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The Master's degree program in Cognitive Science aims to impart in-depth research-oriented cognitive science knowledge. This is achieved by combining the skills of social sciences, computer science, biology and neuroscience. Competence network here means the interlocking of relevant competencies of the individual disciplines involved with a focus on people, technology, business, organization, communication and behaviour. The guiding principle of the degree program is the social relevance of being able to deal with the topics of "Human-Technology" and "Human and Artificial Intelligence" across disciplines.

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After a one-semester introduction, you will choose three areas of specialization. You can choose from the following areas:

• Perception, Cognition and Knowledge
• Language and Linguistics
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Computation

In the first semester, students attend courses in each of these areas, while in the second semester they deepen their knowledge in practical methodological seminars. The last semester is reserved for writing the Master's thesis. Of particular importance here is the high proportion of internships and methodological training throughout the course of study. The courses are largely taught in English.

Where will this take me?

After completing the Master's degree, there is the possibility of a doctorate, but there are also numerous exciting career opportunities that make the degree program very attractive. Cognitive science is a fairly new science. And cognitive scientists are very much in demand. In addition to science, the fields of robotics, screen design, work process design, ergonomics, machine learning, education and training, human-machine interaction, software development, biomedical and clinical research and medical technology are highly interesting for our graduates.

Why Kaiserslautern?

Kaiserslautern is predestined for studying cognitive sciences: In addition to the only technical university in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the two Fraunhofer Institutes for Experimental Software Engineering and Industrial Mathematics are located in the immediate vicinity of the university. This density of networks is probably unique in the Federal Republic of Germany. There is also good cooperation with the Westpfalz-Klinikum and the Saarland University Hospital in Saarbrücken.