Graduating PhD students from the Cognitive Psychology program have been highly successful securing jobs, both as faculty members in academia and as research scientists at research institutions. Below is a sampling of academic and research institutions where our graduates have moved on to after completing our program.
Positions at academic and research institutions
Canadian academic institutions:
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- Dalhousie University
- McMaster University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Queen's University
- St. Francis Xavier University
- Trent University
- University of Guelph
- University of Manitoba
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Ottawa
- University of Regina
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Windsor
- University of Winnipeg
- Western University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
International academic institutions:
- Cornell University
- San Jose State University
- Teesside University
- SUNY Geneseo
- University of Otago
- University of Wellington
Research positions in industry and government
- Allen Institute
- Amazon
- BEworks
- Department of National Defence (DND)
- Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
- Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO)
- IBM Global
- Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council of Canada
- Mining Industry Human Resources Council
- NASA - Ames Research Center
- Naval Health Research Center (USA)
- Rotman Research Institute
Postdoctoral fellowships
Like many other institutions, many of our graduates choose to apply for postdoctoral fellowships before seeking faculty jobs. Our graduates regularly obtain highly competitive fellowships.
Many graduates from our program have also held prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at the following institutions:
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- University of British Columbia
- University of California – Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- University College London
- University of Illinois
- University of Toronto
- Yale University