The University of Amsterdam has a strong tradition in research on brain and cognitive processes and researchers from these different traditions are brought together in Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC).

Five faculties (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Faculty of Science (FNWI), Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC), Faculty of Humanities (FGW), are involved in Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, both in terms of management and in terms of research cooperation. 

Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences

In order to train the next generation of cognitive science researchers that are optimally prepared to work in interdisciplinary settings, the ABC also offers a unique Brain and Cognitive Sciences' research master.  The Research Master in Brain and Cognitive Sciences is an ambitious, two-year programme that is unique in its interdisciplinary perspective on cognition and neuroscience. The programme examines cognition from the level of molecules up to the behaviour and cognition, and from experiment to computation and modelling. Due to its close link to ABC, the programme features contributions from a.o. psychologists, neurobiologists, psychiatrists, philosophers, behavioural economists, logicians and linguists. The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) is responsible for the organisation and coordination of the Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

ABC Journal

The Research Master’s programme has it's official publication: ABC Journal. A student-led initiative sharing original scientific content about the fields of neuroscience and cognitive science.