Business Psychology, B.Sc.
Business psychologists support companies as trainers, consultants and organisational developers. They create professional surveys of customers or employees, or carry out sophisticated experiments for market research. Personnel departments also value the skills of business psychologists.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €102.65 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
In October 1998, the first degree programme for Business Psychology in the German-speaking countries took in its first students – at the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode. The concept for this educational programme, which was completely new at the time, was developed together with the former North-East Lower Saxony University of Applied Sciences in Lüneburg. Its success proves that the developers were right - many competing courses are now offered. In Wernigerode you can study "the original".
What you study
We expect a lot – for the success of your career
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Graduates of the degree programme Business Psychology are, for example, employed:
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- in the area of personnel, e.g. in personnel selection, personnel development and organisational development
- in the area of markets and consumption, e.g. in marketing, market research, sales or advertising
- in consultancy companies as consultants, trainers or coaches.
Our business psychologists work throughout Germany and also abroad, for example in England, China, the USA and Switzerland. Their employers include the following well-known companies: Audi, Audi-Akademie, Bayer, Bosch, Beiersdorf, Bitburger Braugruppe, BMW, Coca-Cola, Daimler, Google, GfK (USA, GB and D), Henkel, IKEA, Kienbaum Management Consulting, REWE, Nokia Siemens Networks, Ruhr University Bochum, Swiss International Airlines, ThyssenKrupp, TNS-Infratest, Volkswagen…
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Saxony-Anhalt), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €102.65 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
|---|---|
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.06uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.06.2027 (244 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.