Psychology, B.Sc.
Psychology is the science of human behavior and experience. The goal here is an adequate description and an appropriate theoretical conceptualization of the subject matter. With regard to its research methods, scientific psychology is based on elements of the humanities, social sciences and especially the natural sciences.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B1 |
| 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 | €290.83 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
I would like to become a psychotherapist.
Bachelor - Master - Continuing Education
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The psychology program at the University of Kassel is wide-ranging and prepares students for careers in a variety of disciplines and professions. From psychotherapists in private practice to business coaches - you are sure to find a job that suits you perfectly!
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Possible fields of work after completing a bachelor's and master's degree are...
- Work as a licensed psychotherapist in your own practice or in a psychiatric or psychosomatic clinic.
- Work in addiction therapy
- Work in couples therapy
- Work in forensic - or criminal psychology
- Legal psychology - or family psychology assessment
- Work as trainer, coach and consultant
- Work in human resource management
- School psychology
- Traffic psychology
- Work in publishing (Klett Cotta, Hogrefe, etc.)
- Work in research (e.g. as a research associate at a university)
Insights into practice
Every winter semester, the lecture series "Fields of Application in Psychology " takes place in the bachelor's program in psychology, in which various guest lecturers report on their activities in a practical manner. The lecture offers an exciting insight into the diversity of the psychological professional world.
Psychotherapy Training
This course of study - in combination with a postgraduate master's degree - is designed in such a way that you can subsequently work as a psychotherapist. The Hessian State Examination and Investigation Office in Health Care has confirmed that all corresponding legal requirements (§ 7 PsychThG, PsychThApprO) are met.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Hesse), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €290.83 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | By means of empirical (often experimental) investigations, psychologists test (usually theoretically derived) hypotheses. |
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| Language | German C1, English B1 — 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.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
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.