Cognitive Science, full-time, second cycle

Limit of places

20 places in the Phase 1 (June/July)

12 places in the Phase 2 (August/September)

 

Admission rules for candidates with Polish diplomas

Candidates who hold a bachelor's, master's, engineer's or equivalent degree in any field of study may apply for admission to the second degree programme in Cognitive Science.

The applicant is qualified on the basis of a written entrance examination in the form of a test conducted in English. The exam covers the content of the readings, the list of which will be published on the IRK (Internet Recruitment of Candidates) website as well as on the UW Cognitive Science programme website.

The maximum score of the entrance examination is 100. Within the current admission limit applicants will be qualified on the basis of their exam score, which shall not be lower than 60%.

The list of readings for the entrance exam

1. Abarbanell, L., & Li, P. (2021). Unraveling the contribution of left-right language on spatial perspective taking. Spatial Cognition & Computation, 21(1), 1-38.
2. Bermudez, J. L. (2014). Cognitive science: an introduction to the science of the mind. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
3. Dienes, Z. (2008). Understanding Psychology as a Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Statistical Inference (chapter 3). Palgrave.
4. Huang, C., Mees, O., Zeng, A., & Burgard, W. (2023, May). Visual language maps for robot navigation. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 10608-10615). IEEE.
5. Online introductory Python programming course
6.  Partee, B. H., ter Meulen, A., & Wall, R. E. (1990). Mathematical methods in linguistics. Dordrecht: Kluver Academic.

• Chpt 1, pp. 3-26
• Chpt 2, pp. 27-37
• Chpt 3, pp. 39-53
• Chpt 6.1-6.4, pp. 97-112
• Chpt 7.1-7.2, pp. 135-145

7. Vukovic, N., & Shtyrov, Y. (2017). Cortical networks for reference-frame processing are shared by language and spatial navigation systems. NeuroImage, 161, 120-133.

 

Admission rules for candidates with foreign diplomas

The same rules apply as for candidates with a diploma obtained in Poland.

 

Checking the candidates' competence to undertake studies conducted in the English language

Applicants are required to provide a document, recognised by the University of Warsaw, confirming their knowledge of English on at least B2 level.

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Deadlines

Date of examination: 16th of July, 2024, from 12:00 noon to 13:00 p.m.
- Exam for candidates staying in Poland: Faculty of Psychology, Stawki 5/7 str.
- Exam for candidates staying abroad: exam will be conducted online via Kampus-rekrutacja and Google Meet/Zoom (camera)

Announcement of results: 22nd of July, 2024

Reception of documents: 

• I round: 23rd-25th of July, 2024
• II round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during I round): 26th, 29th of July, 2024
• III round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during II round): 30th-31st of July, 2024
• additional rounds will be announced in case of not fulfilling the limits

 

Payments

Application fee

Student's ID payment (ELS)

The studies are payable for citizens of Non-UE/EFTA countries (EEA parties) and Switzerland - tuition fees

 

Required documents

List of required documents submitted by candidates qualified for studies

 

Additional information

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