# Sigmund Freud Private University

Sigmund Freud Private University (SFU) is a private and for-profit university accredited by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria. It uses different names for itself, often Sigmund Freud Private University, in some instances, however, it calls itself Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna or Sigmund Freud University. It is located in Vienna, Austria and was first accredited in 2005. As a university in the field of Human Sciences, SFU specializes in Psychotherapy Science, Psychology, Medicine (since 2015), and Law (since 2016). Alfred Pritz is vice-chancellor of the Sigmund Freud Private University.

## Psychotherapy Science as an academic discipline

Sigmund Freud Private University pioneered the study of Psychotherapy Science as an academic degree. This program approaches Psychotherapy by emphasizing research activities, practical training, and academic exchange among different psychotherapy schools. Sigmund Freud Private University is one of the only academic institutions in the world where Psychotherapy is taught at an undergraduate level.
The Faculty of Psychotherapy Sciences at Sigmund Freud Private University offers the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral Programs in Psychotherapy Science, as well as psychotherapy training in a variety of methods, including Behaviour Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Individual Psychology, Gestalt, Person-centred Psychotherapy and Systemic Family Therapy.
Key members of faculty at Sigmund Freud Private University include: Prof. Alfred Pritz, Prof. Giselher Guttmann, Prof. Bernd Rieken, Dr. Gerhard Benetka, Dr. Jutta Fiegl, Mag. Eva Pritz, Heinz Laubreuter, Prof. Thomas Druyen, Dr. Omar Gelo, Dr. Albina Colden, Dr. Diana Braakmann, Dr. Werner Gruber and Mag. Stefan Hampl.
All degree programmes in Psychotherapy Science are offered in German and in English.
Sigmund Freud Private University hosts the annual International Summer School in Psychotherapy—an intensive, four-week program in the fundamentals of psychotherapy theory and practice for students and professionals from around the world.
The Eastern European Institute at Sigmund Freud Private University was established in 2008, with the goals to aid in the development of the field of Psychotherapy in Eastern European nations, and to establish a Psychotherapy Research Center that deals specifically with Eastern European issues.
One of the research focuses at Sigmund Freud Private University is messies. It comes from the word mess. It describes those who can't use their home as a place for relaxation after taking part in everyday tasks such as a job. Messies may gather things until their home is so full, that there is barely any room for the messies themselves. Messies may also fail at necessary tasks such as cleaning and handling food, clothing, and laundry.

## Psychology

The Bachelor's Programme in Psychology is at this time offered in German and Italy only. Prof. Gerhard Benetka serves as the Head of the Psychology Programme.

## Outpatient clinic

The Sigmund Freud Private University Outpatient Clinic provides Psychotherapy services in German and English. There are currently 50 registered psychotherapists and about 100 supervised students at the clinic.

## Security research

With the CEUSS | Center for European Security Studies, led by Prof. Dr. Alexander Siedschlag, SFU has as well assumed a leading role in establishing Security Research as an academic subject and has so far taken part in four security research projects co-funded within the 7th EU Framework Programme, including the flagship project FOCUS that supports scenario foresight-based planning of future security research, with an emphasis on societal an ethics aspects. Within the framework of SFU as a university for humanities, CEUSS in particular contributes to the strengthening of social and cultural aspects and security culture as an analytical approach.

## Admission requirements

The following are admission requirements found on the University of Vienna website. To enter a Bachelor's program, a person requires a University entrance certificate. This is equivalent to a High School Diploma. Also, one must write a university entrance exam, which is equivalent to the American SATs or Austrian Studienberechtigungsprüfung. If chosen as a candidate, one must take part in two admission interviews. The interviewers are two individuals from Sigmund Freud Private University scientific staff (who decide whether the candidate will be admitted or not). The candidate will participate in an admission seminar as well.