Psychology with a focus on clinical psychology and psychotherapy (in accordance with the German law on the profession of psychotherapist (PsychThG) 2019) MSH Medical School Hamburg - University of Applied Sciences and Medical University
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Psychology
Focus
Psychotherapeutic treatment according to target groups (children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, people with disabilities), Documentation and quality assurance of psychotherapeutic treatments, Diagnostic Models & Methods, Assessment in Psychotherapeutic Care, Self Reflection, Multivariate Procedures, Research Methods & Psychotherapy Research, Practice of clinical psychological research
Target group
The Master’s degree course in Psychology with specialisation in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (according to German law on the profession of psychotherapist (PsychThG) 2019) is offered by the Faculty of Human Sciences, which has the status of a university of applied sciences and is therefore equivalent to a university. The standard period of study for the entire course (Bachelor and Master), that according to § 2 of the Psychotherapist Training Act is a prerequisite for the granting of a license to practice as a psychotherapist, is 5 years. Of these, 3 years are for a professionally recognised or equivalent Bachelor's degree course in Psychology and 2 years for the Master's degree course in Psychotherapy. The Master's degree programme concludes with the Master's examination and the Master of Science academic degree. The regulations of the German Psychotherapist Training Act and the Licensing Regulations for Psychotherapists (PsychTh-ApprO) apply to the subsequent psychotherapeutic examination, which is carried out under the supervision of the competent authority under state law.
Annotation
The basic competencies to be acquired in the degree course are geared towards targeted participation in psychotherapeutic care and towards the development of scientific competencies, the ability to engage in lifelong learning, including the ability to engage in further and continuing education, as well as the development of organisational or leadership competencies. In addition to content-related, technical-methodical and implementation-oriented competences, personal or social skills must also be developed in a form that is necessary for independent, autonomous and comprehensive psychotherapeutic care for people of all ages, including the needs of people with disabilities.
Admission requirements
- In accordance with Section 9 (4) of the Psychotherapists Act (Psychotherapeutengesetz), passed on 01.09.2020, a first professionally qualifying Bachelor's degree in Psychology or an equivalent degree course worth at least 180 CP is required, which is recognised by the competent state authority under professional law. In the case of an equivalent degree, the learning results must meet the substantive requirements of the law on reforming psychotherapy training and the licensing regulations for psychotherapists. For the admission of applicants with foreign degrees to our MSc in Psychotherapy at the MSH, all application documents and documents relevant to admission (certificates, vitas, internship certificates, module descriptions) must be translated into German and these translations must be officially certified. The equivalence can only be determined via the central recognition office for foreign degrees.
Tuition fee
EUR 995/month Registration fee: One-time fee of EUR 100
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
