Your future begins in Siegen
The Master's degree program in Psychology aims to deepen and expand the basic psychological skills and knowledge acquired in the Bachelor's degree program. Students acquire the ability to work independently using scientific methods and are prepared for professional practice as a psychologist outside of clinical psychology. The focus of the Master's program is on psychology in the context of health, development and social change. By choosing the basic specializations as well as the supplementary subject, students can also develop individual specializations. This allows students to gain insights into other Master's degree courses as well as the option to focus on psychological research through a pre-doctoral program.
Everything at a glance
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Start of studies
Winter semester -
Standard period of study
4 semesters -
Admission restricted
Yes -
Language of instruction
German
Career prospects
The Master's degree course opens up many career opportunities. Master's graduates currently have very good opportunities on the job market. You can work in various, constantly growing professional fields:
- Teaching and research
- Work, organizational and business psychology (e.g. in personnel development)
- Educational psychology (e.g. as a school psychologist)
- Market research, advertising agencies, opinion research institutes, media psychologist
- Health psychologist, traffic psychologist, sports psychologist, expert witness for forensic psychology
Admission is open to those who
a) have a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology (180 credit points) from a domestic or foreign university or an equivalent domestic or foreign degree with an overall grade of "good" (2.5) or better
or
b) have completed at least 144 credit points at the time of application. Furthermore, the average grade must be noted on the application documents. Proof of the average grade (or the transcript of records) must not be older than 3 months at the time of application.
Applicants who are applying on the basis of a Bachelor's degree that has not yet been completed are provisionally admitted to the course and can submit proof of the first professionally qualifying degree for the winter semester by 30 September. Provisional admission expires if the degree certificate (usually the Bachelor's certificate or equivalent) is not submitted to the Registrar's Office by this date.
And:
c) can demonstrate competencies in psychological modules amounting to at least 120 LP, which must be proven in the following areas:
Experimental-psychological internship (min. 6 CP), module(s) with examination performance in statistics or psychological methodology (at least 9 CP), module(s) with examination performance in psychological diagnostics (at least 6 CP), at least four modules (at least 6 CP each) with examination performance in the following basic subjects: General Psychology, Biological Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Differential or Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, at least two modules with examination performance (at least 6 CP) in psychological application subjects such as Clinical Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology and Educational Psychology, an empirical Bachelor's thesis.
Important information
An optional aptitude test is used as an additional criterion for the allocation of study places. However, this test does not take place for the application for the winter semester 2024/25 and will not be considered. Detailed information on the application and allocation of study places can be found "here".
Examination regulations/study plans/module handbooks/internship regulations
Subject examination regulations (FPOs) define the basic structures of a degree program (e.g. admission requirements and content to be studied). Students are automatically subject to the current version of an FPO when they enrol for their first semester. This means that even if the FPO changes during the course of studies, the original version according to which you enrolled is still valid (provided this FPO does not expire). The respective study plan represents the recommended exemplary course of study in the individual subjects and is part of an FPO. Supplementary regulations and detailed information for each module to be studied can be found in the module handbooks (e.g. requirements for taking a written examination or information on the content of the modules/courses, ...). The internship regulations define the conditions under which the compulsory or optional internships must be completed.
Before the start of the lecture period, we recommend that you at least take a look at the study plan for your degree program so that you know which modules are planned for the start of your studies.
Good reasons for studying psychology at the University of Siegen
- Good lecturer-student ratio due to small cohorts
- Small degree program with a high proportion of seminars
- Option of a pre-doctoral program
- Interdisciplinary orientation of content and elective options
- Focus on academic work and academic communication
