神经工程学的跨学科博士学位重点课程是一个多学科计划，汇集了数学，生命与物理科学系（MLPS）和工程学院的教职员工，以提供研究生培训。具有以下参与博士学位目标的博士生可以申请该重点课程：化学工程，计算机科学，动力神经科学，电气与计算机工程，机械工程以及心理与脑科学。神经工程学的目的是用计算模型描述神经元，神经网络和神经系统功能的行为，以帮助开发可以解释和控制信号并产生有目的响应的设备。作为一个领域，它借鉴了计算神经科学，实验神经科学，电气工程，计算机工程，机器人技术，材料科学和纳米技术。UCSB的Neuro
The Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Dynamical Neuroscience utilizes computational methods to understand brain-mind interactions across all levels of architecture, from single neurons to complex networks, with a focus on the roles of these levels in an organism's behavior. Because of the intrinsic interdisciplinary nature of modern neuroscience and the field's urgent need for cross-disciplinary, graduate-level training, this program brings together faculty located in seven departments on campus. Students conduct research in areas such as cognitive psychology, neuroimaging, biology, physics, computer science and engineering.