The course aims to convey the knowledge, skills and experiences that enable students to work in selected areas of Psychology. Graduates of the bachelor’s course in Psychology are qualified for jobs involving primary diagnostic and counselling duties in health and social care, education and training and administration, business and industry. Graduates can also work in the fields of scientific studies and subject-specific education, further training and continuing education as well. The career area options include human resources, health education, school system, counselling roles in education, clinical psychology and occupational psychology, as well as the area of surveys and market research. Students also acquire the skills that enable them to progress to post-graduate master’s or doctoral degrees, above all in psychological subjects.
The skills are taught through a combination of frontal teaching, virtual teaching and self-study, both alone and in groups. The HU Psychology course provides its students with the opportunity to contribute to research and development projects at an early stage.
The course is designed to enable students to spend the 5th - and potentially the 6th - semester abroad. The modules that last for semesters 5 and 6 can also be taken in a single semester.
Why should you study Psychology at Humboldt-Universität?
Psychology has a long tradition at Humboldt-Universität. Internationally-renowned academics such as Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Kurt Lewin and Friedhart Klix taught here. The department is currently very well-staffed with 14 professors. This provides a good lecturer/student ratio. The tradition mentioned above means that Psychology at HU has a strong orientation to the natural sciences. This is expressed in a preference for empirical or experimental investigation techniques and in the examination of the physiological foundations of psychological processes or mental illnesses. This tradition also gives rise to a focus on clinical psychology, cognitive and biological psychology, occupational, operational and organisational psychology, as well as personality and developmental psychology. The university’s guiding principle of unifying teaching and research is a key feature of our programmes. Students are actively involved in research in a range of teaching sessions from the first year onwards. A further important feature of the department the very active body of student representatives (Student Representatives Psychology) who are committed to representing the students’ interests.