Study at the birthplace of scientific psychology; Liveable city; All important fundamental, methodological and applied subjects in psychology are represented at the institute by research-oriented working groups; Small cohort of approx. 60 people per year; Preparation for academic and practical work in all areas of psychology, such as life counselling, education, human resources and organisation, intervention and policy planning; The academic degree allows students to study for a licence to practise psychotherapy (with the appropriate choice of modules and work placements)

Study at the birthplace of scientific psychology; Liveable city of science and culture; All important fundamental, methodological and applied subjects in psychology are represented by research-oriented working groups; Two psychotherapeutic research outpatient clinics for adults and children/adolescents; Three MSc degree courses in Psychology prepare students for various professional fields in research and application: MSc Work, Education and Society (with Environmental Psychology); MSc Brain and Behaviour; MSc Clinical. Psychological Psychotherapy

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International visibility and networking of the institute's working groups, resulting in low-threshold opportunities for cooperation and exchange with psychological research groups abroad, e.g. theses supervised in cooperation, participation in third-party-funded international research projects (e.g. EU Horizon); Intensive specialist support for stays abroad (e.g. via Erasmus)

Research laboratories in all content-related working groups; Use of bio- and neuropsychological measuring devices within the institute or in cooperation with non-university research institutes (e.g. EEG, fMRI); Downtown campus with direct opportunities to recruit test subjects; Extensive online access to international psychology journals and databases; University library with daily opening hours from 8 am to midnight

Internationally visible research in the institute's working groups, for example in the fields of occupational and developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, personality psychology, social and environmental psychology and method development; Cooperation with internal and non-university research institutions, such as the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology and Cognitive and Brain Sciences, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Research Institute for Social Cohesion; Psychotherapy research in two institute outpatient clinics

Leipzig is a cosmopolitan city of science, technology and culture offering a wide range of private and professional opportunities (e.g. academic work placements and job offers); Leipzig University offers all the advantages of a traditional full university (e.g. very wide range of possible complementary subjects); It has a very active student body that is visible in the city's community