The MSc is a specialist course that is designed to deepen and broaden understanding in the expanding domain of Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on the study of natural language. The formal and experimental study of natural language defines the range of Cognitive Science's concerns with representation and computation. Students who take the MSc degree may be motivated by a desire to improve their understanding of the cognitive aspects of a range of abstract and applied skills, prior to taking up, or resuming, careers in industry or the public sector. The MSc year introduces the student to a range of research issues and may clarify existing research interests before proceeding to PhD at Edinburgh or elsewhere. An MSc is now the established path to PhD funding.
Students choose a set of four courses in each of the first two terms.
Options may change slightly from year to year, please check the current courses available . Many of the courses have first and second term versions. From May until September, students undertake personal research leading to a dissertation. This research may be in any of the fields addressed by the MSc. You can have a look at the current Course Syllabus .