Personnel and Communication Psychology, Master of Science

Admission requirements

The formal requirements for admission to the Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Personnel and Communication Psychology are a bachelor's degree or an equivalent academic degree (e.g. Magister or Diplom), as well as one year of professional experience. Since this is a postgraduate master's program, there are no restrictions in the subject area of the previous bachelor's degree.

The following documents are required for your application:

Curriculum vitae Proof of university entrance qualification (general qualification for university entrance, etc.) Proof of a university degree

Details

The economic, labor market, social and personnel-related significance of personnel and communication psychology fields of work and occupation has increased significantly in the past 20 years: internationalization is changing work and organizational processes in commercial enterprises and confronting employees with new types of stress on an almost daily basis. As a graduate of the Master's program in Personnel and Communication Psychology, you are primarily qualified in personnel and communication psychology and can specialize in aspects of career counseling, personal diagnostics, organizational development and competence research.

 

Your prospects after graduation

As a graduate of the Master's program in Personnel and Communication Psychology, you are primarily qualified in personnel and communication psychology and can specialize in aspects of career counseling, personal diagnostics, organizational development and competence research. As an academically trained psychological specialist and manager with comprehensive management skills, the program in Personnel and Communication Psychology enables you to take on leading positions in the field of commercial enterprises and management consultancies. You can work in a wide range of industries and in a variety of professional fields because you have the practical knowledge and skills in the areas of social psychology and in managing group and behavioral dynamics in learning organizations. You are just as familiar with managing and communicating personal and organizational change processes as you are with diagnostics and consulting.

Personal and organizational development and consulting work in management consultancies, commercial enterprises, public authorities and scientific institutions Psychosocial and psycho-economic professionalization Personnel and organizational development of companies, management consultancies with various focuses Assessment, outplacement and people performance solutions, management training, team development and corporate communication Social work and social pedagogy institutions Psychosocial counseling and personnel development in companies, management and leadership of projects in personnel and organizational development Organizational management of cities and municipalities