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Faculty of Medicine

Medizinische Fakultät
The Jena University Hospital offers a total of 1,396 beds to our patients in 26 clinics. Every year around 52,600 inpatients are cared for and more than 272,000 outpatient consultations are carried out. More than 5,000 employees work in health care, research and teaching, making the UKJ the largest employer in the region.

Facts about the faculty

UniversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
Programmes2 programmes
Language of programmesGerman C1 — 2 programmes
CampusStandort Lobeda
CityJena
Websitehttps://www.uniklinikum-jena.de/Fakultaet.html

What the faculty's programmes require

The university-wide requirements are complemented by the faculty's own — they are missed most often, because the university page does not list them.

German C1 before applying

For 2 German-taught programmes: DSH, TestDaF or telc C1 Hochschule — before you apply, not after.

Application via Hochschulstart

1 of the faculty's programmes are allocated centrally through hochschulstart.de (DoSV).

About the faculty

The hospital is currently spread over several locations throughout the city, with most clinics already in the new hospital building at Lobeda. When all new buildings are occupied, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy will be the only areas of in-patient care that will remain at their location in downtown Jena.

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There are a number of laboratories, seminar rooms and lecture theaters available for the training of 2,400 students in human medicine, dentistry and the Master's program Molecular Medicine. In Lobeda is the Medical Library with space for 111,000 volumes. In SkillsLab, prospective doctors can practice practical skills.

The clinic's hospital kitchen provides 5,500 portions of food a day for patients and employees, with two tons of food processed per day, including 1,000 rolls, 300 kilos of potatoes and 160 kilos of apples. Up to 8 tons of laundry are delivered to the hospital every day or leave it again for laundry. For the transport of all goods, food and also for waste disposal, the 24 transport robots used in the new building alone cover about 280 kilometers per day.

Programmes of the faculty

Where the faculty's students study

Classes take place at Standort Lobeda — when choosing housing, go by this campus, not by the university's main address.

Questions about admission to the faculty

Where do the faculty's students study?
Classes of Faculty of Medicine take place at: Standort Lobeda. Look for housing near the campus, not near the university's main address.
In which language are the programmes taught?
German C1 — 2 programmes.
Do I apply to the faculty or to a programme?
To a programme: requirements, language and deadline are set per programme, and the faculty's admission committee assesses the application.

Will you get in with your grades at this faculty?

We will convert your certificate to the German scale and compare it with the committee's requirements, including subject requirements.

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