Cognitive Science: University of Amsterdam

Educational requirements: Bsc degree or an equivalent degree in biology, psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy or linguistics.

Language requirements: TOEFL (minimum score: paper based: 550, computer based: 213, internet based: 80); IELTS (minimum score: overall band: 6.0), A Cambridge Examination Score with a minimum score of CAE A or B+, CPE B is also accepted.

Objectives: This master’s programme is unique in its interdisciplinary perspective on cognitive science, embracing psychology, neurobiology, computer science, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy. It provides state of the art courses and research entries into language, learning, perception, thinking and problem solving, knowledge representation and action control.

Subjects: Specializations: cognitive neuroscience; cognitive processes and their neural implementation cutting across different levels of explanation (from gene and molecule to systems and behaviour); (psycho)linguistic; cognitive processes involved in language production, comprehension and acquisition; the architecture and evolution of the language faculty, and its role in reasoning and communication.

Modes of instruction: Lectures, research, summerschool.