Daytime Teaching: MSc/MA Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
If you apply by 30 June for this daytime postgraduate course, then you may be eligible our daytime master’s tuition fee bursary of £1,000 for home tuition fee payers. Find out more about eligibility requirements and apply before the 30 June 2024.
Our cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology Master's course brings together some of the world's leading researchers in the field of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology from centres such as the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Brain and Behaviour Lab and the Birkbeck/UCL Centre for Neuroimaging.
This specialist Master's degree offers hands-on training in cutting-edge behavioural and imaging neuroscience techniques, and combines a basic-science perspective with clinical case-study perspectives. You will examine how theories of cognitive function can be informed by evidence from converging neuroimaging methods, such as functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging, electrophysiology and transcranial magnetic stimulation, as well as from neuropsychological, patient-based techniques.
We offer different module combinations to give you the choice of studying for an MA or MSc.
HIGHLIGHTS
- We have an outstanding research tradition in psychological sciences, with an international reputation in all aspects of cognitive neuroscience, especially developmental cognitive neuroscience. You will have the opportunity to interact with world-class researchers from centres such as the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Brain and Behaviour Lab and the Birkbeck/UCL Centre for Neuroimaging and attend research seminars organised by the department and a number of other local research centres and institutes.
- In the 2023 National Student Survey, Birkbeck's School of Psychological Sciences ranked 5th in the UK for teaching.
- We are consistently regarded as one of the top institutions teaching psychological sciences in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, and for the third time, we were ranked in the top ten universities in the UK.
- If you have a strong academic record but require financial support to take this course, you may be eligible for the Kenway Legacy Scholarship which will cover the cost of your tuition fees.
- ESRC funding may be available in conjunction with PhD study.
ATTENDANCE
This course is offered with the option to study full-time or part-time. Please note that some option modules are taught in the evening.
When you will study
Full-time
- Autumn term, Monday mornings, Monday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
- Spring term, Monday and Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
Part-time
- Year 1
- Autumn term, Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
- Spring term, Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
MODULES AND FEES
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