FAQs on studying

The choice of specialization is based on your course registration in HisPos.

IMPORTANT: As soon as you have registered for the examination in a specialization,

this is considered a binding choice of specialization that cannot be revised!

Please note that you must have completed your coursework within 4 semesters (two academic years), otherwise you may be exmatriculated. If you require support in planning your course of study, please contact the Student Advisory Service.

You only have to submit a medical certificate if you are requested to do so by the Examination Office. This may be the case from the second sick note for an examination.

Costs

The costs for a medical certificate must be borne by you.

Veronica Krawiec is responsible for the module Internship in the Master's program in Psychology. Concerns in this regard should be sent by e-mail to: Praktikum_MScPsych@uni-kassel.de (Veronika Krawiec).

You can find more information on the Master's Psychology internship here:

https:// www.uni-kassel.de/uni/studium/psychologie-master/im-studium/praktikum

If you are interested in studying abroad, we recommend the last two semesters of your degree program.

The module coordinators will be happy to recognize modules completed abroad as soon as they have similar content to our modules. However, please discuss recognition with the relevant Professors before your stay abroad.

Information on support in preparing for your stay abroad can be found here: https: //www.uni-kassel.de/uni/studium/psychologie-master/im-studium/auslandsaufenthalt or by contacting the International Office . Please allow approximately one year for preparation.

Students on the bachelor's degree course in psychology in Kassel learn how to use R. R is also the official statistics program in the master's degree course. This comes into play in the Master's thesis, among other things. If you have not used R before, we usually offer an R tutorial for you.

To round off your studies, we also offer an introductory course in SPSS, which you can attend voluntarily. This is not part of the regular curriculum.

If, after completing your M.Sc. in Psychology, you wish to take up psychological psychotherapeutic training, the possibilities depend on the state examination office in which you wish to do your psychotherapy training (psychological psychotherapist or child and adolescent psychotherapist) since a court ruling. So far, within the framework of the transitional regulation until 2032, it is possible to complete a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Kassel in Hesse to train as a psychotherapist. In addition to the 5 ECTS credits in Module 3 "Clinical Psychology", you can also acquire additional credits in the clinical area(lectures of the Master's in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, not the seminars) within our Master's program in order to achieve a certain number of credits required for your desired training institute.

Please contact the relevant state examination office in advance to find out which training you can do(list of state examination offices) . The state in which you would like to begin training as a psychological psychotherapist is responsible. In the preliminary inquiry, please state both your Bachelor's degree and your future Master's degree and clarify whether any additional qualifications may apply. Please obtain the information in writing and keep it until the licensing examination.

You can find the Psychotherapists Act on the Internet here.

You can only be granted an official semester of leave in the first semester under certain conditions:

• in the event of an illness that precludes proper study. The illness and its expected duration must be certified by a doctor.
• for the period of maternity or parental leave (appropriate proof must be enclosed - birth certificate / maternity pass).

Further information on leave of absence.