PhD Course (D.M.226/2021)
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
COURSE SUMMARY
The PhD programme offered by the Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences-CIMeC lasts four years and is taught in English. It requires active participation in an environment enriched by the presence of many post-doc researchers and a significant number of international faculty and research staff.
PhD students gain high-level expertise in basic and applied research in the field of mind and brain sciences. The programme's strong interdisciplinary approach fosters the development of innovative and cutting-edge pathways in cognitive neuroscience, integrating knowledge from diverse research areas that have a shared focus on studying the nervous system, mental processes, and behaviour.
The programme's laboratories provide access to state-of-the-art methods for studying the neural correlates of cognitive functions, measuring human and animal behaviour, molecular neurobiology and neuroanatomy, collecting neurophysiological data, and modelling brain function mechanisms.
The course in brief
OVERVIEW
- Animal cognition
- Numerical cognition
- Dementia and cognitive decline
- Language
- Neuroimaging and brain connectivity
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Perception and attention
- Conceptual representations
- Vision
M-PSI/01 General psychology
M-PSI/02 Psychobiology and physiological psychology
BIO/05 Zoology
BIO/09 Physiology
ING-INF/05 Information processing systems
MED/26 Neurology
MED/27 Neurosurgery
FIS/07 Applied physics
L-LIN/01 Glottology and linguistics
INF/01 Informatics
To apply for the PhD programme, you must have one of the following qualifications:
- a specialist or master's degree or a degree issued under the previous regulations;
- a second-level diploma awarded by higher-education institutions for the fine arts, music and dance (AFAM, Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale);
- an equivalent academic qualification obtained abroad (master's degree) that allows admission to the PhD program in the education system or in the country of issue and that is considered suitable by the selection committee for the sole purpose of accessing the course.
The admission call indicates:
- admission requirements;
- deadlines;
- admission procedure;
- details of the funded positions;
- availability of scholarships.
The call for applications for the 42nd cycle will be published on this page starting in spring 2026.
