A Course of Studies that Places the Human at its Center Like No Other
With the commencement of lectures in 2009, a gap was closed that had arisen in the one-sided natural sciences direction of academic psychology. The study courses at the IPU convey psychoanalysis as a science, which maps the human as a biological, social and culturally imprinted being and which seeks to understand the individual against the background of their history and the influence of their unconscious. All of the study courses at the IPU are research-oriented, and provide close contact with clinical and pedagogical practice from the first semester.
The IPU Berlin offers undergraduate, postgraduate and further training as well as research based on psychoanalytic principles and is guided in its teaching and research by a transdisciplinary understanding of science. In dialogue with other sciences, it contributes to the further development of psychoanalysis as an applied social science and cultural theory. It conveys psychoanalysis as a science that depicts the human being as a being shaped by biology, society and culture, and that seeks to understand the individual against the background of his or her history and under the influence of the unconscious. At the IPU Berlin, scientists with many years of experience in practice, teaching and research teach and conduct research. It provides excellent learning and working conditions and resources. Discussion and joint development - across disciplines and beyond the boundaries of the member groups - are defining features of the scientific and organizational work of the IPU Berlin. The IPU Berlin establishes networks and cooperations with national and international partners in science, education and practice, which promotes mutual enrichment in terms of content and a positive public perception. The IPU Berlin supports a (self-)reflective attitude in teaching, research and application, a close interlinking of application and research, as well as an interdisciplinary and international dialogue. It contributes to the health care of the population.
The IPU facilitates studies, advanced studies and trainings, as well as research with a psychoanalytic basis and pursues a transdisciplinary understanding of science in its fields of teaching and research. In dialogue with other fields, it contributes to the further development of psychoanalysis as an applied social science and cultural theory.
The scientists who lecture and research at the IPU have gained many years of experience in practice, teaching and research. They enjoy excellent learning and working conditions with the required resources at their disposal. Analysis, discussion and shared development – on an interdisciplinary level and beyond the limitations of any status groups – represent a defining criterion of the scientific and organisational work at the IPU.
The IPU builds up networks and establishes cooperative arrangements with national and international partners in science, training and practice, which promote mutual enrichment in terms of content and a positive perception among the general public. The IPU fosters a (self) reflective attitude in teaching, research and on an application level, a close link between application and research, as well as an interdisciplinary and international dialogue. With the university outpatient clinic and the psychosis clinic, it contributes to the healthcare of the overall population.
