- flexible distance learning for all life situations without attendance requirements
- interesting specializations, such as in personnel and industrial psychology or market and advertising psychology
- innovative learning concept with IU Learn app and digital courses
These are the admission requirements for the Bachelor's in Business Psychology
The psychology course at IU International University is not subject to admission restrictions, there is no NC, and you can enroll at any time!
To enroll in the Bachelor's distance learning programme in Business Psychology at IU International University (IU), you need to provide us with your A-levels (general qualification for university entrance), your technical college entrance qualification (Fachabitur), or specialized university entrance qualification.
Alternatively, you can also enroll without A-levels. Studying without A-levels at IU is possible under the following conditions:
- You have successfully completed an advanced training, for example, a training course to become a certified business economist.
- Or you have completed a vocational training, for example, training as an office clerk. After your training, you have worked in this profession full-time for at least 3 years. If your training does not match the content of the distance learning programme in Business Psychology, complete a trial study first before you are regularly enrolled.

Target Group - Human and Management in Focus
The target group for this psychology course includes all those interested in psychology and business who wish to delve into current national and international trends and developments in business psychology.
Graduates of this IU course work, for example, as recruiters, people team managers, personnel and organizational developers, consultants, strategy consultants, or in market and opinion research.
Bachelor graduates are free to pursue a master's degree after their studies, such as the master's distance learning course in Business Psychology at IU.
Study Content and Specializations - A Modular Building Block Course
What makes IU distance learning special: You specialize in the subjects that suit you best during the course of your studies.
A typical study schedule looks like this:
- 1st Semester: Psychology, Collaborative Work, Introduction to Scientific Work for Psychology and Health, Business Psychology, Business Administration, Project: Business Psychology in Practice
- 2nd Semester: Social Psychology, Marketing, Personality Psychology & Differential Psychology, Statistics, Fundamentals of Work and Organizational Psychology, Project: Organizational Development
- 3rd Semester: Human Resources, Intercultural Psychology, Psychological Diagnostics, Conflict Management and Mediation, Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Project: Communication for Practical Problem Solving
- 4th Semester: Leadership 4.0, Intercultural and Ethical Skills, Consumer Behavior, Labor Law I: Justification of the Employment Relationship, Business Start-ups and Innovation Management, Project: Agile Project Management
- 5th Semester: Business Management, Psychology of Persuasion, Project: Digital Business Models, Seminar: Current Topics in Business Psychology, Elective Module A
- 6th Semester: Elective Module B, Elective Module C, Bachelor Thesis
Towards the end of the course, in the 5th and 6th semester, you choose a total of 3 specializations.
You choose the first specialization module from these topics: Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development and Change Management, Market and Advertising, General Studies I and II.
You choose the second specialization module from these topics: Digital HR and Personnel Assessment, Global Organizational Development and Change Management, Digital Market and Consumer Psychology, Practice Project I: Business Psychology, General Studies III and IV.
You choose the third specialization module from these topics: Advanced Leadership, Applied Sales, Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality, Business Controlling, Corporate Communication and PR, E-Commerce, E-Learning, Enterprise Resource Planning, Event Management, Financial Services Management, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, Spanish as a Foreign Language, Sign Language, IT Management, Innovative Technologies and Sustainability, International HR and Contract Management, International Marketing and Branding, Career Development, Leisure Events, Mastering Prompts, Meeting Events, Online and Social Media Marketing, Personnel Development, Practice Project II: Business Psychology, Social Entrepreneurship, General Studies V and VI.
Course Structure and Examinations - Flexible Online Study, Flexible Online Examinations
Adapt the Business Psychology distance learning course to your life: In addition to the full-time option of 36 months or 6 semesters, you can choose to study part-time and extend the course to up to 90 months if desired. This way, you can significantly reduce the weekly learning effort of about 28 hours if needed.
You will of course also take exams, as in any other course. The difference is that at IU, you can choose to take the exams at home. As one of the few universities worldwide, IU offers online exams. This means that you can take your exams anywhere, anytime, immediately, and with live exam supervision. More information is available in the IU Study Guide.
Upon enrollment, you will gain access to the virtual campus of IU. This way, you can access your scripts from anywhere via smartphone or tablet and exchange ideas with your fellow students. In the campus, you can also request your printed study materials. All scripts are, of course, also available digitally via the IU LearnApp. The scripts are complemented by live tutorials, video lectures, podcasts, and more.

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