Staatsexamen Medicine Erlangen/Bayreuth (state examination) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

When you choose to study medicine, you are pursuing one of the strangest, most challenging, but also in every way one of the most fulfilling and beautiful professions. As a physician, you will develop a special relationship with your fellow human beings when they come to you as patients. And this relationship will place the greatest responsibility on you, as it gives you a power that privileges you to help others using your knowledge.

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine  |  Duration: 12 semesters (6 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen  |  Intake: Summer semester, Winter semester  |  Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

„The way there leads you through a study of at least 6 years (12 semesters), during which you grow into this profession. During the first 4 semesters, the so-called „pre-clinic“, you will mainly deal with the scientific and theoretical basics of medicine, such as physics, chemistry and biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, but also medical psychology and sociology. The range of subjects of the entire medical studies and its course are regulated by law in the „Approbationsordnung“.

Career pathways

Depending on your specialization, you can work as a doctor in the various clinics of a hospital (e.g. anesthesiology, orthopedics) or as a doctor in private practice. In addition, you can also find work, for example, with ambulance and rescue services, in the State Public Health Service, with large companies as a company doctor and in medical research.

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