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Our department’s key statistics

Faculty: Our faculty of 69 includes 55 tenured Professors and 14 Lecturers/Teaching Professors. 

To satisfy our research mission, we manage 55 research labs: in molecular, cellular, behavioral, cognitive, and computational neuroscience; developmental, cognitive, and social psychology; clinical and translational science. More than 300 undergraduates conduct research in these laboratories each year.

Funding for research: We receive over $12 million a year in external funding, mostly from the National Institute of Health and National Science Foundation. We have four NIH research training grants which provide research opportunities at the graduate and postdoctoral levels.

To satisfy our teaching mission, nearly 100 graduate students are enrolled in our doctoral program with about 50% funded by external grants and awards, and the remaining students funded through departmental support. At present, we host about 40 post-doctoral fellows and researchers.

We represent the largest major in the College of Arts and Sciences, with over 2,300 undergraduate students majoring in Psychology, Neuroscience, or Clinical Science. We also have nearly 1,000 students pursuing minors.

We teach approximately 15,000 students each year, representing about 45,000 credit hours of study, the highest number of any department in the College.

Facilities that optimize learning

PBS provides students with state-of-the art laboratory experiences, advanced instrumentation, research technology, and enhanced learning spaces. Our facilities and resources equip our students to become future leaders.

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