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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>PhD Program in Cognitive Science</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Central
European University (CEU) in beautiful Vienna, Austria, invites applications for doctoral students to start in Fall 2026.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">Our department conducts research in the areas of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">language and cognition,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>infant
development, joint action, visual cognition and learning, behavioral economics, computational modelling of cognition and brain functioning, causality, and culture and cognition.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">We provide four years of full financial coverage for our enrolled students,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>and both an American and Austrian accredited degree</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Our deadline for application is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">February
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">More information can be found on our website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission" title="https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission"><span style="color:#1FA774">https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;color:black">Eva<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">Wittenberg</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Eva Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://lcl.ceu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://lcl.ceu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Central European University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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