01 53 75 00 12

info@sfu-paris.fr

14 rue Alfred Roll

75017 Paris

09:30 - 17:30

Monday - Friday

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01 53 75 00 12

info@sfu-paris.fr

14 rue Alfred Roll

75017 Paris

09:30 - 18:00

Lundi au Vendredi

History and development

Our headquarter, the SFU-Vienna

Founded in 2003 by Univ. Prof. Dr. Alfred Pritz, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jutta Fiegl, Mr. Heinz Laubreuter and Dr. Elisabeth Vykoukal, the Sigmund Freud University (SFU) aimed at transforming psychotherapy into psychotherapy science, based on an academic foundation. They were inspired by Sigmund Freud’s “The Question of Lay Analysis” from 1926 which anticipated psychoanalysis as a separate discipline.

In 2005, the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs were accredited (the PhD program was accredited later on), pioneering such academic programs worldwide. Until then, training in psychotherapy required a professional background in the psycho-social field, plus further trainings. The SFU was the first to introduce a university education where practical and academic aspects work hand in hand and complement each other in a unique way. In addition, psychotherapeutic and psychological outpatient clinics were founded which today form a pillar in providing mental health services to people living in Vienna. The SFU also offers its degree courses in psychotherapy in English, currently to students from 56 different countries.  Treatment in the outpatient clinics is offered in different languages and refugees are treated free of charge.

In 2007, the Faculty of Psychology was founded. The approach to psychology taught at the SFU is explicitly embedded within the cultural and social sciences. In this respect, the SFU offers an alternative to so far prevalent approaches of psychology as belonging to the natural sciences.

The SFU truly is a European university. The first branch abroad was established  in Paris, followed by Ljubljana, Berlin, Milan and Linz (Austria). All branches offer courses in psychotherapy and psychology in the local language and in line with local culture, but based on a common teaching approach.

In 2009, the SFU started to expand the range of offered degree programs. In 2015, a course of studies in medicine was accredited, followed by law in 2016. They are the SFU newcomers, but are among the oldest fields in the tradition of the sciences.

Innovative and student-centered teaching, finding and filling promising research niches and being the intellectual home for students keen on learning and wanting to grow, makes the SFU a unique place to study today.

SFU-Paris

The parisian site was born out of the SFU-Vienna’s desire to offer its specific programme at an international level in 2007 and received its first official accreditation in 2009.

Our innovative and pioneering proposition is to combine the symbolism of the « Father of Psychoanalysis » with a multidisciplinary and multireferencial programme.

Accreditation 

Sigmund Freud University is an accredited private university under Austrian law. It offers study programmes in Vienna and at the following locations: Linz, Berlin, Ljubljana, Milan and Paris. The academic degrees awarded in the individual programmes are Austrian degrees which are recognized in the European Higher Education Area.

 

SFU-Paris review report

SFU-Paris statement report

SFU-Paris result report

2009 Accreditation’s report

SFU-Paris Accreditation en Psychotérapie 

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