Psychology, B.Sc.
In the Bachelor's degree program in Psychology 180 LP, the elementary principles, methods and most important areas of application are taught as before. In order to meet the requirements of the licensing regulations, however, the proportions of the biological principles of behavior (medical and pharmacological principles) and clinical psychology as well as the practical training components are increased.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €315.30 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
The Psychotherapist Training Reform Act (PsychThGAusbRefG), passed in September 2020, forms the basis for the (re)design of psychology studies. The law regulates the training of psychological psychotherapists. According to this, graduates of a 5-year university degree (first a bachelor's degree, then a master's degree with a focus on clinical psychology and psychotherapy, a total of 300 credit points), similar to doctors, dentists and pharmacists, can take the psychotherapy exam directly after completing their master's degree and receive their license (treatment permit).
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The new regulation of psychotherapist training already requires the adaptation of the bachelor's degree in psychology. There will therefore be an adapted bachelor's degree in psychology with 180 credit points throughout Germany, which will enable graduates to take up a master's degree in a specific focus (for example clinical psychology and psychotherapy) or to study a general master's degree in psychology.
As before, the Bachelor's degree program in Psychology 180 credits teaches the elementary principles, methods, and most important areas of application. In order to meet the requirements of the licensing regulations, however, the proportions of the biological principles of behavior (medical and pharmacological principles) and clinical psychology as well as the practical training components are increased.
Career
The bachelor's degree qualifies you for diagnostic, advisory and creative tasks in corporate health management, in social services, in the field of school and vocational education, in the private sector and in government administration, as well as for empirical and experimental research in scientific institutions.
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The bachelor's degree also provides you with the prerequisites for continuing your studies in a consecutive master's degree program in psychology.
If the orientation internship and the professional qualification activity I are designed in accordance with the licensing regulations for psychotherapists, graduates of the polyvalent bachelor's degree can also be admitted to a master's degree with a focus on clinical psychology and psychotherapy and, after passing the psychotherapy examination, obtain approval as a psychotherapist.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Saxony-Anhalt), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €315.30 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | In addition, a qualified degree in psychology requires knowledge and skills in mathematical and scientific ways of thinking and working, as well as in the English language. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
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 via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 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.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 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.