Program Overview

Master in Brain and Cognition

Overview

The Master in Brain and Cognition is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program that guides students through the latest findings in cognitive and neural sciences. The program is designed to provide students with the theoretical and practical means to actively participate in research in this field.

Program Details

• Duration: 1 academic year full-time, 2 academic years part-time (60 ECTS credits)
• Calendar: From September to June
• Timetable: Monday to Friday, variable hours
• Fee:
  • Students from the European Union: 1,302 €
  • Non-EU students: 5,749.8 €
• Places: 25
• Course type: Presencial
• Language: English

Career Prospects

Graduates of this master's program will be well-positioned to enter a PhD program in Cognitive Neuroscience or a related field and to join other Spanish or international research teams.

Research Areas

The core of the master's program is composed of the research groups at UPF's Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), which are directed by renowned scientists in areas such as:

• Computational neuroscience
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Psycholinguistics
• Vision
• Multisensory perception
• Human development
• Comparative cognition

Target Audience

The master's program can be of interest to graduate psychologists, biologists, engineers (biomedical, audiovisual), MDs, philosophers, linguists, mathematicians, or physicists seeking to pursue a career doing research about the fascinating question of how the relationship between the mind and the brain enables cognitive functions.

Grants and Further Education

The program grants access to a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies. Given its research orientation, the level of this one-year master's program corresponds to the second year or a two-year master's in other international programs.

Center and Department

The program is offered by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Engineering.