Considering a graduate degree in psychology? Consider UCI.
Ranked #19 among all public psychology programs in the country (U.S. News & World Report), the University of California, Irvine graduate program administered by the cognitive sciences department offers students 5 years of guaranteed funding.
Scholars in the department have a proven track record of earning competitive research funding from national agencies - including the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health - and from campus-level fellowships.
This past year, UCI cognitive scientists brought in $2.7 million in external grant funding.
Faculty in the department publish regularly in the field's top academic journals, and graduate students have incredible opportunities to publish alongside them.
And if that wasn't enough, the UCI campus is located less than 10 miles from Newport Beach, is the #1 university committed to economic diversity and upward mobility (The New York Times College Access Index), and the #9 ranked public university in the U.S.(U.S. News & World Report).
The cognitive sciences department at UCI uses a combination of innovative approaches with modern tools to study fundamental human abilities including attention, memory, language, decision making, and problem solving.
Graduate students from UCI's cognitive sciences program have gone on to work in high-tech and research consultancy companies; government, science, and technology labs; and in professorial posts around the world. A quick sampling of recent placements include:
If full funding, opportunities to publish and a proven track record of excellence in the field are what you're looking for, contact us today to learn more about UCI's graduate program in psychology in the Department of Cognitive Sciences.
Ramesh Srinivasan, Department Chair
r.srinivasan@uci.edu | 949.824.2969
Joachim Vandekerckhove, Graduate Director
joachim@uci.edu | 949.824.5958
John Sommerhauser, Graduate Advisor
jdsommer@uci.edu | 949.824.4074
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