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Postgraduate research
The Unit has a long and distinguished history and international reputation. At present it houses around 100 scientists, students and visiting workers, and research is divided into four research areas as listed below. Our current recruitment poster is available here.
Applications are invited from prospective PhD students wishing to pursue research in the areas of:
Within these areas, methods include experimental cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging using fMRI, MEG, EEG and PET.
We also accept students in our Methods reseach group.
Please visit all these areas of the website to find out the research currently being done, and the supervisors able to take PhD students. Feel free to email any of the researchers to find out more about their programmes and any study opportunities in their groups.
About postgraduate studies at the Unit
Read full details about postgraduate studies at the Unit.
All students are registered as members of the University of Cambridge, in the Graduate School of Life Sciences and become members of colleges and full participants of University facilities as well as those of the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
Student testimonial
The CBSU has provided me with everything I could hope for in PhD training, combining international expertise with world-class resources in an environment that is at once intellectually stimulating, friendly and supportive.
There are numerous talks, courses, seminars and discussion groups from in-house, national and international speakers. Additionally the CBSU graduate community self-organises student-targeted seminars both from local experts and as an opportunity for graduates to present their work to each other. I have had many opportunities to present my work through these forums, enabling me to become thoroughly accustomed to, and confident at, giving presentations. Furthermore, at every stage of my PhD I have had the opportunity to discuss my work with world experts in the fields of cognition and brain imaging.
The CBSU also has exceptional computing, technical and brain imaging resources - all of which have been fully available to me throughout my studies. It has three different brain scanners on site, including a dedicated 3T research fMRI scanner which is fully supported by in house radiographers. Additionally the CBSU has its own panel of several thousand willing volunteers who are paid to participate in our experiments, making participant recruitment surprisingly easy. It also has a large panel of patients willing to take part in neuropsychological research.
The atmosphere here is extremely friendly and supportive, with experts often ready to help with small problems at a moment's notice. With social events like barbecues, a football team, a yearly croquet tournament, and pub trips after evening talks, it is also an extremely social place to work.
Overall, the CBSU is a truly fantastic place to do a PhD.
Alex Woolgar.