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Medicine (Staatsexamen, Düsseldorf Curriculum Medicine) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Programme overview

Model medical degree "Düsseldorf Curriculum Medicine" with cross-disciplinary teaching, strong patient contact and practical teaching from the first year; standard duration 12.5 semesters.

Duration: 12.5 semesters (6.25 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The first two years focus on human biological foundations in four organ- and system-related themed blocks of six to eight weeks each; there is no Physikum but a medical interim examination, formally equivalent to the first section of the state examination, taken after the third year.

Career pathways

Specialist training of four to five years in one of 32 fields, followed by clinical work in hospital or practice; other options include research and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Abitur or equivalent qualification; nationwide numerus clausus. Places for German and European applicants are allocated only through Hochschulstart. Start in the winter semester only. Application: nationwide numerus clausus, application via Hochschulstart; application period 04.05. - 15.07. (Alt-Abiturient*innen bis 31.05.).

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 12.5 semesters (6.25 years)

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