State Examination Medicine at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Programme overview

The study programme Medicine serves to impart the basic medical and methodological knowledge and skills for the recognition, treatment and prevention of diseases. The training to become a doctor is carried out on a scientific basis and is both practice- and patient-oriented. The study programme leads to the completion of the state examination.

Faculty: Medical school | Duration: 13 semesters | Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Jena, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

The study programme is divided into two study sections (lasting two and three years) and a practical year (lasting one year). The first part of the course covers the basics of natural sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics), anatomy, biochemistry and physiology.

Career pathways

Doctors work primarily in practice facilities (private or non-private practice), in hospitals, with authorities or corporations as well as in research (universities and pharmaceutical industry).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Numerus Clausus (restricted admission). University entrance qualification: A university entrance qualification, such as a general secondary school leaving certificate, is required for admission onto the study programme. language requirements: At the moment of application, you have to prove your knowledge of the German language at level DSH-2 ( German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education pdf, 61 kb · de ). You cannot start your studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena if you have only passed the DSH-1 exam! The following certificates accredited by the German Rectors Conference will be recognized as equivalents: Goethe Certificate C2 (GDS): German Language Diploma Level II of the KMK (DSD II); TestDaF, at least TDN 4 in all four parts of the examination; telc Certificate C1 German for Higher Education: German exam as part of the assessment test at a Studienkolleg. If you do not have sufficient knowledge of German yet, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena offers you a preparatory language course for the DSH exam. To attend the course, your German knowledge must be at least on level B1.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 13 semesters

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-jena.de/en/4580/s-e-medicine#studies_text_application

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