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Human Medicine (Staatsexamen) at University of Lübeck

University of Lübeck, Germany

Programme overview

The medical degree concluding with the state examination, with a curriculum emphasising prevention, communication and emergency medicine, interprofessional teaching, skills training and a social placement.

Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences  |  Department: Humanmedizin  |  Duration: 12 semesters and 3 months (6 years, 3 months)  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

What you will study

A pre-clinical phase of four semesters plus a nursing placement, closing with the first part of the state examination (Physikum); a clinical phase of six semesters plus clerkship, closing with the second part; and a practical year of one term each in surgery, internal medicine and an elective, closing with the third part.

Career pathways

Graduates qualify for work as physicians in a wide range of fields.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission-restricted. First-semester applications go exclusively through Hochschulstart; places are allocated in three quotas: best Abitur grades (30%), additional aptitude quota (10%) and the university selection procedure (60%), which weighs the school-leaving grade (max 50 points), the TMS result (max 35 points) and further criteria.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 12 semesters and 3 months (6 years, 3 months)

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