Strong empirical experimental focus, broad diagnostic and methodological education. Degree course compliant with licensing requirements. Seminar, computer and laboratory rooms under one roof; Further teaching rooms within walking distance. A very good quality of teaching is ensured through, among other things, the Quality Assurance Committee and open days. Department colloquium.

Close links between different areas of psychology (including through joint modules in the new MSc Psychology: Research & Application). Participation in the MSc Cognitive and Integrative System Neurosciences. Seminar, computer and laboratory rooms under one roof; Further teaching rooms within walking distance. A very good quality of teaching is ensured through, among other things, the Quality Assurance Committee and open days. Department colloquium.

Numerous opportunities for stays abroad during the course of study. Strong international focus on promoting young academics (doctoral students, postdocs).

The department has a virtual reality laboratory that enables a realistic simulation of environments and reaction measurements (full-body motion capture, also in natural living environments); Several eye-tracking and EEG laboratories; Video observation laboratory

A variety of current third-party-funded research projects relating to the psychological disciplines represented in the department, both in fundamentals research (often experimental research approaches) and applied research. Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Translational Clinical Psychology. Close research cooperation with the Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology and Physics. Collaborations within the framework of numerous regional, national and international interdisciplinary collaborative research projects, participation in large multi-centre studies, especially in psychotherapy research.

University and training outpatient clinics for psychotherapy (adults, children & adolescents) enrich practice-oriented teaching (case seminars, etc.) and enable students to obtain comprehensive qualifications through their studies, postgraduate psychotherapy training and further scientific qualifications. BRAIN assessment centre for gifted children (since 1999). A variety of specialised Psychology professorships. Visually impaired students, corresponding support services (e.g. extra statistics tutorial in the Bachelor's degree programme,; PCs with Braille keyboard). Department Sustainability Officers working across status groups