Multidisciplinary Study of the Mind and Brain

Students in the Department of Cognitive Science are provided theoretically oriented research and training opportunities as they approach the study of the mind and brain from multiple perspectives.

  • Degrees Offered BA, MA, PhD
  • Major Cognitive Science
  • Minor Linguistics

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PhD Program

Training cognitive scientists who can meld disciplines into a genuinely integrated science of the mind and brain.

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Master's Program

Graduate training is highly interdisciplinary and strongly theoretically oriented.

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Undergraduate Program

Cognitive science majors study the mind and brain from multiple perspectives.

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Special Colloquium: Miloš Stanojević

Title & Abstract to come. Dr. Miloš Stanojević is a lecturer at University College London working in the area of computational linguistics & a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. […]

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Three Open Rank Cognitive Science Faculty Positions

As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty, we seek candidates for three open-rank, tenure-track/tenured faculty positions in the following areas: high-level vision; interaction of language and vision; and language. These searches reflect the University’s commitment to faculty growth in Cognitive Science that contributes to large-scale investment in Data Science/AI and Neuroscience.

Launching OneNeuro: Deciphering the brain’s mysteries

OneNeuro is a new cross-disciplinary initiative at Hopkins that unifies a community of scientists across all scales of research from "molecules to mind" that includes neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, data scientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and others.

Have you met our new F24 grad students?

Please welcome Shisen Yue, Jessica Carter, Caitlin Sim, Tiezheng Zhang, Dylan Low, and Danielle Novak (pictured right to left) to the Department of Cognitive Science. Find out more about our […]