Psychology, Department
Fakultät 7 - Philosophische Fakultät
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Fakultät 7 - Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Psychologie
Jägerstraße 17/19
D-52066 Aachen
Telephone: +49 241 809-6012
https://www.rwth-aachen.de
RWTH Aachen
Department on the internet
Institut für Psychologie
Jägerstraße 17/19
D-52066 Aachen
Telephone: +49 241 809-6012
https://www.rwth-aachen.de
RWTH Aachen
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
590
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
120
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
12/14 points
Research
- Publications per academic
2
- Citations per publication
4.6
- Third party funds per academic
55,400 €
- Doctorates per professor
1.1
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Research orientation
- Offers for career orientation
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
37
Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
no destict rank group could be assigned
- Digital teaching elements
- Courses offered
no destict rank group could be assigned
- Study organisation
- Transition to Master's studies
no destict rank group could be assigned
- Research orientation
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
19
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching
The Bachelor's degree course in Psychology is modular. The Master's degree course expands and consolidates the knowledge in the fields of Industrial and Engineering Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Occupational and Organisational Psychology as well as Health Psychology (including the Psychology of Professional Rehabilitation).
Special features regarding the international orientation
One of the work units is internationally oriented, with English the colloquial language, and empirical internships are also in English.
Special features regarding the equipment
The Institute of Psychology at RWTH Aachen has the usual laboratory equipment as well as an eye-movement laboratory, a VR laboratory and an EEG and EMG laboratory.
Special features regarding research activities
Prof. Iring Koch is the coordinator and since 2018 the spokesperson of the German Research Foundation's (DFG) priority programme "Human Multitasking" (priority programme 1772 "Human performance under multiple cognitive task requirements") which was launched in 2015 (2015-2021).
Other special features
The teaching and research focus in the health psychology application field of Professional Rehabilitation Psychology is a special feature in Germany.
Further information on research activities
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
