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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.

Upcoming Events

Special Colloquium: Miloš Stanojević

Linguistic Universals in Grammars and Language Models Abstract: The shared universal properties of human languages have been at the heart of many linguistic debates for decades. A big part of […]

Colloquium: Jim DiCarlo

Title and abstract to come Dr. Jim DiCarlo joined the McGovern Institute in 2002, and is currently the Peter de Florez Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as […]

News & Announcements

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COLM Outstanding Paper Award

J. Hu and M. Frank were awarded an Outstanding Paper Award at the inaugural Conference on Language Modeling for their paper on "Auxiliary task demands mask the capabilities of smaller language models."

Recruiting PhD Students: Applications Due Dec. 1

We are seeking motivated students interested in joining our PhD program in Cognitive Science. Click here for details, to learn about our application mentoring program, and discover a unique VTSI fellowship opportunity.

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.