Although Psychology is a young faculty in a young university, it too is actually rather older than its date of founding as such might suggest. Teaching in the Department of Psychology started in 1964, and the Cand. psychol. programme got under way in 1968; its first graduates qualified in 1973.

More than 1,800 students are currently registered for courses at various levels in the Faculty, which has already produced over 900 Cand. psychol. graduates.

In 1980, the rapidly growing Department became the Faculty of Psychology, while its former sections have since been amalgamated into four departments. The Faculty also houses three special units: Hemil; the Child Welfare Training Programme; and the Education Research Programme.