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 annually (for the coming winter and summer semester) in presence in Innsbruck. There is no alternative date.

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 2025

1. Registration for the Admission Procedure.
2. Enter your data into the system, pay the handling fee and register for the Bachelor's Programme Psychology. Please note that the fee can only be paid by credit card or instant bank transfer in the last 4 days before the end of the registration period in order to prevent subsequent payments.
3. After you have completed the registration you can print your confirmation of registration.  

 *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.

ATTENTION: Applicants with a non-German proof of general university entrance qualification must apply in writing.  You can do this during registration in LFU:online. All information on admission to the degree programme can be found here.

Admission test

If there are more applicants than places, an admission test will take place on 19^th August 2025. You will receive timely information about the venue and time of the test after the registration deadline.

We kindly ask applicants who require special aids or support (e.g. severe visual impairment, hearing aids, barrier-free access, other physical and mental impairments) to contact the Office of the Disability Officer by 15 July 2025 at the latest so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Please send a medical certificate directly to: behindertenbeauftragte@uibk.ac.at

The admission test is a written examination and includes the following components:

1. To understand simple, subject-related texts in German and English
2. Ability to formal-analytic thinking 
3. Ability to gain subject-related knowledge from literature especially for beginners.

Learning Script: 

Lernskript Aufnahmeprüfung Bachelor Psychologie 2025

Only available in german Language!

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 2025/2026 or the summer semester 2025. For a later admission you have to pass the admission procedures again.