Duration of study: 2 years
Area of Studies: Psychological Sciences
Subject: Psychology
Credits: 120 ECTS
Language of instruction: English
Entry requirements: 4-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
Program Goals
The Master’s program "Cognitive neuroscience" aims to prepare highly qualified specialists in the field of studying the brain and cognitive processes. The program comprises fundamental theoretical training in the field of brain research and neurocognitive processes: neurology, neuropsychology, principles of neuroscience, neurocognitive development of children, methods of brain research and approaches to neurorehabilitation.
The program’s structure is a set of interdisciplinary and applied subjects, which describe the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of neurocogniitive science.
Program Advantages
Cognitive neuroscience is the combined study of the mind and the brain. Cognitive neuroscience explores how the neurological organization of the brain influences the way people think, feel, and act.
The Master’s program employs the scientific-practical facilities of the Laboratory of Brain and Neurocognitive Development and Lab of Neurotechnologies with the most advanced equipment: 128-channels Geodesic EEG System 300 with Geodesic Photogrammetry System (GPS) 3.0, SMI RED 500 Eye-tracker, Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - 3rd Edition (BSID III).
Partners
Students can participate in various research projects, including:
Key Disciplines
The Master Program in Cognitive Neuroscience was developed for students who are interested in mastering practical and fundamental knowledge and skills in the field of cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychological assessment and neuropsychological rehabilitation, mastering state of the airt methods in brain and- cognitive research.
Successful mastering of the master’s program will allow graduates to perform professional activities as researchers in research centers, as teachers in educational institutions, as practitioners in neuro rehabilitation and correctional-educational centers.
Successful mastering of this program will allow graduates to work at research centers (as researchers), and at neurorehabilitation and correctional-educational centers – as practitioners.
Head of the Program
PhD, Ural Institute of Humanities
Phone: +7 (343) 251-67-45
Email: marina.klimenskikh@urfu.ru
Head of Laboratory for Brain and Neurocognitive Development
PhD, Scientific Advisor of the Program
Email: s.j.kiselev@urfu.ru
Created / Updated: 6 May 2019 / 31 January 2020