2024 New admission requirements
What’s new in the admission requirements of the master’s program “Mind and Brain”?
Changes at a glance:
MIND TRACK
- 60 ECTS / 30 American credits in either philosophy or cognitive science.
Please note: Applicants with a background in in psychology, neuroscience, medicine, or linguistics cannot apply for the Mind Track.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (a) for details.
- English proficiency: C1
Please note: From 2024 onwards we expect applicants to have an English proficiency of C1. An English proficiency of B2 is no longer sufficient to apply for our master’s program.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (b) for details
- Grade improvement I:
Applicants can improve their GPA by 20 % when having studied either classes worth 10 ECTS (5 American credits) in Philosophy of Mind or 5 ECTS (2.5 American credits) Philosopy of Mind and 5 ECTS (2.5 American credits) recent Philosophy of Knowledge or Philosophy of Science.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (a) and Grade Improvement page for details.
- Grade Improvement II:
Applicants can improve their GPA by 10 % if they have published a first-author paper in an international peer-reviewed journal in the fields of philosophy or neuroscience.
⇒ Please see Grade Improvement page for details.
- Grade improvement III:
Applicants can improve their GPA by 10 % if they have work experience or on the job training either in academic management or science journalism in the fields of philosophy or neuroscience.
⇒ Please see Grade Improvement page for details.
BRAIN TRACK
- 50 ECTS / 25 American credits in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, medicine, linguistics.
Applicants with a background in philosophy cannot apply for the Brain Track.
Please note: We don’t accept students with a background in biology anymore.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (a) for details.
- 10 ECTS / 5 American credits in statistics.
All Brain Track applicants have to provide proof of basic knowledge in statistics.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (a) for details.
- English proficiency: C1
Please note: From 2024 on we expect applicants to have an English proficiency of C1. An English proficiency of B2 is no longer sufficient to apply.
⇒ Please see Admission page section I (b) for details.
- Grade improvement I:
Applicants can improve their GPA by 10 % if they have published a first-author paper in an international peer-reviewed journal in the fields of psychology or neuroscience.
⇒ Please see Grade Improvement page for details.
- Grade improvement II:
Applicants can improve their GPA by 10 % if they have work experience or on the job training of at least 900 hours in a neuro-cognitive or psychology research lab.
⇒ Please see Grade Improvement page for details.
This page last updated on: 26 April 2024
