Psychology (B.Sc.)

In the Bachelor's Programme in Psychology, students will acquire sound knowledge in fundamental subjects of psychology as well as basic knowledge in its applied disciplines. This provides students with general and subject-specific occupational skills necessary for the changeover into the working world. They will learn the main correlations of psychology and to apply scientific methods and findings. The bachelor's degree is also the requirement for participation in a master's programme.

These goals are achieved by connecting theoretical contents with practice-oriented topics, so that students receive fundamental scientific knowledge as well as occupational skills. In addition, students will acquire key competencies for a successful career start. Through active participation in courses and hands-on psychological work, students acquire knowledge and skills with which they can recognize psychological tasks, formulate factually founded potential solutions and appropriately realize these. Methodological competencies (especially in research methods and statistics, computer-aided data collection, data analysis and presentation as well as diagnostic basics and procedures) are conveyed predominantly in specialized modules. Aside from textual knowledge, the students acquire social and personal competencies that are also important for professional work.

Very good English language skills are required.

The integration of GEMI in the Faculty of Biology and Psychology has lead to a strong interest in biopsychological and neuroscientific questions in Göttingen. This orientation is amplified by the interconnection with numerous centres and interdisciplinary programmes in which many faculties, Max Planck Institutes and other institutes participate (Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience, German Primate Centre, international M.Sc/Ph.D programmes in neuroscience, Centre for Systems Neuroscience). An additional research focus is found in research on judgement and decision making, which comprises fundamental oriented cognitive and sociopsychological aspects as well as applied aspects. In addition, the interdisciplinary union of school education, educational psychology and the specialised didactics of the Universität Göttingen in the Centre for Empirical Research into Teaching and Schools (ZeUS) forms the third area of specialisation. Göttingen also offers extensive possibilities to gain in-depth knowledge in the subject of methodology and the area of clinical psychology. In this area, a postgraduate programme is also offered for master graduates in cooperation with the Universität Braunschweig to obtain the medical license as a psychological psychotherapist. A detailed description of research focuses of the individual departments of GEMI can be found on the homepage of the institute (see right or below).