University of Groningen
MSc Computational Cognitive Science
Groningen, Netherlands
DURATION
24 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,530 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* € 2530 (EU/EEA students) | € 24200 (non-EU/EEA students)
Introduction
The Master’s degree Program in Computational Cognitive Science (CCS) focuses on cognitive science and neuroscience and their applications. CCS gives you insights into human cognition, language, and the brain and teaches you to use this knowledge in applied settings, such as human-computer interaction and computerized learning tools. By leveraging knowledge of human cognition, for example, you can optimize how an artificial intelligence system communicates with human users and develop virtual reality applications for education or simulation models of human task performance.
Two questions form the basis for this Program:
- How do human cognition and the human brain work?
- How can we use this knowledge in applied settings?
To answer these questions, you have to know how humans perform tasks and how this affects potential interactions. How do humans acquire new skills and how do they learn to adapt to a new task? In addition, it is important to think about how humans communicate and apply this to human-machine communication. Language is a natural way of human communication, and this may or may not be a good choice for communication with a machine, depending on the circumstances.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
- Cognitive Engineering
- Cognitive Language Modeling
- Cognitive Modeling
- Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Program Outcome
Credits: 120 ECTS
MSc in Computational Cognitive Science
Once you have your Master's degree, you can use your skills in industrial R&D departments or usability labs to ensure that knowledge about human thinking and behaviour is incorporated as early as possible in the design process.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
User interface design experts, usability testers, and interaction designers are needed in companies that make computer software and new media applications. You could also seek employment as a researcher at a research institute, either at a university (PhD study) or a research institute like Applied Scientific Research (TNO). About 50% of our students choose a career as a scientist, mostly going on to do a PhD.
Job examples
- Work for a startups to develop smart software
- Interaction designer
- Usability tester
- Software developer
- PhD research position