Business Psychology, Master of Science

Admission requirements

Admission requirements:

• relevant professional university degree in accordance with § 10 BerlHG
• completed bachelor's degree in psychology or bachelor's degree with a business administration focus and practical experience in the field of personnel/organisation
• For foreign applicants, proof of educational qualification in accordance with § 11 BerlHG

When changes occur in companies, the underlying processes should by no means be viewed solely from a business management perspective. Extensive psychological expertise is required to assess the consequences that development processes may have regarding personnel and organisational development. Those who successfully complete the Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology with a focus on Personnel and Organisational Development can later work, for example, in Human Resource Management, consulting, coaching, mentoring, personnel management, and many other fields.

Distinctive Features of the Master’s Degree Programme in Business Psychology at BSP

1. Personnel Development and Organisational Development
The Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology at BSP is explicitly qualified through its focus on more application-oriented research and consulting. The focus lies on personnel-psychological issues from occupational aptitude diagnostics, personnel management and personnel marketing as well as issues related to personnel and team development and their connection to the organisation as a whole.

2. Application Focus: Change Management
In addition to advisory skills in individual counselling (coaching), the Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology at BSP particularly deepens the complex demands on practical consultancy of institutions. The university’s thematic focus (change management in the digital transformation) corresponds to competences in personnel and organisational development, organisational consulting, and change management.

3. “Special”: Integrated Coaching Training
Unique in the Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology is the reflective methodological orientation, which focuses on the systemic approach to organisations and their acting individuals. In addition to the consulting modules integrated into the programme, a “Systemic Coaching” certificate can be obtained.

Occupational Profile and Career Opportunities:

The Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology qualifies you to take on leadership responsibilities in the management of organisations and their employees. Interesting fields of work can be found in all institutions and companies that have recognised the importance of professionally managed and psychologically supported personnel and organisational development.

In the Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology with a focus on Personnel and Organisational Development, you acquire competences for a broad spectrum of activities, for example in the following areas:

• Strategy and personnel management
• Aptitude diagnostics, personnel selection
• Human Resources Management: recruiting, marketing and personnel management
• Change management, organisational development
• Consulting and coaching
• Team development, mentoring, moderation, supervision
• Intercultural management

Two Psychology Masters in just 3 years

All Master’s programmes of the Business Psychology Department at BSP are based content-wise on the fundamentals of management, psychology, and methodological skills, so that these study contents can be credited towards a further Master’s degree. Graduates of the Master’s degree programme in Business Psychology therefore have the opportunity to obtain an additional Master’s degree in Media Psychology or Sports Psychology in just one further year. In only two semesters you develop professionally relevant practical competences and complete your second degree with a Master’s thesis.