Psychology, B.Sc.
Psychology is a discipline that examines human experience, behavior and actions. The main branches of psychology are: General psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology and social psychology.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.06, summer semester until 01.12 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €322.18 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
General psychology uses empirical and experimental methods to investigate such aspects as perception, learning, memory, thought, language, emotions and motivation. Developmental psychology looks at how these aspects develop in individuals, from early childhood to old age. Personality psychology develops models to document and describe the differences between individuals. Social psychology analyzes the structure and dynamics of interactions between individuals and groups, together with the relationships between societal norms and values and individual behavior. The results are used to develop models and methods to explain, predict and effect changes in behavior patterns in various situations; these then subsequently undergo empirical evaluation. Objectives include the development of skills that enable the student to resolve problems, master conflict situations and improve relationships in the workplace, commercial and educational arenas, as well as provide treatment/rehabilitation of patients with psychiatric and somatic disorders. The psychology degree course provides students with the theoretical basis for working in the therapeutic sector, but does not include training in psychotherapy. The university offers a three-year continuing education course for those who wish to train as psychotherapists (focus: behavioral therapy/behavioral medicine).
What you study
- Attending lectures, exercises, seminars, method internships, internships
- course-related performance records
- Bachelor examination
- Content: Introduction to psychology, methodology (statistics), biological psychology, general psychology I (perception, thinking, memory and language), general psychology II (learning, motivation and emotion), developmental psychology, personality psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology , Health psychology, occupational, organizational and business psychology and as minor subjects either sport, economics, psychiatry.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Occupational, operational and organizational psychology, market, communication and business psychology, legal psychology, traffic psychology, educational psychology, research and teaching, health psychology, consulting and clinical psychology. A job as a psychotherapist can only be carried out independently with appropriate additional training and approval.
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Depending on the field of activity, employers are institutions of the health and social sector (e.g. clinics, advice centers, homes) in public or private sponsorship, commercial companies, authorities, associations, public and private educational institutions (e.g. schools, technical schools, universities) and research institutes. Self-employment is also possible in most professional fields.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Rhineland-Palatinate), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €322.18 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Knowledge of English, sufficient knowledge of mathematical and scientific thinking and working methods are an advantage. |
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| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.06, summer semester until 01.12 |
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 directly to the university until 01.12Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 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.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 01.12.2026 (48 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.