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Cognitive science degree directory
Every degree below is awarded under a cognitive science name, or under a close sibling title like cognitive neuroscience, symbolic systems, or cognitive systems. Each entry was checked against the institution's own site — .edu for US programs, the university's official domain elsewhere. One row per institution, with every degree it awards listed underneath — a department offering a BA, an MA, and a PhD shows all three in one place.
62 degrees · 39 institutions ·6 countries · 41 bachelor, 10 master,11 doctorate
Showing all 62 degrees
- Carleton CollegeMinnesota, United States
Carleton lists a cognitive science major and minor; the college awards the BA.
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPennsylvania, United States
Offered through the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich College.
- Case Western Reserve UniversityOhio, United States
The department's only graduate degree; the undergraduate degree is in cognitive science proper.
- Cornell UniversityNew York, United States
Cornell also runs a graduate minor in cognitive science rather than a standalone graduate degree.
- Dartmouth CollegeNew Hampshire, United States
- Indiana University BloomingtonIndiana, United States
Both degrees share a common five-course cognitive science core spanning psychology, the physical and natural sciences, philosophy, and linguistics.
A standalone Cognitive Science PhD, or a joint PhD with a home department such as Psychological and Brain Sciences, Informatics, Computer Science, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Linguistics, or Speech and Hearing Sciences.
- Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland, United States
One of the few US departments awarding cognitive science degrees at all three levels.
- Lehigh UniversityPennsylvania, United States
Lehigh also offers a graduate certificate in cognitive science, not a degree.
- Macquarie UniversityNew South Wales, Australia
Described by Macquarie as the only degree of its kind in Australia.
- MITMassachusetts, United States
Joint degree with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
- Northwestern UniversityIllinois, United States
Graduate students take a certificate in cognitive science alongside a home-department degree.
- Occidental CollegeCalifornia, United States
- Radboud University — Donders InstituteGelderland, Netherlands
Two years, 120 EC, taught in English, with four tracks matching the Donders Institute's research themes.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNew York, United States
- Rice UniversityTexas, United States
- Rutgers UniversityNew Jersey, United States
RuCCS runs the undergraduate major and a graduate certificate; doctoral students enroll through a home department.
- Stanford UniversityCalifornia, United States
Stanford's cognitive science degree under a different name — mind, language, and computation.
- Tufts UniversityMassachusetts, United States
Taken jointly with a home department such as psychology, education, computer science, or philosophy.
- UC BerkeleyCalifornia, United States
Over forty affiliated faculty. Graduate students take a Designated Emphasis, not a separate degree.
- UC DavisCalifornia, United States
- UC IrvineCalifornia, United States
- UC MercedCalifornia, United States
Emphasis on computation, technology, and applications.
- UC San DiegoCalifornia, United States
The oldest and largest dedicated cognitive science department in the US.
BS specializations include neuroscience, machine learning and neural computation, design and interaction, and language and culture.
Specialization tracks in anthropogeny, computational social science, and human-centered design.
- UC Santa CruzCalifornia, United States
- UCLACalifornia, United States
Administered by the Department of Psychology; entry to the major is by application.
- University of ArizonaArizona, United States
Graduate students take a PhD minor in cognitive science alongside a home-department degree.
- University of British ColumbiaBritish Columbia, Canada
Streams in Cognition and Brain, Language, and Mind, Language and Computation.
Streams in Cognition and Brain (psychology) and Computational Intelligence and Design (computer science).
- University of ConnecticutConnecticut, United States
A graduate certificate is available; there is no standalone graduate degree.
- University of EdinburghScotland, United Kingdom
Taught in the School of Informatics.
The Scottish MA (Hons) is a four-year undergraduate degree, not a master's.
- University of MichiganMichigan, United States
Housed in the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science.
- University of Minnesota DuluthMinnesota, United States
- University of Minnesota Twin CitiesMinnesota, United States
- University of OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany
Germany's first dedicated undergraduate cognitive science program.
An online master's variant (OS-COSMOS) and a separate MSc in Cognitive Computing are also offered.
- University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania, United States
Five concentrations, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Computation and Cognition, and Language and Mind.
- University of RochesterNew York, United States
No terminal master's; the department admits directly to the PhD.
- University of TorontoOntario, Canada
Run through University College on the St. George campus, with streams including Computational Cognition and Cognition and the Brain.
- University of TübingenBaden-Württemberg, Germany
120 ECTS over four semesters. Taught in German (B2–C1 required), with much of the literature in English.
- Vassar CollegeNew York, United States
Vassar describes this as the oldest undergraduate cognitive science degree-granting program in the world.
- Yale UniversityConnecticut, United States
Admission to the major is by application.
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This list is maintained by hand and is certainly incomplete — cognitive science degrees appear and get renamed every admissions cycle, and a program that lives inside a psychology or computer science department is easy to miss. If you run or attend a program that belongs here,get in touch. Entries only go in once the degree is confirmed on the institution's own site.