Program Overview

Program Overview

The study programme Medicine at the University of Jena serves to impart the basic medical and methodological knowledge and skills for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of diseases. The training to become a doctor is carried out on a scientific basis and is both practice- and patient-oriented. The study programme leads to the completion of the state examination.

Key Facts

• Degree: State examination
• Admission restriction: With Numerus Clausus (NC)
• Duration: 13 Semesters
• Credits/ECTS: None
• Teaching language: German
• Tuition fee: None
• Semester contribution: 305,05
• Start of studies: Winter semester
• Part-time possible: No
• Institution: Medical school

Content and Structure

The study programme is divided into two study sections (lasting two and three years) and a practical year (lasting one year). The first part of the course covers the basics of natural sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics), anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. The second study section includes training in the individual clinical areas. Afterwards, a practical activity of 12 months must be completed as a practical year. After successful completion of the study programme, the licence to practise medicine is granted upon application. It is valid throughout Germany.

Special Characteristics in Jena

• The special feature of JENOS, the Jena inclination-oriented medical studies, is the direct preparation for medical practice according to inclination.
• The University of Jena offers a modern and practice-oriented medical study with interdisciplinary teaching in the entire study programme of human medicine.
• In the second section of their studies, students have the unique opportunity to choose from an extensive range of options in the lines of clinic-oriented medicine, outpatient-oriented medicine, and research-oriented medicine, in addition to a compact core course.

Prospects

Doctors work primarily in practice facilities (private or non-private practice), in hospitals, with authorities or corporations, as well as in research (universities and pharmaceutical industry).

Personal Requirements

• Sociable, with social intelligence and language skills.
• Interdisciplinary open-mindedness, intellectual curiosity, and good observation and judgement skills as well as methodical thinking are indispensable.
• Studying medicine requires a high level of motivation and considerable diligence. Memory (a lot of factual knowledge) is of great importance.
• In addition to a broad general education, in-depth knowledge of the natural sciences, especially biology and chemistry, is a prerequisite.

Admission Requirements

• University entrance qualification, such as a general secondary school leaving certificate, is required for admission onto the study programme.
• Language requirements: Proof of knowledge of the German language at level DSH-2 (German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education) is required at the moment of application.

Language Requirements

• The following certificates accredited by the German Rectors Conference will be recognized as equivalents:
  • Goethe Certificate C2 (GDS)
  • German Language Diploma Level II of the KMK (DSD II)
  • TestDaF, at least TDN 4 in all four parts of the examination
  • telc Certificate C1 German for Higher Education
  • German exam as part of the assessment test at a preparatory college

Additional Information

• The allocation procedures in the study programmes with nationwide admission restrictions for Friedrich Schiller University Jena have changed significantly since the winter semester 2020/21.
• The University of Jena offers a preparatory language course for the DSH exam for those who do not have sufficient knowledge of German yet.