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*: 1^st March till 30^th April 2026

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 14^th July 2026. 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 30^th April 2026 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.

The purpose of the entrance examination for the Bachelor’s degree in Psychology is to identify the most suitable candidates from among the group of applicants. This means that individual examination results are not assessed against a fixed criterion (e.g. 50% of the questions must be answered correctly), but rather that the assessment of an individual’s results is made in relation to the results of the other applicants.

Learning Script: 

Lernskript Aufnahmeprüfung Bachelor Psychologie 2026

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 learning script for the Bachelor of Psychology 2026 entrance exam corresponds to the content of the 2025 exam script. Some corrections have been made - you will find a list below - without guarantee of completeness.

Here are sample items to illustrate how the questions are asked. Please note that these are not examples of exercises, but an overview of the type of questions.

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 2026/2027 or the summer semester 2027. For a later admission you have to pass the admission procedures again.

Information on the Procedure for the Admission Test on 14 July 2026

The admission test for the Bachelor's programme in Psychology will take place on 14 July 2026 at the Olympiaworld Innsbruck.

The meeting point for all applicants with a valid registration is between the main entrance and the WEST entrance (ground level, NOT accessible via the staircase). If you are arriving by car, please park in the underground car park of the Tivoli Stadium.

Entry and check-in will take place in staggered time slots across 10 entrances. Properly registered test participants have been assigned a time slot and were notified on 22 June 2026 via a message to their LFU:online inbox with their exact check-in time and assigned entrance.

All correspondence can be found in LFU:online under the tab "My Forms" → "Inbox".

Please have your registration confirmation and a valid photo ID (passport, national identity card, driving licence, etc.) ready.

Check-In Schedule:

Please bring only permitted items to the test: photo ID, registration confirmation, black ballpoint pens or black fine-liner pens, drinks/snacks, and a wallet.

All other items (bags, backpacks, jackets, coats, electronic devices such as watches, mobile phones, etc., as well as your own paper or pencil cases) should ideally be left at home or must be placed under your desk in a designated bag provided for this purpose. Mobile phones must be switched off without exception.

You will have 150 minutes (2.5 hours) to complete the test.

Successful participation in the written admission test and achieving a ranking within the available 260 study places is required for admission to the programme. Please note, however, that in addition to passing the admission test, proof of general university entrance qualification (e.g. Austrian Matura, German Allgemeine Hochschulreife) must also be provided in order to be formally admitted to the programme.

You will be informed of your test result via LFU:online within a maximum of three weeks.

Written Admission Test for the Bachelor's Programme in Psychology – 14 July 2026

The registration for the admission procedure prior to enrolment in the Bachelor's programme in Psychology closed on 30 April 2026.

1,087 prospective students registered successfully.

The number of applicants registered by 30 April 2026 exceeds the number of study places (260) specified in the performance agreement of the University of Innsbruck. Therefore, a written entrance examination is required.

The written test will take place on 14 July 2026. All duly registered applicants will receive detailed information regarding the procedure, safety and hygiene measures, location, time, etc. by 22 June 2026 at the latest via LFU:online.

For organisational reasons, we kindly ask you to notify us in writing if you will not be taking the entrance examination prior to enrolment in the Bachelor's programme in Psychology at the University of Innsbruck. All duly registered applicants were informed on 05 May 2026 via a message to their LFU:online account (found under the tab "My Forms" → "Inbox"). If you have not received a message despite having successfully registered, please contact aufnahmeverfahren@uibk.ac.at.