Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

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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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News & Announcements

2026 Glushko Prize Awarded to Two Amazing Students

Every year, cognitive science faculty members nominate a graduating cognitive science major with the strongest combination of academic excellence, sustained and outstanding involvement in research, significant contribution to the undergraduate […]

New grant for investigating the neurobiology of language

John Hale, professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, has been named a Mercator Fellow on a three-year grant from the German Research Foundation investigating the neurobiology of […]