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Basic information

A bachelor's program corresponds to the Psychotherapy Licensing Regulations (Psychotherapie Approbationsordnung).

Bachelor's degree in compliance with the Psychotherapy Act

The BaPsy aptitude test is recognized.

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Total number of students at the department

830

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

210

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

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Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

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Research

Publications per academic

2.2

Citations per publication

3.8

Third party funds per academic

38,200 €

Doctorates per professor

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Learning and working spaces
Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

63

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

both humanities, empirical-social science and natural science orientation; Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary course content; Practical examples from the university outpatient clinic; Clinical Psychology: Professors with expertise in all psychotherapeutic guidelines; Personal supervision of students by professors; Many optional and extracurricular offers; Involvement of students in research and model projects; Internship preparation and supervision; Interactive lectures; Link between research and practice.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Psychoanalysis; Humanities/social science (Master of Arts); Preparation for licence to practise medicine (Psy KPPT), interdisciplinary content: Cultural studies, psychiatry, organisational sociology; Special course content: e.g. knowledge/theory of science, social trauma, leadership + ethics, transformation processes, sustainability and the environment, political conflicts; Additional seminars: e.g. qualitative methods, reading course on psychoanalytic terms; Psychodynamic diagnostics; Technical English, observation visit and work placement in the university outpatient clinic; Mentor for new students with supervision

Special features regarding the international orientation

Erasmus+ stays for students/staff/scientists in Europe; Study & work placements outside the EU with guaranteed recognition of achievements; Partial scholarships for the support of foreign students; Multinational teaching/research network "Social Trauma" with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria; Institute partnerships; International Cooperation Agreements; Master's degree programmes taught in English, from winter semester 25/26: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's degree with Italy, Estonia, Portugal, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina; DAAD programmes "Promotion of International Students" and "International Alumni Programme"

Special features regarding the equipment

Seminar rooms and lecture theatres with modern presentation and event technology; Extensive digital library resources with remote access; WiFi access in most universities worldwide (eduroam); free use of study-relevant software (e.g. EndNote, MS Office); E-learning portal; Online survey tools for use in student projects; Freely available printers, photocopiers and scanners; PC workstations for students; EEG laboratory with 64-channel recording system for research and teaching in Neurocognitive Psychology.

Special features regarding research activities

Investigation of the effects of unconscious processes on individuals, groups, organisations + companies, in each case with reference to the three psychoanalytically oriented research areas of psychotherapy research, transformation research and concept research; Reflection on different scientific concepts and methods derived from them (qualitative, quantitative, hermeneutic, empirical)

Other special features

Library with long opening hours and many workspaces; Active student representation; University Day for participation in university development, networking with institutes of psychotherapy education; Civic engagement (e.g. refugee aid, child sponsorships), Research Day (topics for theses, own publications), student mentoring programme, school collaborations, student initiatives: Queer IPU, Green IPU + Green Office, krIPU (student group for criticism and psychoanalysis), First Generation; Diversity working group and: right on the Spree!

Further information on research activities

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education