The postgraduate program in the “Brain and Mind sciences” (B&M) is an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary program organized and operated by the University of Crete (UoC) in collaboration with the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). Specifically, the B&M Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program involves participation from the UoC Medical School, 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 started its operation in 2003. During its operation, in addition to the changes required by the respective laws, the curriculum was reformed so that it meets the modern needs of postgraduate education.

The B&M was the first postgraduate program in Europe to provide education in Biological, Computational, and Social Neurosciences for the study of the nervous system and its products, setting an example followed by other European postgraduate programs in Neurosciences. Research fields in the B&M include Developmental Psychology, Neuropsychology, Brain Imaging, Neuroanatomy, Electron Microscopy, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology, Neurophilosophy, Neurophysiology, Neural Networks, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, and Computational Vision.

The B&M aims at a global, integrated, interdisciplinary approach to fundamental scientific questions about the brain and the emergence of thought, consciousness and behavior. The aim of the program is to bridge the Biological, Computational and Social Neurosciences to ensure (1) The enhancement of postgraduate education in Greece. (2) The promotion of cutting-edge research in scientific and technological fields. (3) The preparation of scientists for excellent careers in internationally competitive research centers or as high-ranking officials in public services and the productive sector.