Psychology places value on research-oriented teaching and learning. In the first year of studies there is a ‘research-oriented internship’, in the 3rd year of studies a 2nd ‘Empirical internship’. All of psychology is taught in its breadth, but also with many possibilities for a deeper look. Value is placed on the highest methodological standards, especially openness and transparency in research, but also in teaching. 4 Master’s programmes qualify students for various occupational fields in psychology, including a licence in psychotherapy. A variety of training opportunities exist.

Psychology offers two Master´s degree programmes taught in English: Neuro Cognitive Psychology and Master of the Learning Sciences; There are numerous international research collaborations; there is an extensive range of external, English-speaking lecturers; International exchange takes place via Erasmus+ and LMU Exchange.

Numerous laboratories, which can also be used by students (EEG & behaviour, multi-sensory perception, eye-tracking, virtual lab, baby and child labs, video labs, transcranial magnet simulation, spectroscopic instruments, neurostimulation, fMRI scanner in cooperation with Medicine). Library with a large reference stock and access to numerous online journals; Students have access to PCs and software in the CIP pools; the IT Helpdesk offers direct support; In addition: Testothek test archive, Testlab, i-Teach, Melessa (Munich Experimental Laboratory for Economic and Social Sciences), research and teaching outpatient clinics.

Psychology is involved in numerous projects, funded by the DFG, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the OECD, various foundations and corporations, etc.; Research Unit Active Perception (German Research Foundation); the research projects take place across a wide range of the represented subject areas.

Further education, guidance and coaching programmes are available for academics at the Center for Leadership and People Management. Students are supported through peer-to-peer mentoring. Students are actively encouraged to present their work in meetings of groups in their area of specialisation. The focus is on forms of research-oriented learning.