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Bachelor Full-time / German
Faculty of Technology and Management

Business Psychology

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At a glance
Regular period
7, including 1 internship semester
Degree
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Places
Winter:
30
Apply till 07/15
Requirements
Higher education, subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or general higher education entrance qualification

Dates

11:00 12:00
Informative meeting

Information event on the Bachelor's degree program "Business Psychology"

Prof. Dr. Götz Walter, Franziska Müller, M. A.
Online
11:00 12:00
Informative meeting

Information event on the Bachelor's degree program "Business Psychology"

Prof. Dr. Götz Walter, Franziska Müller, M. A.
Online
Wirtschaftspsychologie_Fundiertes Wissen
Quelle: RWU

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
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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
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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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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.

Contact & People

General contact details

Phone
Email 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

Sekretariat Fakultät Technologie und Management
Bachelorstudiengänge "Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Management“ (BM) und "Wirtschaftspsychologie“ (PW); Masterstudiengang „Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Unternehmerisches Handeln (BWU); Mitglied des Fakultätsrats
Sylvia Pilz

Head of degree program

Prof. Dr. phil. Götz Walter

Wirtschaftspsychologie, Change Management, Forschungsmethoden, Angewandte Statistik
Studiendekan Wirtschaftspsychologie (Bachelor)
Professor Dr. Götz Walter

Student counseling and coordination

Franziska Müller M.A.

Akademische Mitarbeiterin
Mitglied des Fakultätsrats
Franziska Müller

Professors

Prof. Dr. phil. Götz Walter

Wirtschaftspsychologie, Change Management, Forschungsmethoden, Angewandte Statistik
Studiendekan Wirtschaftspsychologie (Bachelor)
Professor Dr. Götz Walter

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dirk Steffens

Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Unternehmensführung
Beauftragter der Fakultät für Qualität
Dirk Steffens

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Heike Willax

Finanzwirtschaft, Planung, Controlling, Management Simulation und Strategisches Management
Studiendekanin Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Management (Bachelor), Prodekanin der Fakultät Technologie und Management
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Heike Willax

Admissions office

Sandra Gmeinder

Admissions Office, Student Administration Office
Teaching degree programs, Media Design, PEM, UVM
Sandra Gmeinder

Examination office

Jana Dittmann

Examination Office Faculty of Technology and Management, Student Service
Degree programs BM, TE/PE, TM/TW, BWU, IBS, TMO

Practice office

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth

Mathematik und Statistik
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth

Ulrike Reck-Obert

Praktikantenamt Fakultät Technologie und Management
Internationale Studienwochen, Absolventenfeiern, Berufungsverfahren
Ulrike Reck-Obert