PhD Fellowhips in Cognitive Science, 2013/2014

Full PhD Fellowships Available

Central European University is an English-language, graduate university located in Budapest, Hungary. An international university with students from some 100 countries and faculty from more than 40, CEU offers small, seminar-style courses and a student/faculty ratio of 7:1. CEU is accredited in the United States and Hungary.

Cognitive science is the study of the ways in which information is acquired and used by humans and other living organisms. The field also includes the study of cognitive systems, including artificial intelligence. CEU’s Department of Cognitive Science concentrates on social and biological aspects of human cognition: how learning, processing, and sharing information about and with others takes place, and how computational models of human cognition can be realized in the brain. Students and faculty undertake interdisciplinary research drawing on psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, mathematical modeling, linguistics, and the social sciences. The department currently offers one doctoral program.

Program OfferedDoctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science

Selected Areas of Research

• Behavioral economics
• Cognition and culture
• Cognitive development
• Cooperation
• Computational models
• Developmental psychopathology
• Embodied cognition
• Infant social cognition
• Joint action
• Language and cognition
• Learning and memory
• Social cognitive neuroscience
• Statistical learning
• Visual perception

Scholarships and Fellowships 
CEU is committed to attracting talented students and scholars from around the world. The University provides a variety of scholarships and research grants for which applicants from any country are eligible to apply.

• CEU Doctoral Fellowships cover full tuition, health insurance, and a generous stipend for housing and living expenses. More than 90 percent of PhD students receive the full doctoral fellowship from CEU, while others are supported by external organizations providing funding.
• Direct Student Loans and Canada Student Loans are available for eligible U.S. and Canadian students.
• External Scholarships and Financial Aid Programs administered through CEU include Erasmus Mundus scholarships, Erasmus research grants, and other private and public fellowships and scholarships.

Application Deadline: January 24, 2013