The Brain and Mind (B&M) program is an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary graduate program organized by the University of Crete (UoC) in collaboration with the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). Specifically, the program involves contributions from the UoC Medical School and the Departments of Computer Science, Philosophy and Social Studies, Physics, and Psychology, as well as FORTH’s Institutes of Computer Science, Applied & Computational Mathematics, and Molecular Biology & Biotechnology. The B&M program has been in operation since 2003.

B&M adopts a global, integrated, and interdisciplinary approach to fundamental scientific questions about the brain, thought, consciousness, and behavior. Understanding brain function and its relationship to behavior requires contributions from the Biological, Social, and Physical Sciences. To address these challenges, B&M combines education and research in three key scientific domains, in alignment with international academic practices:
1) Biological (Cellular & Systems) Neurosciences
2) Computational Neurosciences, Neuroinformatics, and Artificial Intelligence
3) Social & Cognitive Neurosciences

The program offers a comprehensive training experience through lectures by distinguished scientists from Greece and abroad, in-depth study of relevant literature, hands-on research in leading laboratories within UoC and FORTH, and instruction in scientific writing—including theses, conference abstracts, and journal articles.

Notably, B&M was the first graduate program in Europe to integrate Biological, Computational, and Social Neurosciences for the study of the nervous system and its functions, setting a precedent for other European neuroscience programs.

MSc in Brain and Mind Sciences

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