Description
Globalisation is making our society increasingly mobile, different worlds of thoughts and values are coming together and processes are becoming more complex. Psychologists deal with the experience and behaviour of people in their different circumstances and can use their specialist knowledge to explain and predict complex issues and decisively improve processes with their clients.
In our Bachelor's degree programme Psychology, you will learn from renowned professors from science and industry, who have expert knowledge in areas such as clinical psychology, occupational psychology or business psychology. In addition, you can actively shape your studies and your career path through individually selectable specialisations and an interdisciplinary choice of subjects.
Category: Bachelor’s
Degree: Bachelor of Science, BSc
Starting semesters
- Winter semester: September
- Summer Semester: March
Duration: 6 Semesters in total (full-time)
Language of instruction
- German (Berlin, Hamburg, Iserlohn)
- English (Berlin)
Tuition fee
- EU applicants: 9,990 € yearly
- Non-EU applicants: 12,300 € yearly
Internship: 3-month internship in the 5th semester
Credits: 180 ECTS
*Important note: There is no guarantee that classroom teaching will be possible throughout the semester due to COVID-19.
Specialisations:
- Clinical psychology / health psychology
- Industrial/organisational/economic psychology
- Ecological psychology
Campus
- Berlin
- Hamburg
- Iserlohn
What you'll learn
We teach the relevant psychological principles and methods in the areas of general and biological psychology, social psychology and developmental psychology.
Application-related topics are taught in particular in the area of diagnostics as well as in the specialisation subjects Clinical and Health Psychology, Work/Organisation/Business Psychology or Environmental Psychology. In our courses, we link theoretical knowledge and its practical application and underpin this with current research findings.
The combination of theory and practice is close to our hearts and we convey this through practice-oriented teaching with case studies, lecturers with practical experience and an integrated coached internship in the 5th semester. In this way, you can optimally qualify for the various fields of activity according to your individual areas of interest.
Career roles:
After studying psychology, you will find career perspectives as a psychologist in the following areas:
- Counselling of mentally and physically ill people (e.g. in outpatient care facilities)
- Diagnostics in the context of expert opinions
- Diagnostic and therapeutic work with mentally and physically ill persons in (rehabilitation) clinics
- prevention and intervention measures (e.g. with health insurance funds)
- Recruiting, personnel selection and personnel development (e.g. in medium-sized or larger companies)
- Workplace health management and stress prevention
- Work with children and young people (e.g. at school or in leisure time)
- Work in market research and advertising
- Activities in the health and counselling sector
- Activities in the design of sustainable consumer behaviour
- Activities in environmental protection initiatives
- Environmental policy tasks
