MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience (Research)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jul 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,601 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* final deadline for EU students | deadline for EU students who want to get assistance with housing: 1 May 2025 | deadline for non-EU students: 1 Apr 2025
** for EU/EEA nationals; €19.224 for non-EU/EEA nationals
Introduction
- This programme is designed for students with a background in Linguistics, Physics, Biology, Medicine, Mathematics, Behavioural Sciences, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline
- Gain hands-on research skills using state-of-the-art technology surrounded by fellow students and experts from a diverse array of disciplines and approaches
- Discover insights into how the brain learns, reacts, and understands the outside world
- Prepare yourself for a career as a researcher at an academic institute, a policymaker, an educator, a specialised country, and more
Why study Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University?
Nijmegen is one of the foremost centres of cognitive neuroscience in the world. Hundreds of scientists from various faculties and top institutes have joined forces on the Radboud University campus, which is host to world-class research institutes such as the Donder's Institute, the Radboud University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
The Radboud campus also hosts a large array of the start of the art facilities, including labs with fMRI, MEG, EEG and eye-tracking equipment, which are open for you to use in conducting your own research.
At Radboud, you will benefit from the shared expertise of the faculty and researchers. You will be able to make connections, and use Radboud's extensive international network to prepare yourself for research during and after your programme. About 80-90% of our graduates take on a PhD project in Nijmegen or elsewhere. Others find jobs in the commercial sector or in research institutes.
The programme also has its own, student-driven, scientific journal; based on the Stanford Exchange: Proceeding of the Master’s Programme Cognitive Neuroscience.
Admissions
Curriculum
What will you learn?
How do we learn a language? How do we recognise faces? And how do we remember things? The human brain is fascinating and much still has to be discovered about it. This is why Cognitive Neuroscience has been called the discipline of the future.
The Master's programme in Cognitive Neuroscience provides a sound balance of theory and practice. At Radboud, we promote a multidisciplinary approach, where psychologists, physicists, biologists, mathematicians, linguists and medical professionals work side by side. When these disciplines come together, we make new discoveries and find new insights.
As a Master’s student, you will find yourself in a dynamic research environment and you will be guided by top scientists from all over the world. You will be able to choose from a variety of research themes and gain experience in the research institutes that participate in this programme.
This two-year programme is structured as follows: one-year theory, followed by one year mainly dedicated to research.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Career Opportunities
Career Prospects
Graduates of this programme could find work as:
- Researchers in academic, governmental or private institutes or specialised companies
- PhD students
- Policymakers
Specialisations
- Language and Communication
Studies the acquisition, understanding and production of language, and their biological underpinning. - Perception, Action and Decision-making
Studies basic sensorimotor aspects as well as the cognitive, contextual and social components of perception-action coupling. - Development and Lifelong Plasticity
Studies the mechanistic underpinnings and behavioural consequences of long-term changes in neural structure and function. - Neural Computation and Neurotechnology
Studies the interaction between and within groups of neurons, and with the outside world.