MSc Psychology - Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Entry requirements

Numerus Clausus (restricted admission). Bachelor's degree or equivalent: For this master's programme, you need a subject-specific bachelor of science degree (minimum 6 semesters/180 ECTS credits) in psychology or a comparable undergraduate degree in combination with a personal suitability for the programme. Your degree must include: 30 ECTS credits in psychological methodology, 10 of which in statistics; 40 ECTS credits of basic knowledge such as General Psychology, Biological Psychololgy, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology as well as Differential and Personality Psychology. Modules taken in at least two areas of application (e.g. Work and Organisational Psychology, Pedagogical Psychology, Clinical Psychology). Altogether, your degree must include lessons or modules in psychology amounting to at least 150 ECTS credits. Selection procedure: If the number of applicants entitled to admission exceeds the number of available study places, they are admitted according to a ranking list established as the result of a selection procedure of the Faculty. The following criteria are considered: a) final grade of the first undergraduate degree; b) final grade of the higher secondary education certificate.