The Institute of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg offers a consecutive Bachelor's degree courses and two Master's degree courses in Psychology. In addition to a methodologically sound education in the basic subjects, the polyvalent Bachelor's degree course also introduces students to the application-oriented subjects of clinical psychology, educational psychology and occupational and organisational psychology. The Bachelor's degree course is compliant with licensing requirements and offers space for 90 students annually.

The Master's degree in "Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy" (60 spaces) prepares students for clinical and therapeutic roles and allows them to take the licensing examination. The Master's degree "Psychology in Research and Application" (30 spaces) prepares students for demanding roles in the non-clinical field. Research at the institute focuses on self-regulation – a central component of the Excellence Initiative-funded "Field of Focus 4: Self-regulation and Regulation" at the University of Heidelberg – and lifelong development – in conjunction with the "Network for Ageing Research".

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Through internationally renowned experts, we bring students into contact with leading minds in our field. For example, Robert Kail (Purdue University, Developmental Psychology), Andreas Schleicher (OECD Paris, Educational Psychology), Robert Sternberg (Cornell University, Cognitive Psychology) & Allan Wigfield (University of Maryland, Motivation Psychology) teach here as honorary professors. Stays abroad through Erasmus or other exchange programmes are explicitly desired and are sustainably supported.

The institute offers a large number of computer workstations. A behavioural laboratory completed in 2018 offers students good conditions for computer-based research projects. There are special laboratories for eye movement studies, physiological measurements and EEG analysis.

Numerous research projects (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, German Research Foundation, EU) offer students the opportunity to collaborate as assistants. Theses (Bachelor's, Master's degree) are often integrated in projects. Through the topic of "Self-regulation", one of the university's four key areas of the Excellence Initiative is primarily based in the Psychology Department. In addition, psychology is also linked to the "Network for Age Research".

There are several psychotherapy university outpatient clinics and the training institute "Centre for Psychological Psychotherapy". This enables practice-oriented teaching in clinical psychology. In addition, there are many attractive fields of application beyond psychotherapy, e.g. in the areas of work, health and teaching. Additional courses increasingly cover content such as transcultural psychotherapy, the psychology of the climate crisis and similar subjects.