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Medical Schools in Germany

47 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 42 cities. Verified program languages: English, German.

Initial reconciliation completed. Every candidate from the official discovery sources has been verified, excluded, flagged as a duplicate or listed as unresolved. Not a guarantee of completeness.

Last reviewed October 13, 2026.

Medical education in Germany

Medical qualification structure

  • Medical training under the federal Approbationsordnung für Ärzte comprises a six-year university study of medicine, the last year being a 48-week practical year, and the medical examination (Ärztliche Prüfung) taken in three parts. Source: gesetze-im-internet.de · verified October 13, 2026
  • The standard period of study including the third part of the examination is six years and three months. Source: gesetze-im-internet.de · verified October 13, 2026

Entry routes

  • Places in human medicine at state universities are allocated centrally by the Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung through three main quotas (best school-leaving grades, an additional aptitude quota and the universities' own selection procedures). Source: hochschulstart.de · verified October 13, 2026
  • In winter semester 2025/26, 31,543 applicants competed for 10,281 places in medicine at 41 participating institutions. Source: hochschulstart.de · verified October 13, 2026

Verified medical schools

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How this country was researched

Research status
Initial reconciliation completed
Candidates in discovery sources
48
Verified operating or listed schools
47
Unresolved candidates
0
Excluded after checking
2

Discovery sources

Limitations: State faculties come from the hochschulstart WiSe 2025/26 statistics; for most of them the qualification is cited from the federal Approbationsordnung rather than a faculty page. Ownership is not recorded. Non-state programmes (Witten/Herdecke, MHB, MSH, MSB, HMU) and foreign-degree branches in Germany (PMU Nuremberg, Asklepios Campus Hamburg/Semmelweis, UMCH Hamburg/Târgu Mureș, Kassel/Southampton) were compiled from their own sites because Hochschulkompass was not reachable; other small foreign-degree branches may be missing. Regional tracks (Chemnitz, Bayreuth, Trier, Niederbayern, Wolfsburg, Siegen etc.) are recorded as campuses only where an official quote was found.

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