Post-graduate degree courses (M.Sc.) of the University of Mumbai are conducted by three departments. The M.Sc. programme in Life Science, with specialization in Neuroscience, was the first of its kind in India. The departments of Microbiology and Biochemistry also run the M.Sc. course. Laboratory facilities are recognized for post-graduation training, and have received infra-structural support from the Department of Science and Technology and the UGC.