Cognitive Neuroscience - Natural Computing and Neurotechnology (Research) Radboud University

Overview

This track studies the interaction between and within groups of neurons, and how they affect our interactions with the outside world. You’ll gain knowledge of the anatomical and neurophysiological aspects of networks in the human brain and the techniques for the computational analysis and modelling of brain networks. 

This will enable you to conduct independent research into the neurofunctional architecture of cognitive key functions, such as perception, attention, memory, language, planning and targeted actions and develop technologies to measure, characterise and model networks at the whole brain level and/or the local cortical circuit. The track offers courses from the Faculty of Science.

Future career opportunities

The programme provides a great basis for a scientific research career as it gives you the qualifications you need to attain a PhD position. The majority of our graduates have taken on a PhD project, at the Donders Graduate School, International Max Planck Research School and elsewhere in- and outside of the Netherlands. Other graduates follow a non-academic career path, as researcher in research institutes in the Netherlands or abroad, government institutions, industrial and commercial settings (e.g. in the pharmaceutical industry).

Research

This Master’s programme is located within the world-renowned Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, located on the campus of the Radboud University , with a research staff of over 900 scientists. This institute has several unique facilities for brain imaging using EEG, fMRI and MEG. You will be able to use these facilities enabling you to do any type of research in this field you would want to. Besides the Donders Institute, there is the Radboud University medical centre and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Their researchers work together very closely, exchange expertise and share state-of-the-art research equipment to unravel the workings of the human brain. 

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation).