Courses and Exams

• Academic Year
• Academic Offer
• Course Directory (u:find)
• Lectures (Vorlesungen, VO) and Exams
• Courses with Continuous Assessment
• Registration Deadlines for Courses with Continuous Assessment - Winter Semester 2024

Academic Year

• Winter semester
  • Lecture period: 1 October - 31 January
  • Lecture-free period (semester break): February

• Summer semester
  • Lecture period: 1. März - 30. Juni
  • Lecture-free period (summer break): 1. July - 30. September

Exams usually take place during the lecture period.

Exchange students who have been nominated for Psychology can register for any course offered by our Faculty except for the Master's Thesis Seminars. These seminars are aimed at students who are writing their Master's thesis at the University of Vienna.

Course Directory (u:find)

For an overview of the courses, open u:find:

• Under “Browse”, select the Course directory.
• On the following page, select Directorate of Studies 20 – Psychology.
• Select a study programme (Bachelor, Master)
• Select a course to open the course page. Here you will find information on:
  
  • ECTS credits
  • registration deadlines
  • course schedule
  • content and assessment methods

Please keep in mind that most of our courses are taught in German.

Courses taught in English are marked with the blue tag "en" in u:find.

You must register separately for every exam.

As soon as the date of an examination is set, you will find it on the lecture page in u:find.

• Registration (exam)
  • Click on a date to check the registration deadlines.
  • Then click on "Register/Deregister for this exam" (this link is visible only while registrations for the exam are open!) and you will be forwarded to the u:space login page.
  • When registering for an exam, you will be required to select a module. Select Modul für Incoming Studierende (Incoming Exchange Student's Module).

     

Types of Courses with Continuous Assessment

Proseminars (PS) impart basic knowledge of scientific work, introduce the subject literature and deal with exemplary problems of the subject by means of presentations, discussions, case studies, etc. Presentations, written contributions, tests, group work, homework and active participation can be used in varying combinations for performance assessment.

Exercises (UE) complement and deepen scientific content; these are practically applied and practised. Group work, presentations, active participation, written tests and homework can be used in varying combinations or individually for performance assessment.

Lecture and tutorial (VU) combine the forms of teaching of both types of courses. Practical examples are presented by the course instructor. Group work, presentations, active participation, written tests and homework can be used in varying combinations or individually for performance assessment.

Seminars (SE) are courses with an immanent examination character that serve scientific work. This means acquiring detailed knowledge of a subject area by studying specialist literature, developing further questions from this if necessary and answering them using suitable methods. The work is reported on an ongoing basis in oral and/or written form. These partial performances as well as the participation are included in the assessment in an appropriately weighted form.

Research-oriented internships (PR) impart practical skills and knowledge about the concrete application of scientifically based methods in research. Finally, a written report is written on the skills and knowledge acquired in the process, which must comply with the rules of the subject. At least one second piece of work is taken into account for the grade (e.g. participation, presentation or homework).

Course Registration - Winter Semester 2024

Registration period for courses with continuous assessment: from 02.09.2024 09:00 a.m. to 25.09.2024 09:00 a.m.

As there are only a limited number of places in courses with continuous assessment, we recommend that you consider some alternatives to the courses you included in your Learning Agreement. You can register for more courses than you actually need, even if they are not (yet) part of your Learning Agreement. The Learning Agreement can be changed after the allocation of places.

• Registering for Bachelor Courses
• Registering for Master Courses
• Mandatory Attendance on the First Day of Class
• Allocation of Available Places in the First Course Session

Registering for Bachelor Courses

• Open the course page in u:find and click on "Register/Deregister for this course". You will be forwarded to the u:space login page. After loggin in, you can complete the registration process.
  • When registering for a course with continuous assessment, you will be required to select a module. Select Modul für Incoming Studierende (Incoming Exchange Student's Module).
  • The status of your registration should be "Allocation by registration deadline" ("Zuteilung nach Anmeldefrist").

• First allocation of places: on 25.09.2024 your status will change to either
  • "angemeldet" (if you have been accepted into the course) or
  • "auf Warteliste" (on waiting list).

• First deregistration period: students who decide not to attend a course they have registered for can cancel their registration in u:space.

• Second allocation of places on 30.09.2024 : Places that have become available during the first deregistration period are given to students on the waiting list.

• Second deregistration period: students can still deregister from courses until 11.10.2024 12:00 a.m.

Registering for Master Courses

• Open the course page in u:find and click on "Register/Deregister for this course". You will be forwarded to the u:space login page. After loggin in, you can complete the registration process.
  • When registering for a course with continuous assessment, you will be required to select a module. Select Modul für Incoming Studierende (Incoming Exchange Student's Module).
  • The status of your registration should be "Allocation by registration deadline" ("Zuteilung nach Anmeldefrist").

• First allocation of places: on 25.09.2024 your status will change to either
  • "angemeldet" (if you have been accepted into the course) or
  • "auf Warteliste" (on waiting list).

Students who decide not to attend a course they have registered for can cancel their registration in u:space.

In Master courses, the registration system does not provide for a second allocation. All vacant places will be allocated on the first day of class.

Allocation of Available Places in the First Course Session

After the allocation on 25.09.2024 the mobility coordinator will send you a document confirming your status as an incoming exchange student.

If you are on the waiting list ("auf Warteliste") or if you did not register at all, you still have a chance to get a spot in the courses. Go to the first session of the course(s) you wish to attend and show the document to the lecturer.

• If you are already on the waiting list, you can be registered directly by the lecturer.
• If you are not on the waiting list, the lecturer will have to contact the mobility coordinator.

If a course is taught on-site, you need to be present on the first day of class before you can be registered for the course. Neither the mobility coordinator nor the lecturers can guarantee you a spot in advance.

The only exception are online courses, as they can be attended only by students who are already registered. In this case you actually need to contact the lecturers before the course starts. Send an e-mail from your u:account e-mail address to the lecturers with the proof of your incoming exchange student status as an attachment.