FAQ

MEi:CogSci stands for the Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science.

MEi:CogSci is a (120 ECTS, 2 years) European joint master's programme, which is offered jointly by the following institutions: Comenius University of Bratislava, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Ljubljana, University of Vienna, University of Zagreb. The Medical University of Vienna participates within a teaching network (“Lehrverbund”). The programme has been developed in the course of an EU funded SOCRATES project.

Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary project involving different scientific fields in science, technology, and the humanities, dealing with the phenomena of cognition – perception, reasoning, thinking, and behaviour – from an interdisciplinary perspective. Cognitive science grew out of the cybernetics movement in the 1950s and has seen a number of paradigm changes since. Anthropology, Artificial intelligence, Biology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology have emerged as core disciplines.

This curriculum is conceptualized as a joint master's programme; i.e., ultimately a joint academic degree will be awarded by the participating institutions. The concept of a joint degree includes that each student has to get 30 ECTS at one of our international partner universities (“mobility semester”).

During the first year the courses will be taught mainly in the local language, although some courses will also be offered in English. The second year will be taught in English, as this will be the year of mobility (you have to complete at least 30 ECTS at one of our partner universities abroad).

You pay the national fees for studying at you home university (this is the university you enroll at).

Vienna: http://studieren.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=657

For information on scholarships at the University of Vienna please see: http://stipendien.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=33&L=2

In general, the idea is that you spend at least one semester at one of our partner universities abroad. Following the curricular architecture the mobility semester is planned for the 3rd semester.

Formally, you have to complete ≥ 30 ECTS at one of our international partner universities

ERASMUS contracts are established between the partner universities, so every student eligible for ERASMUS can get ERASMUS funding for the semester abroad. Moreover we apply for CEEPUS mobility grants every year. However, although we are trying to support every student with stipends, the University of Vienna cannot guarantee the full financing of the mobility semester.