Master of Arts (MA) Psychology and Management

Structure and content of the two-year Master's in Psychology & Management


Introduction subject to accreditation and state recognition of the degree program.

Study structure: how is the Psychology and Management program structured?


1st semester | Major Phase (compulsory, 30 ECTS)

  • Psychological Foundations of Management
  • Digital Leadership & Change Management
  • Digital Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Work & Organizational Psychology
  • Methods

2nd - 3rd semester | Major Phase (compulsory elective, 60 ECTS)

In the core area, you choose 4 out of 7 specializations:

  • Consumer & Market Psychology
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Psychology of Environment and Climate Change
  • Ethics, Sustainability & Digital Responsibility
  • Virtual encounters
  • Technology competence for managers
  • Applied Data Analytics
  • Diversity Management & Gender Studies
  • Inequality and Justice
  • Decisions, Games and Negotiations
  • Governance and Controlling of Public Sector Organizations
  • Public administration in times of digitalization
  • Digitalization in the public sector
  • Advanced Methods
  • Selected topics Psychology & Management I | II
  • Specific Content I | II
  • Elinor Ostrom Project
  • Seminars


4th semester | Master's phase (30 ECTS)

In the 4th semester, you will write your Master's thesis (28 ECTS) and complete the defense (2 ECTS).

What is "Ethics, Sustainability & Digital Responsibility"?

A compulsory elective module on data ethics, sustainable digitalization, AI & responsibility and corporate digital responsibility.

What is the Elinor Ostrom Project?

A compulsory elective module (18 ECTS) within the major phase, which consists of a research colloquium and research project, among other things.

What other study concepts are there?

Set interdisciplinary focal points: Sustainability, Transcultural Management, Digitalization & AI, Entrepreneurship

Program responsibility

Erzene Bürgin, Defne
Erzene Bürgin, Defne Dr
Program Director | Sociology, Politics & Economics | SPE
Program Director I Psychology, Economics & Politics I PEP
Phone:+497541 6009-2232
Room:FAB 3 | 0.73
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Wallace, Birgit
Wallace, Birgit
Team Lead Admissions & International Office