Peking University is the earliest communication psychology research institution in China. As early as 1900, psychology courses were offered. Peking University Psychology Laboratory was established in 19 17, which is the beginning of modern scientific psychology in China. It was initiated by Mr Cai Yuanpei, a famous educator and president of Peking University. He studied in the world's first scientific psychology laboratory founded by Professor Feng Te of Leipzig University, and made important contributions to introducing scientific psychology to China. Since then, Peking University has trained a group of outstanding talents for China, including Zhang Xiang Tong, former director of the Shanghai Institute of Brain Physiology of the China Academy of Sciences, and Pan Wei, former director of the Institute of Psychology of the late Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1952, the national colleges and universities were adjusted, and the psychology teachers from Tsinghua, Yanjing and Fudan were merged into Peking University, becoming the psychology major of philosophy department, and a large number of famous psychologists gathered in China, becoming the most powerful psychology research and teaching institution in China. 1978, Peking University took the lead in restoring psychology in China, and established the first psychology department in China at that time, which was classified as a science department.

Department of Psychology of Peking University is a famous professional teaching and research institution in China. It has a comprehensive discipline system that meets the requirements of comprehensive universities, engages in various research, and provides high-quality comprehensive higher education, covering all major directions of psychology. The Department of Psychology currently has 3 1 teaching staff, including 9 professors (9 doctoral supervisors). Winner of the National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars 1 person, associate professor 12 person, lecturer 12 person, postdoctoral person, administrative, teaching assistant, technical and logistics personnel 1 person. The Department of Psychology is qualified to train bachelor, master and doctor. At the same time, there is a psychological adult self-study examination point, and it also accepts on-the-job personnel to apply for master's and doctor's degrees. The research fields of Psychology Department cover a wide range, including experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, physiological psychology, psychological statistics and measurement, developmental psychology, personality and social psychology, emotional psychology, animal psychology, clinical psychology, medical psychology, industrial and management psychology, consumer and advertising psychology, human resource management, engineering psychology and so on. These organizational systems have laid an important foundation for the Department of Psychology to train advanced basic and applied psychology talents. One of the most prominent features of psychology department is discipline construction. The cognitive neuropsychology and physiological psychology of the Department of Psychology are in the leading position in China, and it is also the only psychological institution that studies primates in China, while her clinical psychology, animal psychology and emotional psychology are unique in domestic comprehensive universities. Basic Psychology 200 1 was approved as a national key discipline. The Department of Psychology has a psychology research institute, as well as cognitive neuroscience research centers, human resource evaluation and development centers, clinical psychology research centers, brain science and cognitive science centers, Peking University Gallup success psychology center, Peking University Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups-Youth Development Research Center, personality and social psychology research center.

The Department of Psychology has a series of facilities serving various fields of teaching and scientific research, including dedicated computer classrooms, various audio and video recording equipment, experimental animal center, and a reference room with more than 70 foreign professional magazines, 20 chinese magazine and nearly 10,000 books. The Department of Psychology has an independent experimental building for neurophysiological psychology and animal psychology research and teaching, a special laboratory for developmental psychology research and teaching, an independent comprehensive research experimental area and administrative office area, and a psychological clinic jointly established with the school hospital.

There are more than 240 full-time students in the Department of Psychology, including master students and doctoral students 120. Due to the strong background of Peking University, a group of high-quality students enter the Department of Psychology with excellent results every year. After four years of study, they have achieved great success and become the most competitive graduates, and more than 85% of them continue their studies or go abroad for further study.

The Department of Psychology has established long-term exchanges and cooperation with the departments of psychology of many famous foreign universities, such as Oxford University, University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, and the Institute of Medical Psychology of Munich University. Cooperation includes mutual visits, * * * learning together, * * * sharing information and exchanging teaching. The Department of Psychology also maintains various forms of academic exchanges with quite a few foreign research institutions and scholars. In addition, the Department of Psychology has a long-term academic cooperation agreement with the Department of Psychology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The department of psychology enrolls students by department, and the required courses of psychology and applied psychology are the same. In the senior year, students choose different courses according to their research and employment interests.