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New interdisciplinary master’s program "Mind and Brain"

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offers research-based and English-language master’s program. Application period from 1st to 31st May 2013

On 1st October 2013, the new research-based master’s program “Mind and Brain” will become part of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, a result of the successful re-application within the national Excellence Initiative. The master’s program is built on a cooperation between the Medical School of the Charité and the Institutes of Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

About the master’s program

This English-language master’s incorporates the innovative research conducted by the Berlin School of Mind and Brain into an interdisciplinary master’s program. The new master’s program “Mind and Brain” acquaints students with the most up-to-date approaches to and results of neuroscience research as well as their bearing upon the fields of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience and cognitive science.

Since the main fields of research conducted by the Berlin School of Mind and Brain– such as Decision Making; Perception, Attention and Consciousness; Language, Brain Plasticity and Lifespan Ontogeny, Brain Disorders and Mental Dysfunction, and Human Sociality and the Brain - can only be worked on in conjunction with different disciplines, the teaching program systematically demonstrates how interdisciplinary knowledge can be usefully employed in tackling questions related to specific fields of study.

Prospective students

The master’s program is aimed at students holding a bachelor degree in psychology, philosophy, linguistics, biology, cognitive science, neuroscience or related subjects.

A special feature of the master’s program “Mind and Brain” is that the course may be tailored to result in one of two different types of degree: the “Track Brain” leads to a Master of Science (M.Sc.), the “Track Mind” leads to a Master of Arts (M.A.), based on the subjects students are interested in or their individual career prospects.

Application period from 1st to 31st May 2013.

Further information

Contact

Dr Dirk Mende
Coordinator Master's and Doctoral Programs
Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Phone: +49 30 2093-1792
mb-education@hu-berlin.de

Constanze Haase
Press Spokeswoman
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Phone: 030 2093-2332
constanze.haase@hu-berlin.de