Overview

Cognitive Neuroscience studies the cognitive and neural basis of mental processes such as perception, action, language, attention and memory. This relatively young discipline seeks to unravel the workings of the human brain. The programme offers four tracks that coincide with the research themes of the Donders Institute. 

• Language and Communication
• Perception, Action and Decision-making
• Development and Lifelong Plasticity
• Natural Computing and Neurotechnology

Each track has its own set of six core courses and a student has to complete 18 EC of these courses to complete their track. The entire programme is in English and the tracks share a common ground in the set of general core courses that are mandatory for all students.

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).

Accreditation

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