Information about the Admission Procedures for the Bachelor's Programme Psychology for the Academic Year 2024/2025
Admission procedure for the 2024/2025 academic year completed
796 people took part in the admission test for the Bachelor's degree program in Psychology on August 27, 2024 in the academic year 2024/2025.
Here you can find a graphic representation.
All participants were informed of the results on 10th September 2024 via message in the LFU:online (https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline.login).
All participants can find information about their ranking in LFU:online under “My applications”.
Those persons who have received a rank order within the 260 places available, can be admitted to the bachelor psychology in the winter semester 2024/2025 and summer semester 2025. Beginning in the winter semester is recommended.
Procedure of the written admission test on Tuesday 27th August 2024
The admission test will be carried out iwith staggered check-ins in the Olympiaworld Innsbruck.
All applicants with a valid registration confirmation meet between the main entrance and entrance WEST (ground level, NO entrance at the staircases).
The check-in will be spread over 10 entrances. The applicants were divided into groups and were informed about the exact time and entrance for their check-in on August 10th 2023.
At the registration you have to show a valid photo ID and your registration confirmation. Without these documents you are not allowed to attend the test.
Check-In:
Please only bring allowed items to the test (photo ID, regristration confirmation, black pens, something to eat and drink, purse).
All other items (bags, jackets, dictionaries, lexica, periodic systems, calculators, highlighters, cellphones, tablets, computers, other electronic equipment or analog or digital watches) are not allowed for taking the test and should be held at home. Otherwise they have to be placed unter the table in a provided bag. Cellphones must be switched off!
The test will take place for 150 minutes (2 1/2 hours). Without positive completion of the test admission for the Bachelor's Programme Psychology is not possible. Please note, that admission is possible only with a positive completion of the admission procedure and a general university entrance qualification.
The results of the written test will be announced no later than three weeks after the test via e-mail.
Written admission test on 27nd August 2024
The registration for the admission procedure for the Bachelor's Programme Psychologie expired on 15th July 2024. No more late registrations for the academic year 2024/2025 are possible, without any exeptions.
1,297 appilicants have registered.
The number of applicants registered by 15th July 2024 exceeds the number of study places determined in the University of Innsbruck bulletin (260). Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a written admission test.
The written test will take place on 27nd August 2024. Further information on the procedure, safety and hygiene measures, location, time, etc. will be sent to all duly registered applicants via E-mail to their LFU:online accounts by 11st August 2024 at the latest.
For organisational reasons, we kindly ask you to inform us in writing if you will not take part in the admission test for the Bachelor's Programme Psychology at the University of Innsbruck.
All applicants with a valid registration were informed on 18th July 2024 by message via the LFU:online account ("My forms" "Inbox"). If you have not received a message despide successful registration, please contact aufnahmeverfahren-neu@uibk.ac.at.
Workflow for the Admission Procedure
If you are interested in the Bachelor's Programme Psychology it is important to be aware of the following conditions: Each academic year, the University of Innsbruck makes the following number of study places available: 260. In order to obtain one of these places of study, you need to complete the following steps:
Admission Procedures - Workflow
The entrance test always takes place in presence in Innsbruck.
Please note the following: You can already take part in the admission procedure without proof of university entrance qualification.
If you pass the entrance test and are offered one of the study places, you will only then need proof of university entrance qualification (etc.) for admission to the degree programme by the Admissions Office.
Online-Registration and Payment of the Handling Fee:
1st March till 15th July 2024; you will find further information about the payment of the handling fee in the amount of € 50.-- in the University of Innsbruck announcement resp. the available payment terms within the online registration.
- Registration for the Admission Procedure.
- Enter your data into the system, pay the handling fee and register for the Bachelor's Programme Psychology.
- After you have completed the registration you can print your confirmation of registration.
Admission test
If there are more applicants than places, an admission test will take place on 27th August 2024. You will receive timely information about the venue and time of the test after the registration deadline.
The admission test is a written examination and includes the following components:
- To understand simple, subject-related texts in German and English
- Ability to formal-analytic thinking
- Ability to gain subject-related knowledge from literature especially for beginners. For this part of the test you have to study a study script called Lernskript Aufnahmeprüfung Bachelor Psychologie 2024 - Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (plus.ac.at)
NOTE: Currently, only the learning script is available for the item ‘Subject-relevant knowledge from literature for beginners’. The book chapters from previous years are no longer part of the entrance test or have been completely replaced by the revised learning script.
The results of the admission test will be arranged in descending order, i.e. the best 260 applicants can be admitted for this study programme at the University of Innsbruck if the general requirements are met according to §§ 63 and following of the Universities Act 2002. Admission to the University of Innsbruck is only possible for the winter semester 2024/2025 or the summer semester 2025. For a later admission you have to pass the admission procedures again.
Information on the Curriculum can be found here.
The regulation of the admission procedure can be found here.
For questions please contact: aufnahmeverfahren-neu@uibk.ac.at or +43 512 507 37008