Unleash your potential with a Master of Science in Psychology: with the comprehensive specialist knowledge you acquire during your studies, you will be ideally equipped to take on management positions in business, consulting or industry. Your goal? To place the "human factor" at the heart of your work - be it in occupational and organizational psychology, test psychology diagnostics or market research.
The broad range of topics such as work and organizational psychology, life-span psychology, traffic psychology and cognitive neuroscience will provide a solid foundation for your career.
The Master's in Psychology - Cognitive Systems also opens up exciting prospects in scientific research and business.
The Master's degree program in Psychology - Cognitive Systems is divided into one year of in-depth theory lessons in the various psychological disciplines. Your methodological knowledge from the Bachelor's program is also deepened and expanded. In line with the diversity of the psychological professions, there are modules focusing on computer-aided psychology and its use in research.
We deal with cognitive and affective neuroscience, artificial intelligence and other fields of research in lifespan psychology, engineering psychology and work and organizational psychology.
The second focus is on the practical semester and the preparation of the final thesis. Internal and external internships give psychologists the opportunity to try out very different research and professional fields. This often results in a collaboration for the final thesis - and beyond.
Applications are made via the online application portal. There are admission requirements.
There is an NC (numerus clausus) for both Master's degree courses in Psychology. As the number of applicants exceeds the number of study places, the grade of the Bachelor's certificate is used as a selection criterion.
In addition, you must have completed a polyvalent Bachelor's degree in Psychology with at least 180 ECTS in order to be admitted to the Master's degree program. Proof of this is provided in the form of a certificate from your examination office.
You can find all the important information about starting your first semester here.
The numerus clausus describes the "admission rank". This is not fixed, but is recalculated each year after the application deadline. An admission limit (admission rank) expresses the grade of the last person admitted. Accordingly, only the NC values from previous years can be used as a guide:
Yes, there is an NC (numerus clausus) for both Master's degree programs in Psychology. As the number of applicants exceeds the number of study places, the grade of the Bachelor's certificate is used as a selection criterion.
No, you can only apply for one admission-restricted degree program at a time. Although you can create an application for each of the two degree programs in the application portal, you cannot submit them at the same time. If you have any questions, please contact the contact person listed in the application portal or the degree program coordinator.
The new Master's degree course in Psychology - Cognitive Systems is not clinical and therefore does not prepare students for training as a psychological psychotherapist under the old law.
From the winter semester 22/23, it will therefore only be possible to qualify as a psychotherapist at the University of Lübeck under the new law.
If you are currently unable to provide evidence of individual admission requirements due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus, please submit a corresponding certificate from your examination office with your application.
If the admission requirements have not been met by the end of the summer semester, you will not be admitted to the Master's in Psychology.
For admission to the Master's degree program in Psychology, the grade of the Bachelor's degree serves as a decisive criterion in the ranking of applicants.
In addition, proof of successful completion of the module "Neuropsychology - Disorders and Diagnostics" with at least 6 CP (ECTS according to the European Credit Transfer System) leads to an improvement in the average grade by 0.2. Sub-modules and modules of a smaller scope are not taken into account.
Letters of recommendation, voluntary social year or federal voluntary service or similar are not taken into account.
A large number of applicants share this problem, which is why it is possible to apply for any of the Master's degree programs at the University of Lübeck with a provisional certificate (Transcript of Records with the provisional overall grade) from 150 ECTS.
If modules that are relevant for admission are not noted in the ToR, these must be confirmed as registered by the examination office of the home university with the corresponding ECTS (with stamp and signature). Otherwise, the modules cannot be credited.
If the modules are already listed in the ToR, but are listed without ECTS due to the pending examination, please also enclose the corresponding module description with your application documents so that it is clear how many ECTS you are expected to receive after completing the module.
If the application is successful, provisional enrolment will take place. The documents must then be completed with your Bachelor's degree certificate by the end of the year.
There is no lottery procedure for places on the Psychology degree program at the University of Lübeck.
Places on the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Psychology are allocated exclusively by ranking list. This means that if applicants do not accept their study places, the next applicant on the ranking list automatically moves up. The succession procedure is carried out until all study places are filled.
The examinations for all STEM degree courses are organized centrally each semester.
Only the respective compulsory courses are included in this schedule; the dates for purely elective courses are usually set by the lecturers by arrangement.
All examination dates can be found in UnivIS: Vorlesungsverzeichnis >> Klausurtermine MINT Sektion >> Master Psychologie.
Registration for module examinations takes place online. Every student can register for the 1st or 2nd examination date via the QIS account up to two weeks before the end of the lecture period (we send out information with the relevant deadlines every semester). The withdrawal period ends 3 days before an examination.
In the event of withdrawal from the 1st examination date, it is possible to register for the 2nd examination date in QIS at the same time. Withdrawal from the 2nd examination is then again possible up to 3 days before the examination date.
In the event of a failed attempt, there is an obligation to take part in the next possible examination date (§ 17 Para. 2 PVO). Please also register for this in QIS.
Non-participation in an examination despite registration is counted as a failed attempt and you are obliged to take part in the next possible examination date. If participation is not possible due to illness, the MINT Examinations Office must be notified immediately. The certificate must be submitted to the Examinations Office within 3 days together with the sick note form.
All students have the right to inspect their exams within 4 weeks of being notified of their grades. If you are interested, please contact your module supervisor.
After enrolling at the University of Lübeck, all students will receive an account sheet with the initial password for the QIS portal with their student ID. On the website https://qis.uni-luebeck.de, this password must be replaced by your own password for the first time.
The QIS account allows you to view your own examination grades. It is also possible to print study certificates and the ToR at any time.
Dealing with plagiarism in the Psychology degree program
The guidelines for good academic practice laid down by the Senate of the University of Lübeck apply to academics and students.
The guidelines for dealing with plagiarism for students and lecturers of the Psychology degree program specify how to deal with suspected cases of plagiarism in the Psychology degree program.
The examination board is made up of professors, academic staff and students. It decides on the interpretation of the examination regulations and deals with cases that may not be provided for or covered in the regulations.
Contact the examination board if something unforeseen happens during your studies, such as a prolonged illness or problems with examinations. The committee can (of course only in truly exceptional situations) grant special permission and make special arrangements for you.
Typically, you should contact the chairperson of the committee directly; he or she can decide many things directly and the committee does not always have to hold lengthy meetings.
Group of professors (member / deputy member)
Prof. Dr. N. Bunzeck (Chair) / Prof. Dr. J. Obleser
Prof. Dr. I. Wilhelm-Groch (Deputy Chair) / Prof. Dr. Silke Anders
Prof. Dr. O. Stavrova / Prof. Dr. C. Peifer
Prof. Dr. F. Paulus / Prof. Dr. Sören Krach
Prof. Dr. L. Malich / Prof. Dr. Th. Franke
Group of research assistants (member / deputy member)
Kirsten Handschuch / Dr. M. Woestmann
Group of students (member / deputy member)
Jonas Krusch / Kornelia Staniszewski
The Master's thesis is planned for the 4th semester of the Master's program. The thesis must be officially registered with the Examination Office. To do this, please use the application for admission to the Bachelor's/Master's thesis. From this point on, the student has a maximum of 6 months to complete the thesis. Only in justified exceptional cases can an extension of 1 month be granted. The provisions of the SGO and PVO apply in all cases.
The FAQs answer the most frequently asked questions from students. General forms and information sheets, e.g. for issuing the Bachelor's thesis, cover sheet for the Bachelor's thesis or registration for the colloquium for the Bachelor's thesis, can be found on the general forms page of the Examinations Office.
The topic of the Master's thesis must include a psychological background. This can be confirmed by the Chair of the Examination Board. Students may contact their professors/lecturers at any time with their own topic suggestions.
The lead time for issuing a topic for your Master's thesis varies from one working group to another. As a student, you can find all this information and a list of the lecturers who will issue your thesis in Moodle. -> here (click)
