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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
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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

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Courses offered

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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

Not specified
Digital teaching elements
Courses offered

no destict rank group could be assigned

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Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies

no destict rank group could be assigned

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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

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Acronyms

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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