Postgraduate education

Doctorate in medicine

Admission and registration procedures

General conditions pertaining to admission and registration

Physicians holding a federal medical diploma or an equivalent degree are allowed to register as doctorate students in order to obtain a medical doctorate. They must have found beforehand a thesis director by submitting their request directly to the department or service where they wish to undertake their doctorate thesis.

It is mandatory for the doctorate student to be registered within a doctorate programme during the whole thesis period for a maximum of 10 semesters (art. 18 of the University regulation).

Special conditions