University of Applied Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
| University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Psychology | |
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| founding | 2006 |
| Sponsorship | Cantons of Aargau , Basel-Country , Basel-Stadt , Solothurn |
| place | Olten / Switzerland |
| Director | Tanja Manser |
| Students | 593 (2019) |
| Employee | 113 (2019) |
| Website | www.fhnw.ch/psychologie |
The University of Applied Psychology is one of nine universities of the FHNW and one of the leading competence centers for work , organizational and business psychology in the German-speaking area. The university's concern is to make scientific psychology useful for business and society, especially for the professional world.
The focus of the university's activities is on practice-oriented and research-based training for students in applied psychology , application-oriented, interdisciplinary research, and practical and scientifically sound advanced training courses.
Location
The location is the FHNW campus in Olten.
history
The University of Applied Psychology FHNW was founded in 2006 and started with a bachelor's degree (Bachelor of Science) in applied psychology. The Master of Science course in Applied Psychology started for the first time in 2009. The course is offered with two fields of study:
Applied research - topics of the university
Together with companies, the university realizes research and development projects in seven design and innovation fields:
- Work and health: Company health management, occupational safety, stress management
- Digital media and cooperation: Global and virtual cooperation, new media - knowledge and learning, user-centered design, social robots, usability and user experience, participation processes
- Diversity and multiperspectivity in organizations: cooperation and conflict, innovation and interprofessional cooperation, management systems, cooperation and diversity
- Suitability and personnel development: Human resources management, development of aptitude tests, ability and competence tests as well as online self-assessments
- Innovative market offers and consumption: Development and further development of products and services based on changing consumer needs
- Design of flexible work: Mobile-flexible work, innovative work and learning environments, office space design and flexible office concepts
- Reliability and safety: Safety and security, human factors, safety management in rail or air traffic as well as in power plants
Institutes / centers
The FHNW University of Applied Psychology is divided into three institutes and two educational centers:
- Institute for Cooperation Research and Development (IfK)
- Institute People in Complex Systems (MikS)
- Institute for Market Offers and Consumer Decisions (IMaK)
- Center for Training (ZfA)
- Center for Further Education (ZfW)
In addition, the University of Applied Psychology FHNW operates two modern laboratories: In the usability laboratory, hardware and software products are tested for usability using scientific methods. This is also where the university's research activities are located within the framework of the FHNW Robo-Lab. In the Virtual Technologies & Innovation Lab (VTI Lab), innovative solutions for questions from practice are developed with the help of virtual technologies.
deals
education
The university offers a practice-oriented and science-based degree in applied psychology. The focus of the course is on work, organizational and business psychology.
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Applied Psychology FHNW
- Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Psychology FHNW
There are two fields of study to choose from:
further education
The advanced training offer offers certificate courses in the areas of work, organizational, personnel and business psychology, including security and risk psychology as well as usability and user experience topics. The offer includes Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS), Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) as well as specialist seminars, courses, workshops and conferences.
Alumni
The FHNW University of Applied Psychology maintains close contact with the university's alumni and with a network of practice partners.
literature
- Ulich, Eberhard; Industrial Psychology (7th revised edition 2011), Zurich; vdf Hochschulverlag / Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel, ISBN 978-3-7910-3049-4 , ISBN 978-3-7281-3370-0 .
- Schüpbach, Heinz; Industrial and organizational psychology (1st edition, 2013), UTB, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-825-24009-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.fhnw.ch/de/haben/tanja-manser
- ↑ University of Applied Psychology FHNW
- ↑ FHNW Campus Olten
- ↑ Institute for Cooperation Research and Development
- ^ Institute People in Complex Systems
- ^ Institute for Market Offers and Consumer Decisions
- ^ Center for Education at the FHNW University of Applied Psychology
- ^ Center for Further Education at the FHNW University of Applied Psychology
- ↑ Usability laboratory at the FHNW University of Applied Psychology
- ↑ Virtual Technologies & Innovation Lab (VTI Lab) of the University of Applied Psychology FHNW
- ↑ Bachelor and master studies at the FHNW University of Applied Psychology
- ↑ Further education at the FHNW University of Applied Psychology
- ↑ Alumni FHNW Applied Psychology
- ^ Forum for Business Psychology
- ↑ Practical event in psychology