Master of Cognitive Neurosciences

This programme aims to produce graduates who:

* Can work in a wide range of career opportunity such as in neurobusiness, neuromarketing, computational neurosciences, social neurosciences, neurolinguistics, neuroeducation, neurobehaviors, etc. at various institutions/companies

* Are able to continue their study at the doctorate level in the inter-disciplinary of arts and sciences.

The programme will be conducted at Universiti Sains Malaysia - KL Campus, MoF Inc. Tower, Persiaran KLCC, Kuala Lumpur in year 1 (for core and elective courses). Research Project will be held at a different location of Universiti Sains Malaysia such as in the Main Campus (Penang) or/and Health Campus (Kubang Kerian, Kelantan) depends on the chosen research topic.

Master of Cognitive Neurosciences	Full-Time
Master of Cognitive Neurosciences	Long Semester	Short Semester
No. of Weeks	88	Not available
No. of Semesters	4
No. of Years	2

Component Total Credit	Taught-Courses (Core and Elective)	Research Project
Component Total Credit	Credit Unit (%)	Credit Unit (%)
46	26 (43.5%)	20 (56.5%)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should possess the following:

Bachelor's degree in any field of arts and sciences with CGPA of at least 3.00 / 4.00 or equivalent

Applicant is subject to internal assessment by an independent review panel

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

(Applicable for International Applicants Only)

A minimum of Band 5 for IELTS; or
A minimum score of 40 for TOEFL (Internet-based); or
A minimum of Band 7.5 for TOEFL Essentials (Online); or
A minimum score of 154 for Cambridge English: Advance (CAE)/Proficiency (CPE) /Preliminary (PET) /First (FCE)/ Linguaskill Online; or
A minimum score of 47 for Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
A minimum of Band 107 for CIEP Level (ELS); or
A minimum of Band 3.5 for Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

Exemption CAN BE CONSIDERED to candidate if:

English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)

DURATION

Full-time: 4 semesters (2 years) / 8 semesters (4 years)

Part Time: 6 semesters (3 years) / 10 semesters (5 years)

SEMESTER INTAKE

April & October

FEES

Malaysian (MYR)	International (USD)
Registration Fee : 330.00 Tuition Fee : 650.00 X 46 Units = 29,900 Convocation Fee : 200.00	Registration Fees : 225.00 Personal Bond : 1000.00 Tuition Fees : 550.00 X 46 Units = 25,300.00 Convocation Fee : 50.00