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Medicine Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

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Degree
State Examination
Standard period of study (amount)
13 semesters
Location
München

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

Human Medicine

Annotation

If the student is assigned a place in the course, the student will have a double enrolment at the LMU and the TU Munich for the 1st study phase (previously 'Pre-Clinical'). To progress into the 2nd study phase (previously 'Clinical') at one of the two universities, a separate application is to be submitted together with the registration for the 1st stage of the state medicine examination (commonly known as the 'Physikum') (only applies for students already enrolled at the LMU/TUM).

Admission modus

Nationwide admission restriction with selection procedure

Lecture period

  • Summer semester 2026: The lecture period in the winter semester is 17 calendar weeks, the lecture period in the summer semester is 14 calendar weeks. The lecture period in the winter semester begins with the first working day of the penultimate full calendar week of the month of October, that of the summer semester with the first working day of the third-last or penultimate full calendar week of the month of April.
  • Winter semester 2026/2027: 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027The lecture period in the winter semester is 17 calendar weeks, the lecture period in the summer semester is 14 calendar weeks. The lecture period in the winter semester begins with the first working day of the penultimate full calendar week of the month of October, that of the summer semester with the first working day of the third-last or penultimate full calendar week of the month of April.

Application deadlines

Deadlines and dates for study programmes with nationwide admission restrictions can be found at Hochschulstart.de (only in German language).

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Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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