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Cognitive Science: Mind, Brain and Behaviour - MSc (1)

Overview

Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary field of research that requires collaboration across disciplinary boundaries and has a strong international orientation.

The master program is hosted by the Faculty of Psychology but relies on strong interactions between several departments. Therefore, we offer interdisciplinary classes as well as hands-on research experience in Philosophy, Neural Computation, Psychiatry and the Neurosciences.

  • Start: Winter semester only
  • Application: Master programme restricted.
  • Taught in: English

Master 2.0

Details

Cognitive Science is a dynamic, interdisciplinary area of research. The driving questions within Cognitive Science focus on the theoretical understanding and empirical investigation of cognitive phenomena, e.g.:

  • What are the basic mechanisms of learning, forgetting, and remembering? What are the principles of action guidance in humans, and how do we understand the actions of others?
  • What is the role of emotions in cognitive processing?
  • What are the neural processes underlying object recognition?
  • What does it mean to possess concepts and to be rational?
  • How did the cognitive capacities of humans and animals evolve?

The new 2-year master program at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) offers a unique opportunity to enter into the fascinating field of cognitive science. It combines theoretic and empirical approaches from the participating disciplines, viz. Philosophy, Psychology, Neural Computation, Psychiatry and the Neurosciences. Students will be trained to use different and combined methodologies to gain new insights in contemporary problems and learn to generate interdisciplinary solutions.

Application

Requirement: You need a counseling interview with the programme´s student counselor before registration. In some Master-Programmes there are more specific requirements. Please contact your student counselor.

This Master-Programm is resticted, application by the University online portal.

Student Counseling

Dr. Andreas Utsch (Studienfachberatung)
Building GAFO, Room 04/261
Tel.: +49 234/32 -27895
E-Mail: Andreas Utsch
Office hour: Do 14-15 h, Fr 10-12 h, Anmeldung empfohlen
Homepage Student Counseling

Dr. Leon de Bruin (Information about the structure of the program and contents)
Building GA, Room 3/141
Tel.: +49 234/32 -24724
E-Mail: Leon de Bruin
Office hour: n.V.
Homepage Student Counseling

Dekanat Fakultät für Psychologie
Building GAFO, Room 04/262
Tel.: +49 234/32 -24606
E-Mail: Dekanat Fakultät für Psychologie
Office hour: n.V.
Homepage Student Counseling