Description

We offer a comprehensive two-year programme in cognitive psychology and neuroscience with lots of hands-on laboratory experience. In our English-taught classes in presence in Oldenburg, Germany, you can get in direct contact with teachers and students from all over the world and build a long-lasting professional network.

The Research Master Neurocognitive Psychology is a research-oriented international graduate programme, which offers systematic coverage of the major fields in psychology as well as in-depth training in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology.

The programme does not focus on clinical psychology.

The programme takes two years to complete and is offered through the Department of Psychology. It is a full time course that requires attendance. As a graduate student, you will be able to choose from a variety of research modules. The department's research spans cutting-edge topics such as hearing and cognition, brain oscillations and behaviour, mobile EEG, computational neuroscience, ambulatory assessment and pharmaco-neuroimaging, just to name a few. Different state-of-the-art neuroscience tools and psychology labs are available to gain hands-on experience in magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), high-density (mobile) electroencephalography (EEG), eye tracking, transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation (TBS), and psychophysics. Note that cutting-edge research with these techniques requires good programming skills which you will learn in our programme. Practical experience is gained through our applied modules and during the internship which may be performed in hospitals/rehab centres, laboratories or companies.

The programme prepares students for a career in research or for an employment in applied settings (such as hospitals or industry). Several of the research-based modules prepare students in depth for entering a PhD programme in the area of cognitive neuroscience. The applied modules additionally guarantee a basic training in the area of clinical neuropsychology and human computer interaction.

This programme has been accredited by AQAS and has been running since October 2010.

We are part of the Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS).

DURATION

2 years full-time

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree.

Applicants are eligible for admission if they have completed a Bachelor's degree of at least 180 ECTS credits (3-year full-time study) in the fields of psychology, cognitive science, or in a related field with the emphasis of study on psychology and/or cognitive sciences. At least 90 ECTS credit points (equivalent to 1.5 years) must have been obtained in the area of psychology and/or cognitive sciences. Alternatively, students with a Bachelor's degree from other relevant fields (natural sciences, mathematics, informatics, audiology, or medicine) may apply. If you already hold a relevant Master’s degree, the required credits may also originate from this degree.

All applicants must prove

• 5 ECTS credit points (150 hours) in statistics,

• 5 ECTS credit points (150 hours) in experimental psychological or neuroscientific work (e.g. research internship, Bachelor's thesis)

• 6 ECTS credit points (180 hours) in general/cognitive psychology, and

• 5 ECTS credit points (150 hours) in biological psychology/neurosciences.

Students may have to catch up on missing competencies in statistics in an additional module. The completion of the experimental work and the competencies in general/cognitive psychology and biological psychology/neuroscience need to be proven upon application.
 Please feel free to contact the programme coordinator to discuss whether/how you can make up for missing credits before you apply.

Language skills

Applicants whose mother tongue is not English must produce a proof of English proficiency. English proficiency can be proven by a Bachelor's degree with English as the language of instruction completed in a country with English or German as official language. Otherwise a certified proof of English language skills at a B2 level is needed (not older than two years). A test from a language centre of a German university is accepted.

We accept the IELTS indicator test and TOEFL at home.
IELTS indicator test
 TOEFL at home

Further details on the English language requirements (including a reference table for the different tests) can be found on the website of the Admissions office.

Knowledge of German is not necessary for admission.

English Language Requirements

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