Master of Arts Psychology

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Candidates wishing to enrol in the Master "Psychology" degree programme at the IPU have to apply online via uni-assist. uni-assist is a non-profit organisation that evaluates international school and university certificates on behalf of German universities. uni-assist examines if the submitted school/university certificates are equivalent to German school/university degrees, i.e. whether they qualify in principle for admission to university studies in Germany.

Online application is open until 16 September 2019. Apply now at www.uni-assist.de

We recommend applicants from non-EU countries to apply early, so that you have enough time to apply for your visa, to find an accommodation, etc.

uni-assist requests you to pay a processing fee (€75), which must be paid completely in advance. Otherwise your application can neither be processed nor forwarded to us. If your application is not complete, uni-assist will inform you and may ask for missing documents.

You have to submit all certificates as officially authenticated copies in the original language and, when the original documents are not in German or English, in a certified translation.

https://psychology-berlin.com/application-and-admission.html (opens in a new tab)

The Admission Process

The IPU chooses its students itself. Using our individualised selection process as the basis, we ensure that our students are suitable for us – and we are for them. Doing so, we do not regard the secondary school results (A level equivalents) as the primary criterion for a successful course of studies, for which reason we also do not have a numerus clausus limitation on the number of study places on our courses.

All applicants who apply online and fulfil the formal requirements are invited to either a personal selection interview or – if they do not live in Germany – to an interview by telephone or Skype.

The interview takes approximately 30 minutes. It does not include any academic questions on psychology or psychoanalysis, and instead focuses on your personality and interests, your motivation for choosing the studies and future profession, as well as your prior experience or social commitment as the case may be. The minutes of the interview are recorded and result in a recommendation to the university management to accept or reject the applicant.

The university management then decides on the applicant's admission, while taking into consideration the various documents submitted and the impression gained at the selection interview. We inform the applicants in writing of our decision as quickly as possible.

Should your (conditional) admission application be accepted, you receive an email and the "letter of acceptance". If your admission acceptance is only conditionally – i.e. you have not yet been awarded your Bachelor degree or you still have to pass the TOEFL test – you must submit the missing documents as soon as possible, but no later than by the start of the study course.