Bachelor (B.Sc.) - Psychology - admission restricted
Admission to the Bachelor's degree course in Psychology at Osnabrück University is restricted, as demand exceeds the number of study spots available and not all applicants can be offered a spot due to lack of capacity.
For orientation, it is worth taking a look at the selection restrictions of recent years. These selection restrictions result from the existing admission restrictions and reflect the rankings up to which applicants could be offered a study spot.
The admission restriction also applies to higher semesters.
The application periods are basically the same - however, the application modalities and selection criteria differ, which are shown below for each semester.
Study aptitude test BaPsy-DGP
Information on the aptitude test for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology can be found on the website of the Institute of Psychology.
If you have any questions, please contact the Admissions Office by phone +49 541 969 7777 or send an email to studierendensekretariat@uni-osnabrueck.de.
Application period
| 1st semester | 2nd, 4th or 6th semester | 3rd or 5th semester | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of studies in winter semester | May 11 - July 15 | not possible | May 11 - July 15 |
| Start of studies in the summer semester | not possible | December 3 - January 15 | not possible |
Please note: Different deadlines apply for international prospective students. You can find Information for international prospective students.
First semester
Application modalities
The "Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung" (Foundation for University Admissions) coordinates the allocation of study spots for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology for the first semester and helps to avoid vacant study spots. The Hochschulstart.de website provides a wealth of information and FAQs on this type of allocation procedure.
A brief summary of the key points:
If you are interested in studying in the first semester of the Bachelor's degree program in Psychology (B.Sc.), you must start your studies by registering via Hochschulstart. To register, you enter your personal data. A BID (applicant ID) and a BAN (applicant authentication number) are then generated, which have to be entered for the application via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations then. Conversely, this means that you can only submit your application via the HISinOne-Student Administraiton portal once you have successfully registered with Hochschulstart.de. All the steps required in the portal are explained there and you will be guided through your application in a secure and informative manner.
Information on logging in to the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations
Are you or were you already a student at Osnabrück University? Then log in with your access data under "Uni-Login"!
You don't have access data yet? Then please register and then log in under "Applicant-Login"!
To HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations
Please note:
Multiple registrations via Hochschulstart.de are not permitted. If multiple registrations are made, only the applications from the last registration will be sent to the universities. All previous multiple registrations will be deleted along with all applications belonging to them and will not be included in the further procedure. A deletion cannot be reversed.
Please be sure to prioritize your submitted applications at Hochschulstart!
In the admission procedure, you will only ever receive the admission offer from the highest-priority university - i.e. a lower-priority admission offer will expire immediately as soon as a higher-priority offer is received.
The application, admission and enrollment procedure at Osnabrück University is generally carried out electronically. Required documents must therefore be uploaded to the portal HISinOne- Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations in PDF format within the respective deadlines. We would like to take this opportunity to point out that Osnabrück University reserves the right to randomly check uploaded documents and to request the original document or a verified document.
Please also note that special access and admission requirements are required for admission to your psychology degree program. You can find information on what these are in the regulations on special access requirements.
Underage applicants
Applicants who are not yet an adult must submit a declaration of consent (PDF, 16.07 kB) with their application.
If you have submitted your application within the above-mentioned application period in the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations and uploaded the application documents there, the staff at the University's Admissions Office will check your application/documents for completeness, among other things. They will also check whether you meet the access and admission requirements for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology.
Only if the overall result of the examination is positive will a formal admission procedure follow.
As soon as you have been admitted for the study spot at Osnabrück University, this will be displayed in the HISinOne-Student Administration portal of Osnabrück University as a status change ("Admission offer available"). We therefore recommend that you always keep an eye on the status of your application there. If you have given your consent, you will receive the formal letter of admission electronically via HISinOne-Student Administration. It also contains information and notes on this. We strongly recommend that you not only keep an eye on the status of your application in the HISinOne-Student Administration portal and your inbox there, but also keep an eye on your email inbox. To be on the safe side, always check your spam folder.
If your application has reached the status "admission offer available" and you wish to accept the study spot, this is also done exclusively electronically via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations. You no longer need to submit any documents by mail, but must upload them in PDF format to the portal within the acceptance and enrollment deadline set in the letter of admission. Osnabrück University reserves the right to randomly check uploaded documents and to request the original document or a verified document.
Once you have accepted the study spot, completed the enrollment application and uploaded the required documents, the information and documents you have provided will be checked for completeness. You will not be enrolled until this check is also positive overall and you will be notified of this as a change of status ("Enrolled").
You will then receive a welcome letter via HISinOne-Student Administration with further information and instructions for your studies, including how to set up your access to myuos.uni-osnabrueck.de, how to re-register for the next semester and how to use your email address and Campuscard. Please make sure that you complete setting up your access within 14 days of receiving the welcome letter.
You can find all information on enrollment in the enrollment regulations.
You can also find out about the costs of studying.
What deadlines apply when applying for a study spot on the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology at Osnabrück University?
If your registration at Hochschulstart was successful, you can apply for a study spot in the first semester of a degree program with restricted admission via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations from May 7 up to and including July 15 (cut-off deadline) .
Please note that if you apply for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology, you cannot apply for any other Bachelor's degree program with restricted admission at Osnabrück University in the first semester.
Can a preferred university be specified?
You can only apply to Osnabrück University for one study spot on a restricted-admission degree program - however, you can apply to up to twelve universities in total for the same degree program via Hochschulstart. After submitting the applications, the status of these applications can be viewed in the Hochschulstart application portal and prioritized according to personal preferences. The best possible admission (option) is determined during the subsequent coordination phase by Hochschulstart.
The selected prioritization has a decisive role here: Due to the dynamics of the procedure, lower-priority offers are not retained, but are eliminated as soon as a higher-priority offer is possible. In short: If you receive an admission offer from a university that you have prioritized higher than all others in the application portal, all lower-priority offers will be eliminated.
Urgent recommendation!
Study requests should therefore be checked again in the Hochschulstart application portal by the deadline indicated there and then finally placed in the order of actual preference.
Who receives which data/information in the Hochschulstart procedure?
Hochschulstart.de processes selected data received by Osnabrück University. The employees of Osnabrück University only have access to applications sent to Osnabrück University, but not to applications sent to other universities. Data security is guaranteed at all times. Further information on data protection and data security in the DoSV can be found in the Hochschulstart.de privacy policy.
Higher semester
Study spots in a higher semester can only be allocated within the scope of available capacity. The decisive factor here is whether the spots to be made available in accordance with the current admission number regulations are (still) occupied in the respective higher semester.
Please note that in the case of a valid application, you can only be enrolled in the requested higher semester if the office responsible for you issues a corresponding placement recommendation and you submit this to the Admissions Office. You will receive information on where to obtain the placement recommendation in your letter of admission - the placement recommendation is therefore not yet required for the application.
In order to receive a placement recommendation, it is necessary to have already completed relevant coursework in the desired subject.
Here you will find further information on the allocation procedure for a higher semester and the placement recommendation as well as the relevant forms.
Urgent recommendation!
Before transferring to Osnabrück University, please contact the respective academic advisors/deans of studies to clarify which achievements can be credited and whether the practical entry into the higher semester is possible without any problems or loss of time.
Application period
You can find the application period for an application in the higher semester here.
Application modalities
For a study spot in a higher semester in the Bachelor (B.Sc.) Psychology, you must apply exclusively via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations. In the portal HISinOne-Student Administration itself, all necessary steps are explained and you will be guided through your application procedure in a safe and informative way.
The application, admission and enrollment procedure at Osnabrück University is generally carried out electronically. Required documents must therefore be uploaded to the portal HISinOne- Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations in PDF format within the respective deadlines. We would like to take this opportunity to point out that Osnabrück University reserves the right to randomly check uploaded documents and to request the original document or a verified document.
Please also note that special access and admission requirements are required for admission to your psychology degree program. You can find information on what these are in the regulations on special access requirements.
Information on logging in to the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations
Are you or were you already a student at Osnabrück University? Then log in with your access data under "Uni-Login"!
You don't have access data yet? Then please register and then log in under "Applicant-Login"!
To HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations
If you have submitted your application within the above-mentioned application period via HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations and uploaded the application documents there, the staff in the Admissions Office of the University will check your application/documents for completeness, among other things. They will also check whether you meet the access and admission requirements for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Psychology.
Only if the overall result of the examination is positive will a formal admission procedure follow.
As soon as you have been admitted for the study spot at Osnabrück University, this will be displayed in the HISinOne-Student Administration portal of Osnabrück University as a status change ("Admission offer available"). We therefore recommend that you always keep an eye on the status of your application there. If you have given your consent, you will receive the formal letter of admission electronically via HISinOne-Student Administration. It also contains information and notes on this. We strongly recommend that you not only keep an eye on the status of your application in the HISinOne-Student Administration portal and your inbox there, but also keep an eye on your email inbox. To be on the safe side, always check your spam folder.
If your application has reached the status "admission offer available" and you wish to accept the study spot, this is also done exclusively electronically via the portal HISinOne-Student Administration: Applications, Studies, Examinations. You no longer need to submit any documents by mail, but must upload them in PDF format to the portal within the acceptance and enrollment deadline set in the letter of admission. Osnabrück University reserves the right to randomly check uploaded documents and to request the original document or a verified document.
Then do not forget
- actually accept the study spot via HISinOne-Student Administration and
- submit the placement recommendation to the Admissions Office! Information on the placement recommendation for the Bachelor (B.Sc.) Psychology can be found on the pages of the placement procedure.
Once you have accepted the study spot, completed the enrollment application and uploaded the required documents, the information and documents you have provided will be checked for completeness. You will not be enrolled until this check is also positive overall and you will be notified of this as a change of status ("Enrolled").
You will then receive a welcome letter via HISinOne-Student Administration with further information and instructions for your studies, including how to set up your access to myuos.uni-osnabrueck.de, how to re-register for the next semester and how to use your email address and Campuscard. Please make sure that you complete setting up your access within 14 days of receiving the welcome letter.
You can find all information on enrollment in the enrollment regulations.
You can also find out about the costs of studying.