Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 1 year
The biggest part of the course is your research project in cognitive neuroscience. Here you’ll work with one of our world-leading experts on a research topic ranging from theoretical to more applied cognitive or computational neuroscience. You could even have the opportunity to collect and analyse real-life cognitive brain science data, using state-of-the-art equipment.
This project will give you the chance to put your new techniques in computational neuroscience into practice, while exploring ideas at the cutting-edge of cognitive neuroscience, ready to present your findings at our summer postgraduate students' conference.
Whether your background stems from biology, engineering, physics, mathematics, psychology or medicine, if you have a passion for understanding the brain and behaviour, this interdisciplinary course is designed to ensure that you'll gain in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of neuroscience and research methods in cognitive neuroscience, ready for an exciting career in research or industry.
The University is home to the Neuroscience Institute, which brings together internationally-recognised expertise in medicine, science and engineering to improve the lives of patients and families affected by neurological, sensory and developmental disorders.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject with relevant modules.
This masters will give you valuable skills and knowledge, including computational modelling, imaging, and analysis expertise, ready for a range of exciting careers, including:
This course is also great preparation for a PhD in areas including neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and brain interfaces.
By choosing the School of Psychology for your postgraduate study, you'll join our global alumni network, where hundreds of our employed graduates are working across academia, healthcare, and related fields, and completing further study around the world. Explore our interactive map of graduate destinations:
Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Neural Dynamics and Computation
Scientific programming in computational and cognitive neuroscience
Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Modelling
Research Project in Cognitive Neuroscience
You'll study one module from this group (15 credits):
Fundamentals of Cognition
Neuroimaging 1
You'll study one module from this group (15 credits):
Systems Neuroscience
Neuroimaging 2
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