Cognition, Behaviour and Neurobiology University of Vienna

Overview

Cognition, Behaviour and Neurobiology students from University of Vienna acquire profound knowledge of the correlations between behaviour and physiological processes in humans and animals.

Key features

Depending on their specialisation, they acquire different core competences:

• Behaviour: Based on previously acquired knowledge, students gain advanced knowledge of special areas of behavioural biology, such as behavioural endocrinology, communication, social behaviour and human-animal relationships.

• Neurobiology:  This specialisation focuses on the structure and function of nervous systems, and the senses and motor functions of animals on different organisational levels.

• Cognition: This specialisation qualifies students to understand cognition from a comprehensive biological perspective. This includes a profound understanding of phylogenetic and evolutionary dimensions, functions and mechanisms in animals and humans, but also of the correlations of genetics and the environment, nature and culture, and evolution and ethics. Students have the opportunity to apply and strengthen the knowledge they acquired by conducting experimental research in small groups.

Career:

Graduates can pursue a career in the following areas:

• teaching and research at universities, departments of academies and other non-university research institutions
• public authorities and federal agencies (e.g. in Austria, environmental departments of provincial governments, the Environment Agency Austria, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety)
• research administration at federal ministries, parliaments, universities and companies, as well as organisation of research promotion, planning and assessment