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Study programme of Cognitive Neuroscience
Year 1
Compulsory courses
As a student in the Master’s programme, you take part in the set of compulsory courses together with all other students of the programme. In these general compulsory courses you’ll become acquainted with the most important theories, models, techniques and analysis methods in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Track courses
Based on your track, you also choose 18 EC of courses to make up your specialized training.

Programme elective
Next to the 18 EC of coursework of your track, you need to complete an additional 6 EC of coursework to fulfill the programme elective. To do so, you may choose any track course. You may thus choose another course from your own track, OR choose a course from the other tracks.

Skill training
A total of 12EC of skill training needs to be chosen in two years. How you divide the ECs (e.g., 9EC of skill training in the first year and 3EC of skill training in the second year) is up to you.

Year 2
Practical training: research project
The second year of the Master’s compulsory programme is primarily spent in the laboratory so that you gain ample hands-on experience. You’ll execute practical training in one of the participating research groups under the supervision of a researcher. In this way you’ll acquaint yourself with the discipline in actual practice. You’ll:

Develop a theoretical research question.
Report on your research in a Master’s thesis. This thesis must be written in the form of a scientific article.
Skill training
A total of 12EC of skill training needs to be chosen in two years. How you divide the ECs (e.g., 9EC of skill training in the first year and 3EC of skill training in the second year) is up to you.

Electives
Finally, the theoretical training is completed by choosing two elective courses, either from your own track, or from another track to broaden your background knowledge.

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it