Overview

Programme Overview

Our Master's programme offers courses in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neuro-modelling. Taken together these disciplines study how memories, emotions, cognition or consciousness actually work. Students attend lectures in English and practice in leading laboratories of Moscow and of our international partners. Leading scientists supervise students' practical training and writing of Master's thesis during the second year. The programme is carried out in close cooperation with the École Normale Supérieure and Aarhus University.

Cognitive psychology

Modern cognitive psychology is an experimental discipline that studies the origin and functioning of the mind, brain, and intelligence. Our Programme focuses on perception, control of attention and motor responses, formation of mental representations, dynamics of memory retrieval, learning, cognitive development and cognitive breakdown, the mechanisms of reasoning, language, and problem solving.

Cognitive neuroscience

An integration of psychology and neuroscience - Cognitive Neuroscience - examines neural systems underlying complex behaviors like emotions, language, attention, memory, etc.

Methods employed in cognitive neuroscience include a wide range of experimental paradigms starting from psychophysics and cognitive psychology, neurology and psychiatry, and ending up with electrophysiological studies of neural systems and, increasingly, cognitive genomics and behavioral genetics. Recent breakthroughs in brain imaging technology allow cognitive neuroscientists to see a live human brain at work using state-of-the-art methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magneto- and electroencephalography (MEG, EEG),brain navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS), transcranial direct/alternating current stimulation (tDCS/tACS) .

What are the advantages of our Master’s programme comparing to similar ones?

We are the only English-language Master’s programme in cognitive sciences in Russia. Our lecturers are active world-class scientists including the highly cited researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neuroeconomics, neurolinguistics and other interdisciplinary areas. Thanks to our international partners’ laboratories students have an access to the whole range of neuroimaging techniques which provide unique opportunity for the development of young researchers.

Programme Structure

The Master’s programme covers a wide range of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience disciplines. Education starts with introductory courses of psychology, mathematics and neuroscience. Cognitive psychology track includes such disciplines as “Visual perception and attention”, “Thinking and emotional modulation of cognition”, and “Memory, learning and cognitive development”. Students are also offered to study cognitive neuroscience disciplines such as “Neuroimaging techniques”, “Behavioral genetics and neurogenetics”, “Computational neuroscience”, and “Neuroeconomics”. In addition, many optional courses are available, for example, “Practical course on non-invasive brain stimulation techniques and electroencephalography” and “Computational modelling”.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-03 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Moscow, Russia

Disciplines

Neuroscience View 4 other Masters in Neuroscience in Russia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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80

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Other requirements

General requirements

All applicants must provide the following documents:

a) Photo

b) Scan of the ID page (often the 1st page) of the passport

c) Academic transcript (and diploma)

d) Motivation letter

e) Letters of recommendation

f) Publications (and other documentation)

g) English certificate

h) Resume (CV)

i) Presentations at academic conferences and events

j) Other achievements

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

245000 RUB / year

≈ 245000 RUB / year

Additional Details

245000 – 490000 RUB/year

Living costs

Moscow

Russia

41640 - 81437 RUB / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

International students can apply to study at HSE for free through full-tuition scholarships and partial grants. Here is a link to explore: https://admissions.hse.ru/en/graduate-apply/financial-aid

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Scholarships Information

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