Human Medicine

Studying &… Studying at Heidelberg… Human Medicine

Why should you study medicine in Heidelberg?

Our study programme HeiCuMed (Heidelberg's Curriculum Medicinale) offers an attractive opportunity to qualify to work as a physician in health care as well as in medical research or teaching.

  • As an active member of the student council, I am pleased by how students are included into the ongoing development of the curriculum. Furthermore, Heidelberg is a small but very nice university town that brings together lots of interesting people.

    Sarah Schnee, medical student

  • The curriculum is didactically and organisationally well thought out.
  • Your studies will leave room for creative leeway.
  • The curriculum encompasses one flexibly eligible semester free of courses that can be used for research.
  • The courses and the exams are conceived as a unit and satisfy the highest quality standards.
  • The lecturers a professionally and didactically skilled and highly dedicated.
  • Tutor-driven learning will motivate you and help you understand the course contents.
  • E-learning materials, virtual databases and instrucitonal films will support your studies.
  • You can follow your personal interests in elective and thematically advanced courses.
  • We offer a variety of optional courses.
  • Through classes in small, steady groups you are able to stay in close contact with your fellow students and lecturers.
  • The exams are both fairly designed and will prepare you adequately for the state examinations.
  • We offer an array of opportunies for studies and internships abroad.
  • Our alumni are well prepared for their professions.
  • An interest in and understanding of natural sciences and medical fields,
  • an eagerness to learn, stamina and motivation,
  • social and communication skills,
  • the disposition for further commitment, e.g. in scientific or social projects, as a tutor in teaching or in the student council.
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