Applied Psychology

Today’s world is becoming increasingly complex, we are witnessing constant changes that increase the need for psychological skills and for appropriately trained psychologists, for experts who can answer questions related to human behaviour, who can solve professional challenges and at the same time understand the relationships between customers, between employees and between competitors.

The interdisciplinary bachelor programme in Applied Psychology will give you the relevant skills and competencies to optimally meet these demands. You will learn how to successfully apply scientific findings and basic and applied psychological skills to your professional and personal development.

Achieving success with a combination of psychological and business skills

Applied knowledge

You will learn about the fields of applied psychology and how they are applied in practice. You will gain knowledge in geriatric, sports, human resources, organisational, clinical psychology, etc.

Cognitive skills

You will understand the fundamental laws of human thinking, emotion and behaviour and learn ways to enhance optimal functioning of individuals, groups and organisations.

Methodological skills

You will acquire competencies in statistics, research methodology and basic psychometrics, which are the basis for interpreting, designing and conducting basic psychological studies.

Personal growth

You will become more independent in your work, responsible, innovative, and prepared for successful teamwork. You will communicate better and deal more effectively with challenges at work.

Social skills

You will learn how to work effectively with individuals and groups, how to strengthen your social skills, express ideas clearly and consider different points of view.

Digital skills

You will be trained to use digital technology confidently and critically, to acquire and share information, communicate and solve problems using ICT in all areas.

Programme structure

1st year (60 ECTS)

Compulsory Courses

Introduction to Psychology 9 ECTS
Introduction to educational psychology 6 ECTS
Statistics for psychologists 9 ECTS
Psychology of personalitiy motivation and emotions 9 ECTS
Cognitive psychology and neuroscience 9 ECTS
Organizational psychology 6 ECTS
Developmental Psychology 6 ECTS
Introduction to Clinical Psychology 6 ECTS

2nd year (60 ECTS)

Compulsory Courses

Introduction to counseling and psychotherapy 9 ECTS
Project Management and Teamwork 6 ECTS
Psychologist competencies 9 ECTS
Research Methodology for Psychologists 9 ECTS
Applied Social Psychology 9 ECTS
Psychology of learning 9 ECTS
Personnel psychology 6 ECTS
Mental health and mental disorders 6 ECTS

3rd year (60 ECTS)

Compulsory Courses

Selfmanagement and Communication 6 ECTS
Guidance and Counselling in Education 6 ECTS
Internship 12 ECTS
Final thesis 12 ECTS
Elective courses 1, 2 and 3 (6 ECTS + 6 ECTS + 6 ECTS)

Elective courses list

Elective courses are chosen by the student from a common pool of elective courses, provided they are not also compulsory courses within the student’s program. The faculty offers those elective courses for which a sufficient number of students have registered.

Digitalisation and the Individual 6 ECTS
Society, State and Ethics 6 ECTS
Family Entrepreneurship 6 ECTS
Gerontology psychology 6 ECTS
Internal Communications 6 ECTS
Public Administration and Public Sector Operations 6 ECTS
Creative Thinking by Edward de Bono 6 ECTS
Cross-cultural Management 6 ECTS
Event Management 6 ECTS
Neuromarketing 6 ECTS
Public Relations and Social Responsibility 6 ECTS
Media Relations 6 ECTS
Organizational psychology 6 ECTS
Organzation of the quality of living 6 ECTS
Enterpreneurship and enterprise culture 6 ECTS
Psychology of personalitiy motivation and emotions 6 ECTS
Human Resource Development 6 ECTS
Social Marketing 6 ECTS
Strategic Planning and Management of Tourism Companies and Organisations 6 ECTS
Sport Psychology 6 ECTS
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Management 6 ECTS

Curricula of Elective Courses