Susanna Rubinstein (20 September 1847 – 29 March 1914) was an Austrian psychologist and the first woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Bern in Switzerland.

[4][5] She and her three siblings were greatly encouraged to pursue their education, even though this was a time when girls were often denied that opportunity.

[3] After being denied admission to the doctoral program in Basel, Switzerland, she enrolled at the University of Bern and there gained her Ph.D. in 1874 in psychology and German literature.

[3] Her thesis was "Uber die sensoriellen und sensitiven Sinne" ("About the sensory and sensitive senses").

[6] With the completion of her doctorate, Rubinstein spent a year in Germany visiting Leipzig, Heidelberg and Munich.