Cognitive and Integrative System Neurosciences

full time

Degree
Master of Science
Master
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Marburg

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Human Biology, Biomedicine
  • Human Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Focus

systemic aspects of neurosciences, Neural Network Analysis, Neurophysiology, Neuroethology, Neurophysics, Imaging Techniques of the Brain, Neurolinguistics, cognitive, affective and social neuroscience

Target group

Graduates of a specialised relevant Bachelor's degree in the area of
Natural Sciences or other degree courses with Neuroscience components
(amounting to at least 12 credit points) or proof of a comparable German or international professionally qualifying degree.

Annotation

The aim of the Master's degree is to provide a research-oriented education that deepens and expands the scientific competencies and skills in the field of cognitive and integrative systems neuroscience acquired during a Bachelor's degree in the natural sciences or another degree with neuroscientific components.

The course builds on a comprehensive introduction to neuroscientific basics in the 1st and 2nd semesters, followed by an orientation and qualification phase in the 3rd and 4th semesters. In parallel, key qualifications are acquired in methods courses.

Due to the participation of working groups from the fields of biology, German and art studies, physics, psychology and medicine, the spectrum of content is very broad.

Key focus

The degree course focuses on systemic aspects of neuroscience and provides training in neural network analysis, neurophysiology, neuroethology, neurophysics, brain imaging, neurolinguistics, cognitive, affective, and social neuroscience.

Objectives

The degree course qualifies students for basic scientific research in public and private research institutions, applied research and development in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industry, clinical research and other activities with a systems neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience orientation. Furthermore, the degree course enables students to obtain a doctorate.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

Lecture period

  • 13.04.2026 - 17.07.2026
  • 12.10.2026 - 12.02.2027

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

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  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

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  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

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  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

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Tuition fees

Tuition fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German