At a glance
IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICAL SKILLS
The course offers exciting, scientifically sound and professionally relevant teaching content at the cutting edge.
Are you looking for an exciting mix of psychology and economics? Do you want to work with people in a company and support them in various life situations? Are you interested in topics such as employee motivation and health, customer requirements and leadership behavior? Would you like to ensure that the right business decisions are made by surveying customers and employees? Then our Bachelor's degree program in Business Psychology is just right for you. We offer you
- a study profile that is in high demand from companies with a wide range of employment opportunities
- a degree course in which you are not just a number, but have personal contact with lecturers and other students
- Exciting course content with a strong scientific foundation and direct relevance to current economic challenges
- a great study environment with new forms of teaching and learning such as the creation and use of learning videos, creative project tasks and the integration of classroom teaching with digital content
- sound empirical methods training and the promise that statistics and data analysis can also be fun
STUDY PROGRAM & COURSE CONTENT
Business psychologists understand what drives people - thanks to their theoretical knowledge and sound interpretation of empirical data. This offers great added value for companies.
The B.Sc. in Business Psychology is a combined psychology and business degree program with a high scientific standard. Psychological and economic content are balanced. In addition, students learn about and apply practice-relevant research methods in psychology.
- Business administration: project, process and quality management, corporate management, marketing and HR/HR
- Psychology: general psychology, social psychology, differential psychology, diagnostics, health psychology, work & organizational psychology, market & consumer psychology
- Empirical methodological skills: statistics, study planning & implementation, quantitative & qualitative data analysis, data evaluation & processing
CAREER & PERSPECTIVE
Business psychologists help companies to consistently align their business models and working practices with the needs of the respective target group.
Graduates are broadly positioned and versatile for a career in business. Primary job profiles are in the areas of HR, marketing and consulting. Their psychological expertise provides added value in dealing with many current economic challenges - examples include dealing with skills shortages, the introduction of flexible and digital working models and the promotion of health, motivation, diversity, gender equality and sustainable practices. Due to the strong focus on methods, the professional field of psychological research is also an option.
An advanced Master's degree, such as the Business Administration and Entrepreneurship course, opens up the possibility of further specialization and sharpening one's own profile.
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Curriculum
With practical relevance, career orientation and freedom of choice, we give you a profile that employers want
In the first study phase, the course teaches basic business, psychological and methodological knowledge as well as English language skills suitable for a career in business.
The second study phase begins in the fourth semester. In the area of business administration, students can specialize in one of four specializations. They often choose Human Resources Management or Marketing/Sales. In psychology, the focus is on the two applied fields of work and organizational psychology and market and consumer psychology. In methods courses, students learn how to work with real business psychology data sets in a playful way. Students also carry out small empirical research projects independently.
Students gain their first practical experience in the practical semester, which is scheduled for the 6th semester. The Bachelor's thesis, which deals empirically with an entrepreneurial issue, is often written together with a company and concludes the course.
Admission
Application for the winter semester
The Business Psychology program offers
- 30 places in the winter semester
- July 15: Application deadline for the winter semester
These dates are cut-off deadlines, which means that your application documents must be received by this date in order to be considered for the allocation of study places.
Start of lectures
- Beginning of October for the winter semester
You can find the exact date in the menu item Dates.
To the online application
Who gets a place?
The applicants with the best overall grades are admitted.
Selection procedure - how is the overall grade calculated?
At RWU, this degree program is subject to the admission and selection regulations for Bachelor's degree programs is applied and carried out on the basis of the application documents. The creation of a shortlist or ranking list is explained below: The applicant's position on a ranking list is determined from the application documents according to the following procedure: Calculation of a weighted overall grade according to the formula
[(average grade of the higher education entrance qualification)+(grades German, mathematics * 2 and continued modern foreign language)/4] / 2
If there are more applicants than places, 90 % of the places are allocated by the selection procedure (best overall grade) and 10 % of the places are allocated according to waiting time.
Improvement of the overall grade
This overall grade can be improved if one or more of the following qualifications are proven:
- Completed vocational training in the commercial field or from the recognized professional groups according to the admission and selection regulations. Admission and selection regulations: 0,3
- Professional experience in the training occupation of at least 1 year: 0.1. This bonus is limited to 0.3 for three professional years.
Extracurricular achievements, pract. Activities and recognized previous experience: 0.1 per qualification, max. 2 qualifications can be taken into account:
- Federal Voluntary Service (min. 11 months)
- Voluntary social year
- Stays abroad in the service of an NGO or on behalf of the state
Succession procedure
Prospective students often apply to several universities and degree courses. As a result, study places regularly become available again because an applicant decides to apply for a different course. These places that become available again are awarded in a succession procedure to those who did not get in first. Places are again allocated according to the ranking list, i.e. first to those with the best overall grade.
Further information on the application and allocation of places can be found at the Admissions Office.
SEMESTER FEE
Every semester , all students are required to pay a semester fee upon enrolment or re-registration. All universities in Germany charge a similar amount.
Composition and amount of the fee
FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR A SECOND DEGREE COURSE
Since the winter semester 2017/2018, Baden-Württemberg has had a tuition fee for international students (non-EU citizens) and a second degree course fee. This means that in some cases a tuition fee must be paid in addition to the semester fee.
Before enrolling, applicants from non-EU countries or applicants for a second degree course will receive a form to assess whether they are actually required to pay tuition fees.
The amounts and detailed information can be found under Finances.
News
Press release
Two new degree programs at RWU
Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences is constantly developing its range of courses. Two new Bachelor's degree courses are being launched: Business Psychology and Mechatronics.
Contact & People
General contact details
| Phone | |
|---|---|
| sylvia.pilz@rwu.de | |
| Room | B 213 |
| On campus |
Building B
Leibnizstr. 12
88250 Weingarten |
| Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Business Psychology P.O. Box 30 22
88216 Weingarten Germany |
Secretariat
Sylvia Pilz
Head of degree program
Prof. Dr. phil. Götz Walter
Student counseling and coordination
Professors
Prof. Dr. phil. Josefine Denzin
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Ermark
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nils Hagen
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth
Prof. Dr. Steffen Jäckle
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Peter Philippi-Beck
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Andreas Schmidthöfer
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dirk Steffens
- Gebäude B
- Room B 118
Prof. Dr. phil. Götz Walter
Admissions office
Sandra Gmeinder
Examination office
Monika Huber
Practice office
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth
Ulrike Reck-Obert
