Language and Mind - Linguistics and Cognitive Studies University of Siena

Overview

All courses are taught in English, in a lively international environment at the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Science, a leader in multidisciplinary research.

Key facts

The Language and Mind - Linguistics and Cognitive Studies programme from University of Siena also offers two main specializations through its two curricula “Linguistics and Cognition” and “Philosophy and Cognition”, with flexible options to combine teachings from both. 

In addition, a Double Degree programme is active in collaboration with the Université Paris 1 as well as several Erasmus agreements with excellent departments across Europe.

Career opportunities

• The Master programme in Language and Mind. Linguistics and Cognitive Studies, prepares students to undertake advanced doctoral studies and provides them with a specialized knowledge of the research issues in the fields of linguistics and philosophy. The program is centred on advance theoretical and experimental research on language and cognition.

• Students will become able to address a specialized scientific bibliography, mostly in English and to be in contact with qualified publications and scientific journals, both on paper and online. 
• The acquired capacity to apply theories and methods of linguistic research to the description and analysis of particular languages in a comparative perspective prepares the students to operate in the domain of advanced fundamental and applied research on human language.