Overview

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences / Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is located in Cambridge, MA, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Neuroscience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Cognitive science

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	2
Doctoral Degrees	22

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

493

Applied

49

Accepted

21

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 1st	December 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required
IELTS: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	May 1
Types of financial support available	Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

98

Total Graduate Students

34%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	8.16%
Black or African American	1.02%
White or Caucasian	44%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	4.08%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.02%
Unknown	6.12%

Gender

Male (64%)

Female (35%)

Faculty

36

Total faculty

Full-time - 36

Part-time - 0

Male (23)

Female (13)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Vision, audition, and other perceptual systems: physiology and computation; learning, memory, and executive control: molecular and systems approaches; sensorimotor systems: physiology and computation; neural and cognitive development and plasticity; language and high-level cognition: learning, acquisition, and computation
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	41,017,000

Location & Contact

Address 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 46-2005
Cambridge, MA  02139
United States

Contact Prof. James Dicarlo
Head
Email: bcs-info@mit.edu
Phone: 617-253-5748
Fax: 617-258-9216

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