Psychology, B.Sc.
Undergraduate study programme leading to a first degree and providing qualifications and skills for future employment. Psychology is the science dealing with human behaviour and experience, as well as their causes and effects.
On the one hand, psychology records and explains behaviour and experience, on the other hand it develops suggestions and action guidelines to achieve the best possible psychological conditions.
Psychology is an empirical science. For this reason a large part of your studies will be devoted to empirical and experimental methods as well as practical psychological work. In addition to this you will acquire practical skills, such as psychological techniques in conducting conversations, experimental methods and systematic observation, and you will employ social-scientific survey methods.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €164 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
During the first 3 semesters you will become acquainted with the different areas in psychology and you gain insights into the methods. In the 4th and 5th semester you deepen the basics and intensively address the applied fields of Clinical Psychology and Psychology of Health.
You complete your internship in the 4th semester, depending on your interests in clinical-psychotherapeutic or other occupational or research-related areas. In addition, you choose as supplementary courses in the 5th semester
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The bachelor’s degree qualifies to enter the work market immediately. Typical fields of work for psychologists include:
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- Therapeutic-clinical fields, counselling services
- Educational / school sectors
- Scientific research, diagnostics, evaluation
- Market research, opinion research, advertising research
- Personnel and organisation development
Working as a psychotherapist requires a master´s degree in Psychology with Focus on Psychotherapy, followed by a five year training in psychotherapy.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €164 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A general interest in the areas of psychological work A strong motivation to learn methods of empirical and experimental basic research Very good knowledge of mathematics Good English skills |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | After recognition of the certificate, 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 after recognition of the certificate until 15.07Send 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
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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.