Cognitive Neuroscience

Entry requirements

Bachelor requirements

The Master's programme in Cognitive Neuroscience is a selective programme, which means that a selection and placement process applies. The outcome of the assessment of your previous education determines whether you can be admitted to the selection process. You are admissible to the selection process if you have completed a Bachelor's degree in:

· Linguistics

· Physics

· Biology

· Medicine

· Mathematics

· Behavioural Sciences (e.g. Psychology)

· Artificial Intelligence

· or a related discipline.

To start this Research Master’s programme you will need to have obtained a Bachelor’s degree in one of the above mentioned disciplines from an academic university. A degree from a university of applied science (in German: Fachhochschule) is not sufficient. Completion of a pre-master programme in combination with a degree from a university of applied science is also not sufficient.

Language requirements

You need to be fluent in both written and spoken English. Students without a Dutch Bachelor's degree or VWO diploma need one of the following:

· An overall TOEFL iBT score of ≥100, subscores ≥ 22

· An overall IELTS score of ≥7.0, subscores ≥ 6.5

· Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a mark C or higher.

Applicants are considered to be a native speaker of English if they are from Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA or South Africa.

For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Thanks to advanced brain-imaging techniques, scientists are now able to observe the human brain in action. Cognitive neuroscientists therefore no longer have to rely solely on patients with brain damage to ascertain which parts of the brains are involved in which tasks and functions. They can now conduct targeted experiments on healthy persons. As a result, the discipline has gained tremendous momentum over the past twenty years.

This research Master’s programme is open to students with Bachelor’s degrees in Linguistics, Physics, Biology, Medicine, Mathematics, Behavioural Sciences, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline. It offers an in-depth theoretical background by internationally renowned scientists in the first year. The second year is dedicated to elaborate practical training in setting up, conducting and reporting research in cognitive neuroscience. A large majority of our graduates gain a PhD position, while other graduates find jobs in the commercial sector or at research institutes.

Specialisations

The research Master’s programme in Cognitive Neuroscience offers four specialisations that coincide with the research themes of the Donders Institute:

• Language and Communication - Studies the acquisition, understanding and production of language, and their biological underpinning.
• Perception, Action and Control - Studies basic sensorimotor aspects as well as the cognitive, contextual and social components of perception-action coupling.
• Development and Lifelong plasticity - Studies the mechanistic underpinnings and behavioural consequences of long-term changes in neural structure and function.
• Neural Computation and Neurotechnology - Studies the interaction between and within groups of neurons, and with the outside world.

If you have any questions, email us here: study-information@ru.nl

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Fees and funding

There are various scholarships available for studying at Radboud University. Some of the opportunities are described below. A full list, including detailed information, can be found on our website.

• Radboud Scholarship Programme
• Fulbright-Radboud Scholarships