QS Rank:

55

University of Amsterdam

North Holland
,Netherlands

Program Name
PhD in Ai

Deadline
February 02nd, 2026
Overview
Research project entitled “How smart is AI really? Methods for investigating intelligence in humans and AI”./nFunded by a NWO Vidi grant awarded to Claire Stevenson. Project starts April 1st 2025./nThe PhD project has three objectives:/n(1) Build an app containing children’s games that assesses fluid intelligence accessible to both humans and AI./n(2) Develop psychometric methods to reliably and validly compare children’s and AI-models’ developing fluid intelligence./n(3) Evaluate whether leading theories of human developing intelligence, or a new alternative theory, can account for emergent AI cognitive capabilities./nLocation: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Duration
4 Months
Ranking
#39
US World and News Report
#60
The World University Rankings
#55
QS World University Rankings
Class Profile
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