The Master's Degree in Human Cognition and Evolution (MCEV) has been amended, both in terms of its name (Master's Degree in Cognition and Society) and subjects. The new curriculum (MCE2) will come into force in the 2025-26 academic year. The MCEV programme will begin its discontinuation process in the same academic year.

MCEV Discontinuation Calendar

• 2025-26: the first and only year of discontinuation for subjects on the MCEV. Teaching will be organised in line with the information below
• 2026-27: subjects on the MCEV will have been discontinued and will no longer be available for enrolment, notwithstanding the maximum number of enrolments per subject set out in the Academic Progress Regulations and Article 8.2.d in the Academic Regulations.

Student Admission

New students will be admitted to the new programme curriculum (MCE2) from the 2025-26 academic year.

Re-enrolment for Returning Students

Students on the MCEV will have one academic year (2025-26) to pass the subjects required to be awarded the degree.

In exceptional cases, students who have reached the enrolment limit for a subject may request a last enrolment (without taking classes) in the following year be authorised by the relevant Pro Vice-Chancellor for teaching, who will make a decision after consulting with the programme coordinator.

The enrolment deadlines for each academic year will be published on the Centre for Postgraduate Studies website.

Teaching

Subjects from the MCEV programme will continue to be offered with teaching, as long as the new MCE2 curriculum includes an equivalent subject.

• 11195
• 11194
• 11193
• 11199
• 11200
• 11201
• 11203
• 11208
• 11209
• 11210
• 11212
• 11213
• 11215.

The remaining MCEV subjects will be offered without classes since there is no equivalent subject on the new curriculum. Enrolments without classes will give students the right to attend tutorials with the allocated tutor and to be assessed.

• 11192
• 11211
• 11191
• 11196
• 11204.

The remaining subjects on the MCEV programme will no longer be available.

The enrolment fee for the subject will be the same as the public fee that is published annually, regardless of whether the subject offers classes or not.

Adaptation to MCE2

Students on the MCEV programme who have not passed the requirements to be awarded their degree in the stated timeline, or those who simply wish to do so, may request a curriculum adaptation to the MCE2, in accordance with the equivalences below.

Adaptation applications must be submitted to the Centre for Postgraduate Studies within the deadlines published for each academic year. The fee for the curriculum adaptation process due to discontinuation will be set in accordance with the public fees published every year.

Subject equivalences:

• 11192 > 12122
• 11195 > 12125
• 11194 > 12124
• 11193 > 12123
• 11199 > 11199
• 11200 > 12127
• 11201 > 12128
• 11203 > 12135
• 11208 > 12129
• 11209 > 12130
• 11210 > 11210
• 11211 > 12131
• 11212 > 12132
• 11213 > 12133
• 11214 > 12134
• 11215 > 12138.

Adaptation Effects

All subjects in the record for the former version will be adapted to the new record, regardless of whether they have been passed, recognised or failed. The cumulative number of exam sessions will carry over from the old curriculum to the new one, regardless of whether students have failed or were absent from any.

After the adaptation process is complete, the record for the former curriculum (MCEV) will be closed and students will continue the programme with the new curriculum to be awarded their degree.