The aim of the program is to form fundamental knowledge about cognitive basis of language existence and functioning and skills of applying this knowledge in the sphere of cognitive and psycholinguistic analytics of communicative activity in various professional spheres connected with creating and analyzing texts.
Faculty of Philology
On campus education
Program duration: 2 years
Language: Russian
Students get an opportunity to participate in large-scale cross-cultural interdisciplinary science projects on the basis of Laboratory for Cognitive Studies of language (a part of TSU International Centre for Research in Human Development) supported by different funds.
Students have an access to high-technology modern equipment for cognitive and experiment-psychological research and an opportunity to receive consultations from leading Russian and international experts on improving their scientific works and projects.
Program international partners are Center for Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria), Division of Psychology, University of Turku (Finland). Teaching at the master’s program is provided by not only Russian, but foreign experts as well (A. Janyan, J. Hyona, R. Bertram and others). Teaching is offered in Russian and English.
Students may benefit from practical training in international (ABBYY) and big Russian (РИА Новости) corporations, international research centers (International Centre for Research in Human Development), in TSU services and departments, and get teaching experience at Faculty of Philology.
The program consists of three basic parts: theoretical subjects, practice activity, and project and research activity.
Theoretical subjects enhance a wide spectrum of modern knowledge in information and communication, and relevant linguistic fields
Professional cycle includes 2 modules:
1) Lingua-cognitive, research track including courses on
2) Cognitive – discoursive, applied track including courses on
Students work on practical and research projects during two years supported by scientific advisors from the sub-faculty and consulting with leading researchers from other university partners and practitioners.
The program implies building individual learning paths, having practice training and participating in research and applied projects.
Jukka Hyona
professor, PhD in Psychology, Head Division of Psychology (University of Turku, Finland)
Ute Barbara Gabriel
professor, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
For performing experimental lingua-cognitive works students use equipment and software provided by Laboratory for Cognitive Studies of language (http://cognitio.tsu.ru/), resources of International Centre for Research in Human Development (http://lab.tsu.ru/cognitivestudies/) and of other academic partners.
The master’s program graduates currently work at the sub-faculty General, Slavic-Russian linguistics, Laboratory for Cognitive Studies of language, TSU International Centre for Research in Human Development, other TSU departments, The Institute of International Education and Language Communication at Tomsk Polytechnic University, study at postgraduate program “Theory of language”, continue their education abroad.
Russian education institutions graduates and foreign citizens are welcome to enter the Master’s program.
For entering the program BA, specialist or Master’s diplomas are required. Humanities have an edge on other graduates.
1. Exam on fundamental and applied linguistics.
2. Interview on the major topic.