The first semester is made up of one introductory course module from all disciplines contributing to cognitive science and another module on methodolgy. After completing these two modules, the student selects three of five main thematic modules: 1. Perception, 2. Cognition and Knowledge, 3. Language and Linguistics, 4. Cognitive Neurosience and 5. Computation. In addition to the lectures, the thematic modules include a ”lab rotation“ and methodology programme, which takes place in labs at the university and other institutes and allows to students to put the knowledge they are acquiring to use immediatley.

The final semester consists of writing the master’s thesis and an internship.