Psychology, M.Sc.
The Master’s degree in Psychology (M.Sc.) has been offered at the University of Bamberg since the 2010/11 winter semester. In Bamberg, depending on their interests and professional goals, master’s students can specialize in the following areas: "Clinical Sciences", "Cognition, Education and Development" and "Personnel and Organizational Psychology". The degree is a general Master of Science in Psychology. This means that with this degree all professional fields of psychology are open, including training as a psychological psychotherapist.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time, Part-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €41.50 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 →What you study
The Master's degree in Psychology has a modular structure and consists of a compulsory and an elective area.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Semester contribution | €41.50 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | At least six semesters of university degree (or equivalent degree) in psychology or school psychology with a total of 180 ECTS points with an overall grade of 3.0 or better At least 20 ECTS points in the field of methodology At least 18 ECTS points in the field of clinical psychology and biological psychology (in total) Due to the scientifically empirical orientation of the course, a good knowledge of scientific work and the English language should already be available at the beginning of the master’s course in Psychology. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.07 |
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.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 01.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, 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
How much does the programme cost?
What language level do I need?
When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 01.07.2027 (260 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.