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Psychology, Department

Fakultät für Gesundheit

Universität Witten/Herdecke

Fakultät für Gesundheit
Department für Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
D-58448 Witten
Telephone: +49 2302 926-780
https://www.uni-wh.de
Uni Witten/Herdecke (priv.)
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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

610

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

200

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

no data

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

no data

Research

Publications per academic

2

Citations per publication

4.5

Third party funds per academic

30,600 €

Doctorates per professor

0.6

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Learning and working spaces
Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital learning
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

90

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital learning

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

29

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Small group sizes in lectures (45 students) and seminars (15-23 students); Focus on clinical psychology with six chairs/professorships represented; Integration of teaching and research through small-group projects in the department's research areas; Curricular and personal representation of all scientifically recognised psychotherapy methods; Involvement of external experts in the training of psychotherapy procedures.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Small group sizes in lectures (45 students) and seminars (15-23 students); Focus on clinical psychology with six chairs/professorships represented; Curricular and personal representation of all scientifically recognised psychotherapy methods; Involvement of external experts in the training of psychotherapy procedures.

Quality Seal

Quality seal not yet recertified

Special features regarding the international orientation

Seven Erasmus partnerships are currently available to students: University of Klagenfurt (Austria), University of Cyprus (Cyprus), Université de Nantes (France), University of Palermo (Italy), Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy), SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Warsaw (Poland) and Yeditepe University (Turkey). Outside Europe, there is a collaboration with the University of Havana (Cuba).

Special features regarding the equipment

The various laboratories with different technical equipment can be used for theses (e.g. sound-absorbing privacy screens, soundproof headphones, virtual reality equipment, separable area for infant studies, stress laboratory, EEG laboratory, digital camera). The library provides access to approximately 2,000 electronic psychology journals. Of these, approximately 1,000 titles are freely available and approximately 1,000 are licensed.

Special features regarding research activities

Specialisations in the field of clinical psychological and health care research, in particular in the field of integrated and personalised/person-centred health care (IPGV). Cooperation with the other departments of the Faculty of Health (medicine, dentistry, nursing sciences) as well as with external cooperation partners, e.g. via psycho-oncology, psychocardiology, psychoimmunology, etc.

Other special features

There is a 2-step selection procedure (no minimum school-leaving grade): 1. Written application (letter of motivation, CV in table form, internship certificate) 2. step: Personal selection procedure with two in-depth personal interviews and 3 semi-standardised multiple mini interviews. The tuition fees can be pre-financed via the reversed generation contract.

Further information on research activities

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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