Leipzig University campus

Health Sciences

Medizin (Medicine), Staatsexamen at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Teaches scientific and clinical knowledge enabling students to take up medical practice after the sixth year of study: two years of pre-clinical study, three years of clinical study and the Practical Year, followed by an application for the licence to practise (Approbation).

Faculty: Medizinische Fakultät  |  Duration: 6 years 3 months  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in German; Staatsexamen  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Pre-clinical study (ending with the first part of the medical examination), clinical study with four months of clerkship (Famulatur), and the Practical Year of 48 weeks in three 16-week sections. Follows the Approbationsordnung für Ärzte.

Career pathways

Doctors examine patients, assess findings, diagnose illnesses, decide on therapy and carry out medical treatments and interventions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Allgemeine or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife). No special language requirements for applicants with a German school qualification; German proficiency rules apply otherwise (see §13 of the enrolment regulations). Nationally restricted admission (numerus clausus). Application period: mid-April – 31.05. for earlier school-leaving cohorts; mid-April – 15.07. for current school-leavers; portal: hochschulstart.de.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 years 3 months

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