Master of Science [M.S] [Neuroscience and Cognition] From Utrecht University

Neuroscience and cognition trains you to become a multidisciplinary neuro and/or cognition scientist, fully equipped to face the challenges of modern research in the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience and cognition. With ample knowledge of the scope of brain and cognitive functioning, you will be prepared to join an international research team investigating the most complex organ of our body. Sounds appealing??The ?programme delivered by??might be a perfect fit!

Why this programme?

• It offers a unique combination of clinical and preclinical neuroscience and cognition

• Over 200 principal investigators participate and offer research projects and supervision

• Keep up with the latest developments in human and rodent functional neuroimaging, deep-sequencing of human genetic material and other state-of-the-art techniques

• Two extensive research projects provide the possibility to learn and train several techniques and topics, and offers the best route to become a successful?PhD student.

Careers

A Master?s degree in Neuroscience and Cognition offers you many career prospects. Graduates continue on to universities and research institutes, teaching hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry. They may hold policy and management positions in the science, industry, and healthcare sectors.

In general, graduates will find employment in/at:

• Teaching hospitals (disease-oriented research)

• Research institutes (fundamental research in the various areas of the neurosciences)

• Pharmaceutical industry (research and development)

• Science, industry, and healthcare sectors (policy and management positions, applied science and design)

• Clinical settings (neuropsychologist, clinical physicist)