Are you unsure of your plans after graduation? The next application deadline for the UConn Cognitive Sciences Graduate Certificate Program is March 1, 2026.
Requiring just 4 courses, the COGS certificate is a great way for recent graduates to obtain a graduate-level education and diversify their profile in an expanding field relevant to many career paths in today’s competitive job market. Three courses can be selected from a list of 60+ pre-approved options from affiliated departments such as Psychological Sciences, Philosophy, Anthropology, Linguistics, Educational Psychology, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Communication, Computer Science Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. Note that the Director has the discretion to approve courses not currently listed to count for the certificate based on their relevance to Cognitive Science.
If you’ve already taken or plan to take graduate-level coursework towards your bachelor’s degree and the course(s) are listed as an elective option for the certificate, up to six credits (2 courses) of advanced 5000-level or above courses taken at UConn can be counted towards your certificate.
Completing the Cognitive Sciences Graduate Certificate opens doors to careers in areas like user experience and human-computer interaction, data and behavioral analysis, AI and machine learning, neuropsychology support, and education technology, among others. It also strengthens your profile for graduate study in the social, health, and data sciences, giving you both practical skills and a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving job market.
Dimitris Xygalatas
University of Connecticut, Department of Anthropology,
Department of Psychological Sciences (by courtesy),
Director, Cognitive Science Program
For more information, contact: COGS at cogsci@uconn.edu