- Degree
- Master of Science
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Regensburg
- Deadlines
- Please enquire
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Psychology
- Business, Occupational, and Organisational Psychology
Focus
Principles of Psychology, non-clinical fields of application
Target group
The degree course is aimed at people with a first degree in Psychology or a related subject.
It imparts knowledge and skills in current topics and methods of cognitive sciences and their fields of application and is interesting for people with a professional goal in academic teaching and research or in educational, work or organisational psychology.
One focus is on basic science and non-clinical applications.
Annotation
The degree course focuses on cognitive, neural and developmental processes that underlie human behaviour. Students can choose between a fundamentals- or application-oriented specialisation. The elective area offers the opportunity to set individual focuses, e.g. in the areas of machine learning, data science, behavioural economics or methods of cognitive neuroscience.
Admission requirements
Certificate of academic degree/equivalent degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters (180 credit points) or a comparable scope in the subject of Psychology or a related subject, e.g. Cognitive Sciences, Cognitive Neurosciences, Cognitive Psychology, with a grade of at least 2.9 .
Allocation of a study place through a local selection procedure for admission-restricted degree courses; aptitude is determined by a review of the requirements based on complete documents submitted in due form and on time. Applications and documents must be submitted exclusively via the electronic application portal.
Lecture period
- Winter semester 2025/2026: 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027
The lecture period is interrupted from 24.12.2026 to 6.01.2027 and on 01.11. 2026. - Summer semester 2026: 12.04.2027 - 16.07.2027
The lecture period is interrupted on 26 May 2026.
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Application deadline for local application process: by 15 July at the University of Regensburg Also applies to applicants from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway Applications for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy until 15.7.2024 via Hochschulstart information for applicants from abroad:
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Application deadline for local application process: by 15 July at the University of Regensburg information for applicants from abroad: Prospective students from non-EU countries send all applications - for subjects with admissions restrictions and open admission - to the University of Regensburg by 15.7.
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Eligibility procedure in Master's degree courses with application deadlines: Separate deadlines apply for each degree course! These are published on the websites of the respective degree courses and can also be found in the applicable examination and study regulations. Applications are submitted partly via the Campus portal SPUR. Continuing degree programmes (Master’s degree), only in the field of Psychology, two-stage procedure: aptitude procedure as well as local admission restrictions
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Eligibility procedure in Master's degree courses with application deadlines: Separate deadlines apply for each degree course! These are published on the websites of the respective degree courses and can also be found in the applicable examination and study regulations. Applications are submitted partly via the Campus portal SPUR. Continuing degree programmes (Master’s degree), only in the field of Psychology, two-stage procedure: aptitude procedure as well as local admission restrictions
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English