To be honest, at the time of the decision I was not yet sure what I wanted to do professionally after my studies. Therefore, I had made my decision more by process of elimination. I didn’t want to go in the direction of clinical psychology and SED seemed the most diverse. With SED, you write your master’s project and master’s thesis in a specific department, and I ended up in social psychology kind of by coincidence. But since you can attend courses from all departments, you are still pretty free. Through that and Viki’s internship, I learned about occupational health management, which might interest me professionally.

These are the courses that I preferred and found interesting in the bachelor’s degree, so it was a natural choice for me to do this master’s degree. 

I don’t really have a precise objective but I really appreciate the social side of psychology and the work in companies rather than in hospitals. 

Work often plays a big role in our lives. I am very interested in how work (conditions) can be designed in such a way that it is coherent for the employees and for the company. You become more aware of the importance of A&O psychology when you imagine that not everything is going perfectly at work. So imagine: the wrong people are hired in the company, there is a high rate of resignations, most employees are often sick, do not perform their best at work and do not get along with each other. From my point of view, it is therefore worthwhile to get involved in the field of A&O professionally in the future, be it in the HR of an organisation, as an employee in a consulting firm or self-employed (as I got a great insight during my internship with Viki Gochmann).

1. I like the city and the campus has become very familiar to me. The faculty is an independent building and very cozy and overseeable. 
2. The people I have dealt with so far are all very friendly and helpful. Especially the students (and e.g., the FG) look out for each other, which I find extremely valuable. 
3. The choice of courses is large and varied. Attention is also paid to the fact that one attends faculty-intern as well as outside-faculty courses and thus gets to know new topics.

-The atmosphere

-Student life

-The proximity

I found it cool that 

… it was possible to complete part of the Master’s courses during the Bachelor’s degree. 
… the lectures are often (almost 100%) also available as podcasts. This also allows for “a somewhat fuller study schedule” per semester. 
… in the structure of the Master’s programme, in addition to the core topics (PE, work motivation, job satisfaction, etc.), which are looked at in in-depth lectures and seminars, the reference to practice is also established. In the third semester of the Master’s programme, the integrative working group is particularly worth mentioning.

I’ll have to backtrack a bit. I originally studied chemistry. Before choosing Basel, I had looked at a few other locations, but Basel seemed nicer and more familial. (Plus, the weather is often better) It was ultimately a gut decision. Many Unis offer Open House events for interested students and I highly recommend joining those.

When I changed faculties, it was clear to me that I wanted to stay at the University of Basel. Probably, among other things, because of the friendships I had made and also out of convenience. I also liked the structure of the psychology program in contrast to some other universities: here it is a mono-subject and you need to get additional extracurricular credits. But there you are completely free and don’t have to choose a minor subject.

My sister was already studying here and when I came to visit her I really liked the city, the atmosphere and also the ease of finding accommodation and the prices. 

For me, the proximity of the location (university – place of residence) was very decisive. The possibility to study work and organisational psychology as a subject (not like at the University of Lausanne, etc.) was also very important for me. In addition, I saw it as an advantage to be able to complete the Master’s programme at a somewhat larger university in Switzerland.