Medicine

6 semesters (max. 10 semesters) | 180 ECTS credits

First, second and third-year courses (180 credits)

• Introduction to the clinical approach
• Clinical training: internal medicine; paediatrics; surgery; obstetrics and gynaecology; psychiatry; community medicine and primary care; neurology; neurosurgery; emergency and intensive care; otorhinolaryngology; ophthalmology; dermatology
• Unit of synthesis, Integration and Therapeutic 1
• Crosscutting disciplines
• Interprofessional education 2
• Master's thesis
• 10 months of elective rotations (Internist medicine, paediatrics, surgery, etc.) including 1 month with a physician or pediatrician.
• Unit of synthesis, Integration and Therapeutic 2
• Interprofessional education 3

The dissertation, worth 15 credits, can be based on a research project or case study in areas such as basic medicine, clinical medicine, public health or any other relevant field. Students are required to demonstrate their analytical and communication skills.
The Federal Examination in Human Medicine (EFMH) takes place after the conferral of the Master's in Medicine.

www.unige.ch/conditions/MA

www.unige.ch/conditions/MA

Deadline for candidates that hold a foreign bachelor's degree: 28 February 2026
(30 April 2026 for candidates that hold a Swiss bachelor's degree at the start of the next academic year AND, according to their nationality, are not subject to a visa for entry into Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to Swiss government requirements and regardless of their current place of residence, or for candidates holding a Swiss residence permit that is valid beyond 30 April.)

www.unige.ch/enrolment

During the first and second year of the Master's programme, students may complete part of their clinical training abroad. Third-year students may do clinical internships at foreign hospitals (for up to five months). The Faculty of Medicine offers two-month internships in tropical medicine and international health, including in Cameroon and Nepal.

See also internships SEMP (Swiss European Mobility Program):

www.unige.ch/exchange/fr/mobilite

Studies in human medicine prepare graduates for specific activities in numerous professional fields. Graduates generally begin their professional careers as internal medicine doctors before, in some cases, going on to become clinical chiefs of hospitals or outpatient facilities with a view to pursuing the post-graduate qualification of federal specialist. Many graduates end up working in private or group practices, and some go on to careers in hospitals or at university.
But there are many other professional opportunities as well: 

• Positions in international or non-governmental organisations
• Role of expert for insurance and health insurance companies, in connection with legal/employment issues 
• Positions in medical call centres 
• Medical journalism 
• Research in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries 
• IT and medical statistics
• Non-clinical teaching/research at university

FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Centre médical universitaire (CMU)
1 rue Michel-Servet
1211 Genève 4

STUDENT AFFAIRS
Lisa de Botton (1st and 2nd years)
T. +41 (0)22 379 50 13
Lisa.Debotton(at)unige.ch

Ariane Favre (3rd year)
T. +41 (0)22 379 50 12
Ariane.Favre(at)unige.ch

ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Marie Besson
T. +41 (0)22 379 50 13
Marie.Besson(at)unige.ch