effort to broaden the understanding of the human brain and to make neuroscience a fun and enjoyable topic for the entire community to relate to and be involved with.

Every semester faculty and students of the Neuroscience Book Club meets to discuss a book.

IMPULSE is the first international, online neuroscience journal for undergraduate publications. Submissions are reviewed by students worldwide under faculty guidance, and articles are immediately published online as they are accepted.