International Psychoanalytic University Berlin

International Psychoanalytic University Berlin
founding	2009
Sponsorship	Foundation, endowment
place	Berlin
state	Berlin
country	Germany
President	Lilli guest
Students	632 WS 2017/18
Employee	115 academic staff (as of August 25, 2018)
Website	www.ipu-berlin.de

The International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (short IPU Berlin or even IPU ) is a nationally recognized and the Science Council accredited private college with university status. The sponsor is the International Psychoanalytic University non-profit Berlin GmbH, whose sole shareholder is the Foundation for the Promotion of University Psychoanalysis .

history

In 2012, journalist Manuela Heim called behavior therapy the “favorite child” of academic psychology. As a result, psychoanalysis got into a "vicious circle". “Where should the next generation of psychoanalytic professors and researchers come from?” She quoted the psychoanalyst Christa Rohde-Dachser , who after “13 years in academic teaching” had drawn a “radical conclusion”: “The entrepreneur founded foundation capital with 6 million euros its own university for psychoanalysis. ”With the inheritance of his father, Rohde-Dachser first set up the foundation for the promotion of university psychoanalysis . The background to this was a development to which Heim had alluded and which had led to the fact that psychological chairs were less and less filled with psychoanalysts for many years . With the help of the foundation , Rohde-Dachser financed the first psychoanalytical university in Germany. In 2009 she founded the IPU Berlin together with Jürgen Körner .

“This was intended to create an academic location for psychoanalysis within the German university landscape, in which it has been pushed back more and more by the scientific orientation of academic psychology in recent decades, in which teaching and research are not only psychological but also psychoanalytic The basis could grow and prosper again. "

- Rohde-Dachser : IPU

The IPU has developed over the years, both in terms of content and quantity, which is evident from the expansion of the curricula and the growing number of students and employees. In the 2017/18 winter semester there were 632 students (compared to 583 students in the 2015/16 winter semester) and 115 research assistants. In order to give less well-off interested parties the opportunity to study, a financing model was developed that is offered under the term reverse generation contract. The course is financed for the participants in this program and “in return” they pay back a “percentage share” for “financing additional study places” as soon as they “have a minimum income”.

Accreditations

The IPU Berlin has been institutionally accredited by the Science Council with effect from November 27, 2014 and has been officially recognized by the Berlin Senate as a university with university status. This means that the degrees to be acquired in all courses are legally equivalent to those of any other German university. The curricula of the bachelor's and master's degree programs in “Psychology” ensure the generally recognized prerequisites for subsequent training as a psychological psychotherapist as well as relevant scientific qualification if they are completed consecutively .

The bachelor's and master's degree in psychology at the IPU Berlin have been certified by the accreditation agency ACQUIN, which is certified by the German Accreditation Council .

Study opportunities

At the IPU, the subject of psychology is offered with training content that integrates a humanities orientation of psychoanalytic psychology with the scientific orientation of academic psychology. Currently (as of the summer semester 2018) a Bachelor of Science course in psychology and five Master of Arts programs are offered. Like any German university, the IPU can independently decide which academic degree to award.

A Master of Arts program in psychology represents a unique selling point within the German university landscape, otherwise the academic degrees Bachelor or Master of Science are awarded in psychology. In this way the humanities positioning of psychoanalytic psychology is particularly emphasized by the IPU. The situation is different in the USA, where study programs in psychology are often offered as part of Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts programs. In the 2017/2018 winter semester, the IPU switched from the Bachelor of Arts Psychology to the Bachelor of Science Psychology, as it followed the recommendations of the German Society for Psychology , which has recently recommended the Bachelor of Science in Psychology as an entry requirement for a consecutive Master’s program.

Overview:

• Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Master of Arts (MA) Psychology (focus on "Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis")
• Master of Arts (MA) English track (since WS 2017/18)
• Master of Arts (MA) Interdisciplinary Psychosis Therapy
• Master of Arts (MA) Psychoanalytical Cultural Studies
• Master of Arts (MA) Leadership and Consulting

The university applicants have to face a two-stage selection process: In addition to the written application, a selection interview takes place. The IPU Berlin does not levy a numerus clausus (NC) on the courses. In cooperation with the Humboldt University ( Institute for Rehabilitation Sciences ), the IPU offers the Postgraduate Study Program to Accompany Individual Doctoral Dissertations (PSAID for short), which is headed by Michael B. Buchholz .

Ranking

When it first took part in the CHE master's ranking (2016), the Master of Arts in Psychology immediately took first place ahead of the University of Mannheim as the best state university. The IPU Berlin is in the top group in 12 of the 13 categories examined. This makes it the best university overall for a master's degree in psychology.   

University professor (selection)

University professor

• Bernd Ahrbeck
• Rainer Bösel - Retired
• Michael B. Buchholz
• Heinrich Deserno - Retired
• Tamara Fischmann
• Lilli Gast - Retired
• Benigna Gerisch
• Dorothea von Haebler
• Andreas Hamburger
• Insa Härtel
• Dorothea Huber
• Horst Kächele
• Christine Kirchhoff
• Annette M. Klein
• Rainer Krause - Retired
• Lars Kuchinke
• Thomas Kühn
• Phil C. Langer
• Susanne Lanwerd
• Elfriede Löchel
• Christiane Ludwig-Koerner
• Gunther Meinlschmitt
• Simone Salzer
• Konrad Schnabel
• Christine Stelzel
• Annette Streeck-Fischer
• Birgit striker
• Lutz Wittmann

International Advisory Board

Advisory Board

• Massimo Ammaniti
• Stefano Bolognini
• Brigitte Boothe
• Franco Borgogno
• Heinz Böker
• Dieter Bürgin
• Jos de Backer
• Mattias Desmet
• Claudio Eizirik
• Robert Emde
• Peter Fonagy
• Stephan Hau
• Igor Kadyrov
• Gunnar Karlsson
• Otto Kernberg
• Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber
• Mykhaylo Pustovoyt
• Bent Rosenbaum
• Frances Thomson Salo
• Rolf Sandell
• Daniel Schechter
• Mark Solms
• Mary Target
• David Tuckett
• Sverre Varvin

University outpatient clinic

Since November 2011, the IPU has maintained a psychotherapeutic university outpatient clinic founded by Heinrich Deserno , which is authorized according to Section 117 SGB ​​V to settle the services provided there with the statutory health insurance companies. Since 2015 it has been led by the university professor Lutz Wittmann. The clinical work is embedded in the teaching and research of the IPU.

The range of services includes diagnostics, therapy and crisis intervention in children, adolescents and adults. All recognized guideline procedures are offered, i.e. analytical psychotherapy , deep psychology-based psychotherapy and behavioral therapy and these, depending on the indication, in individual or group therapeutic settings. The offer is aimed at all age groups and does not exclude any possible disorders. In addition, parent-infant-toddler psychotherapy (EKSP) is offered on an analytical basis. Advice and treatments in English are possible.

The university outpatient clinic operates a so-called research workshop with annual events that present specific topics from the work with the patients. It started its work in 2012 with the debate about the diagnosis of the structure. Then she dealt with the first interview (2013), with qualitative social research in psychoanalysis (2014), with psychotherapy in the third age (2015), with fear and personality (2016) and with the concept of trauma (2017). In November 2018 there will be a debate about the side effects of psychotherapy.

IPU sponsorship group

The Friends and Sponsors Association of the IPU eV supports research and training at the IPU. It also forms a platform for interdisciplinary networking between the IPU and various associations, companies and politics. In addition to natural persons, organizations can also become members. The first chairwoman is Christa Marahrens-Schürg.

See also

• Universities and research institutions in Berlin

Web links

• Website of the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistical report. Students at universities in Berlin winter semester 2017/2018. (PDF; 220 KB) Statistics Office Berlin-Brandenburg, 2017, p. 4 , accessed on August 25, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Scientists. IPU, accessed August 25, 2018 .  
3. ^ ^{A b} Science Council: Statement of the Science Council on the accreditation of the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin. (PDF; 342 KB) October 24, 2014, accessed on August 25, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} IPU Berlin: State recognition and accreditations. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Manuela Heim: Freud still has a couch in Berlin. In: taz. February 12, 2012, accessed August 25, 2018 . 
6. ^ Martin Teising : IPU News. High distinction for Prof. Rohde-Dachser. Retrieved on February 25, 2017 : "The aim of the foundation is to bring out the psychoanalysis with its focus on unconscious processes that has been neglected in university psychology in the past few years in favor of behavioral approaches." 
7. ↑ Edith Kresta: Stupid prejudices about Freud. In: taz. January 12, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2017 : "The paradox begins at the universities: almost only behavior therapy is taught, although both methods, behavioral therapy and psychoanalysis, are recognized by health insurers in Germany." 
8. ^ IPU News. High distinction for Prof. Rohde-Dachser. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Study the soul. In: Der Spiegel. July 13, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Christa Rohde-Dachser: International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU) - the first university for psychoanalysis in Germany. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Students at universities in Berlin winter semester 2015/2016. Part 2: Detailed Results. (PDF; 518.43 KB) Statistics Office Berlin-Brandenburg, 2016, p. 14 , accessed on August 25, 2018 . 
12. ^ IPU Berlin: The Reverse Generational Contract (UGV). Study now - pay later. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
13. ↑ IPU Berlin: BA and MA Psychology courses accredited. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
14. ↑ What is a BA in Psychology? In: Careers in Psychology. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
15. ↑ IPU Berlin: Bachelor and Master degree courses. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
16. ↑ IPU Berlin: Bachelor's degree in Psychology PLUS. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
17. ↑ IPU Berlin: Master's program in Psychology. Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 
18. ↑ IPU Berlin: MA Psychology (English track). Accessed August 26, 2018 . 
19. ↑ International Psychanalytic University Berlin: MA Psychology. In: psychology-berlin.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017 . 
20. ↑ IPU Berlin: MA Interdisciplinary Psychosis Therapy course. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
21. ↑ IPU Berlin: Master's degree in Psychoanalytic Cultural Studies. Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 
22. ↑ IPU Berlin: MA Leadership and Consulting course. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
23. ↑ IPU Berlin: Admission requirements and application process. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
24. ↑ IPU Berlin: Promotion accompanying PSAID. Retrieved August 26, 2018 .  
25. ↑ Ranking for Psychology. Retrieved August 17, 2018 .  
26. ↑ CHE Master Ranking Psychology: Mannheim is the best state university for studying. Retrieved August 17, 2018 . 
27. ^ IPU Berlin: Scientists. Retrieved August 18, 2018 . 
28. ^ IPU Berlin: International Advisory Board. Retrieved August 18, 2018 . 
29. ↑ IPU Berlin: Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Clinic . Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 
30. ↑ IPU Berlin: Range of services. Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 
31. ^ IPU Berlin: Research workshop . Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 
32. ^ IPU Berlin: Association of Friends and Patrons of the IPU e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2018 . 

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