Neuroscience advisors are available to support all students within the Neuroscience major and minor. Advisors offer drop-in advising sessions and 30-minute advising appointments to current UCLA undergraduate students. Please contact your assigned College Counseling Unit regarding College/University requirements, graduation and long-term degree planning, and major/minor exploration outside of Neuroscience. Please contact the respective School/departmental advisors for inquiries regarding other majors and minors.

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Fall 2025 Academic Advising

Please see below for information on getting in touch with our advising office during the fall quarter. Please note that our office is currently short-staffed, so we kindly ask for your patience in communicating with our office as our program works to hire a new academic advisor.

Email

Neuroscience advisors can be contacted via email at neurosci@ucla.edu. UCLA students, please ensure to include your UID in your email correspondence.

Note: We aim to respond to all email inquiries as soon as possible, however please allow for up to 2-3 business days to receive a response.

Virtual Drop-In Advising

Virtual drop-in advising sessions are designated for quick advising questions that can be addressed within 5-10 minutes. These sessions operate on a first-come, first-serve basis. Upon joining, students may need to wait in the virtual waiting room and will be admitted in the order that they joined once the advisor is available to assist them. To ensure meeting with an advisor, please join drop-ins at least 10 minutes prior to the end of the session.

Fall 2025 Virtual Drop-In Advising (Week 8 ONLY)

Monday (11/17): 10AM – 11:30AM, 1:30PM – 2:30PM

Tuesday (11/18): 9AM – 10AM, 11AM – 12PM, 2PM – 3PM

Wednesday (11/19) : 1PM – 2:30PM

To join virtual drop-ins, please click here.

30-Minute Advising Appointments

Students can schedule a 30-minute advising appointment for in-depth inquiries that require a longer meeting. Advising appointments are available Monday – Friday, and are offered virtually and in-person (depending on advisor availability). Appointment slots for the upcoming week are released on Fridays. Please check the booking site consistently for openings if there are none immediately available. Our advising office is busy especially during peak times of the quarter (e.g., beginning of the quarter, enrollment periods, etc.), so if you are unable to schedule an advising appointment, please consider emailing us or attending a virtual drop-in session. Please plan to join your scheduled advising appointment on time and prepared. We offer a 10-minute grace period, however students must reschedule the advising appointment once the grace period has passed.

To schedule a 30-minute advising appointment, please click here.

Note: Advising appointments will be limited during the Winter 2026 enrollment period.

Appointment Cancelations

If you need to cancel your scheduled advising appointment, please do so as soon as possible via the booking site so that another student may schedule an appointment. If you are unable to cancel the appointment manually, please email neurosci@ucla.edu to cancel the appointment in advance.

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Neuroscience Mailing List

All UCLA undergraduate Neuroscience students are added to our mailing list upon matriculation into UCLA or declaring the major/minor. This is our primary method of communication for providing program information and updates, as well as sharing a weekly digest filled with opportunities and resources relevant to Neuroscience majors and minors. To be added to our mailing list, please email neurosci@ucla.edu with your UID and preferred email address.