<p>Pitt and Carnegie-Mellon have a joint program, the [Center</a> for the Neural Basis of Cognition](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/]Center”>http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/), and a joint undergrad program in [computation</a> neuroscience](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/upnc/]computation”>http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/upnc/). It may be the best such center in the country combining Pitt’s bioscience/neuroscience/psychology with CMU’s computer science. The two universities’ campuses are adjacent and overlapping with one another. </p>
<p>In any case, it does not matter at all what neuroscience field you specialize in at undergrad level, or even if its neuroscience at all, although you do want to get extensive research experience in some sort of biosciences. If you want some sort of AI, some sort of computer science training would be good. It’s nice to do what you are interested in, but you really don’t settle on your specialty in the field until one is at the post-doc level of training. Pitt has a fantastic [general</a> undergrad neuroscience program](<a href=“http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/]general”>http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/) with access to undergrad research at all the CNBC labs.</p>