Cognitive Science

The School of Computer Science at University of Birmingham welcomes highly motivated and well qualified graduates to join us to work towards a Cognitive Science (Computer Science) PhD.

Our work is regularly presented in international conferences and journals, indicating the high standards we achieve in research. 

Features 

• At the University of Birmingham University of Birmingham , in the Cognitive Science Cognitive Science programme we work closely in small teams of researchers embedded within a broad and lively research culture. 

• This combination means you get the necessary focus, while keeping an eye on the bigger picture in which your work is placed.

Courses include: 

• The School’s staff and research students are loosely organised into informal research themes. 
• Researchers are free to contribute to one or more themes and each theme organises its own activities. 
• Cross-disciplinary research is a major feature of the school, and links exist with, for example, psychology, medicine, language studies and electronic engineering.
• Supervision is arranged on an individual basis in order to closely match the interests of the student with those of the supervisor. 
• We can only offer supervision in the areas in which we have academic expertise.