Fellowships in Germany

113 medical and surgical fellowships in Germany across 21 specialties. Eligibility, visa and deadline details from official pages.

The Fellowship Portal lists 113 fellowships in Germany at 94 institutions. The main training cities are Berlin, Munich and Tübingen. 52% say they accept international medical graduates and 1% describe a visa route. The most common length is 3 months. Every listing links to the programme's official page, where you should confirm dates and requirements.

Frequently asked questions

How many fellowships are there in Germany?

113 listings at 94 institutions are listed, each researched from official sources.

Can international medical graduates apply?

59 of the 113 programmes say they accept international applicants, and 1 describe a visa route such as J-1, H-1B or a work permit. Requirements differ by programme; eligibility and visa information do not guarantee acceptance or sponsorship.

When are the next application deadlines?

EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Georg August Universität): 31 October 2026; EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Johanniter Clinics): 31 October 2026; EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Philipps-University Marburg): 31 October 2026.

Orthopaedics 20

DEUAO Recon Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)OCM-Muenchen/SANA Campus Muenchen · Muenchen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien · Erlangen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Schön Klinik München Harlaching · München, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Spine Center - Helios Klinikum Erfurt - Health Medical University Campus · Erfurt, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Bonn · Bonn, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf · Hamburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Zentralklinik Bad Berka · Bad Berka, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main · Frankfurt am Main, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)BG Klinik Tübingen · Tübingen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Heidelberg University Hospital · Heidelberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Klinikum rechts der Isar · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · Hannover, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf (UKE) · Hamburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Universitätsklinikum Freiburg · Freiburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz · Mainz, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUFellowship in Primary and Revision ArthroplastyKnappschaft Kliniken Dortmund - West German Center of Excellence for Arthroplasty · Dortmund, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUOrthopaedic Trauma Fellowship AachenUniklinik RWTH Aachen · Aachen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUSport Medicine and Joint Replacement Surgery FellowshipMünchen Klinik Bogenhausen · Munich, Germany

Anaesthesiology 13

DEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership / Hands-on)Carl von Ossietzky University Hospital Oldenburg · Oldenburg, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership / Hands-on)TUM University Hospital (Klinikum rechts der Isar), Technical University of Munich · Munich, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership / Hands-on)University Hospital of Cologne (Uniklinik Köln) · Cologne, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership)Südharz Klinikum Nordhausen · Nordhausen, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership)University Hospital Münster (UKM) · Münster, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership)University of Leipzig Medical Center · Leipzig, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyDEUFellowship in Advanced Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia (Erweitertes Fellowship Kardioanästhesie)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyDEUFellowship in Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyDEUModular Fellowship in Cardioanaesthesia and Intensive CareGerman Heart Center of the Charité · Berlin, GermanyDEUPaediatric Anaesthesiology Fellowship (Fellowship Kinderanästhesiologie)Hannover Medical School (MHH) · Hanover, GermanyDEUPaediatric Anaesthesiology Fellowship (Fellowship Kinderanästhesiologie)University Hospital Bonn (UKB) · Bonn, GermanyDEUPaediatric Anaesthesiology Fellowship (Fellowship Kinderanästhesiologie)University Hospital Cologne (Uniklinik Köln) · Cologne, GermanyDEUPaediatric Anaesthesiology Fellowship (Fellowship Kinderanästhesiologie)University Hospital Tübingen (UKT) · Tübingen, Germany

Neurology 13

DEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Georg August Universität · Göttingen, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Johanniter Clinics · Bonn, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Philipps-University Marburg · Marburg, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Ruhr University Bochum · Bochum, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Saarland University Medical Center · Homburg, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Uniklinik Ulm · Ulm, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University Hospital Giessen · Giessen, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University Hospital of Würzburg · Würzburg, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University Hospital Tübingen · Tuebingen, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University of Erlangen-Nuremberg · Erlangen, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University of Leipzig Medical Center · Leipzig, GermanyDEUEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University of Muenster · Münster, Germany

Radiology 10

DEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Neuroradiology Training Centre (Stuttgart)Klinikum Stuttgart · Stuttgart, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Bochum)St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum · Bochum, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Flensburg)DIAKO Krankenhaus Flensburg · Flensburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Göttingen)University Medical Center Göttingen · Göttingen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Hannover)Hannover Medical School (MHH) · Hannover, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Heilbronn)SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn · Heilbronn, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Leonberg)Krankenhaus Leonberg (Klinikverbund Südwest) · Leonberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Wuppertal)Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal · Wuppertal, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESOR Research Fellowship in Chest Radiology (Heidelberg)Heidelberg University Medical Center · Heidelberg, GermanyCitizens/PR onlyVisa routeDEUESOR/ESHI Exchange Programme for Hybrid Imaging Fellowship (Munich)LMU University Hospital Munich (Klinikum der Universität München) · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Pathology 8

DEUESP Giordano Fellowship – HaematopathologyUniversity Hospital Tübingen · Tübingen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Liver pathologyUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · Heidelberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Molecular pathologyUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · Heidelberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Molecular pathologyUniversity Hospital Tübingen · Tübingen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Pancreaticobiliary pathologyUniversity Hospital Düsseldorf · Düsseldorf, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Renal pathologyUniversity Hospital Erlangen · Erlangen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Soft tissue pathologyUniversity Hospital Erlangen · Erlangen, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUESP Giordano Fellowship – Urological pathologyUniversity Hospital Erlangen · Erlangen, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Ophthalmology 7

DEUCornea Fellowship (International Visiting Ophthalmologists)Augenklinik Sulzbach (Knappschaft Hospital Saar) · Sulzbach, GermanyDEUEye Lid Surgery Fellowship (International Visiting Ophthalmologists)Augenklinik Sulzbach (Knappschaft Hospital Saar) · Sulzbach, GermanyDEUGlaucoma Fellowship (International Visiting Ophthalmologists)Augenklinik Sulzbach (Knappschaft Hospital Saar) · Sulzbach, GermanyDEUHospitation / ObservershipGoethe University Frankfurt, Department of Ophthalmology · Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDEUInternational Guest Doctor and ICO Fellowship Programme (Gastärzte und Hospitation)LMU Klinikum München – Eye Hospital (Augenklinik und Poliklinik) · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEURetina Fellowship (International Visiting Ophthalmologists)Augenklinik Sulzbach (Knappschaft Hospital Saar) · Sulzbach, GermanyDEUVisiting Doctor / Hospitation for Applicants from AbroadUniversity Eye Hospital Tübingen (Universitätsklinikum Tübingen) · Tübingen, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Plastic Surgery 7

DEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Asklepios Clinic North, Hamburg, Germany · Hamburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm · Ulm, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital LMU Munich · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Hanover Medical School · Hanover, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Medical Center Freiburg · Freiburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik and University Hospital Tuebingen · Tuebingen, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Gastroenterology & Hepatology 6

DEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipAgaplesion Markus Hospital – Goethe University · Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipDRK Kliniken Berlin Westend · Berlin, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipHannover Medical School · Hannover, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipUniversity Hospital Augsburg · Augsburg, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipUniversity Hospital Regensburg · Regensburg, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipUniversity Medicine Halle · Halle (Saale), Germany

General Surgery 5

DEUESES JFH Endocrine Surgery Travelling FellowshipCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Berlin, GermanyDEUESES JFH Endocrine Surgery Travelling FellowshipDiakonie Klinikum Stuttgart · Stuttgart, GermanyDEUESES JFH Endocrine Surgery Travelling FellowshipEvang. Krankenhaus Essen · Essen, GermanyDEUESES JFH Endocrine Surgery Travelling FellowshipUniversity Medical Center Mainz · Mainz, GermanyDEUHPB Fellowship MünsterUniversitätsklinikum Münster – Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery · Münster, Germany

Cardiology 4

DEUCardiology Hospitation (Observership)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUCoronary and Structural Interventional Fellowship (PCR Host Centre)Heart Centre Bad Segeberg (Segeberger Kliniken) · Bad Segeberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUInterventional and Structural Cardiology Fellowship (PCR Host Centre)Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University · Leipzig, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUStructural and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship (PCR Host Centre)University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Mainz, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Neurosurgery 4

DEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main gGmbH · Frankfurt am Main, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Heidelberg University Hospital · Heidelberg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department Neurosurgery · Munich, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUWFNS-Aesculap Adult Neurosurgery FellowshipUniversity Hospital Tübingen · Tübingen, Germany

Emergency Medicine 3

DEUClinical Acute and Emergency Medicine Advanced TrainingMedical Center – University of Freiburg · Freiburg, GermanyDEUClinical Acute and Emergency Medicine Advanced TrainingUniversity Hospital Düsseldorf · Düsseldorf, GermanyDEUClinical Acute and Emergency Medicine Advanced TrainingUniversity Hospital Marburg (UKGM) · Marburg, Germany

Paediatrics 3

DEUPaediatric Cardiology Hospitation (Observership)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUPostgraduate Training in Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Intensive Care (Weiterbildung Kinderkardiologie / Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin)Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW (HDZ NRW), Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum · Bad Oeynhausen, GermanyDEUUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipUniversity Hospital Cologne · Cologne, Germany

Cardiothoracic Surgery 2

DEUCardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Hospitation (Observership)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUPaediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Hospitation (Observership)Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) · Berlin, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Urology 2

DEUClinical Urology Fellowships (EAU, SIU and ISUS routes)University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) · Hamburg, GermanyOpen to IMGsDEUEAU Reconstructive Surgery FellowshipAgaplesion Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt and University College London Hospitals (EAU Section of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons / EUSP) · Frankfurt am Main (and London, UK), GermanyOpen to IMGs

Family Medicine 1

DEUHippokrates Family Medicine ExchangeEYFDM national host-practice network · Host practice to be arranged, Germany

Haematology & Medical Oncology 1

DEUDKFZ Clinician Scientist FellowshipGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) · Heidelberg; Mannheim; Mainz, Germany

Internal Medicine 1

DEUERS/DZL Joint Long-Term Research FellowshipGerman Center for Lung Research (DZL) · Host centre to be arranged, Germany

Obstetrics & Gynaecology 1

DEUESGE Short-Term Visiting Young Endoscopists Programme (Host Centre)Klinikum Aschaffenburg-Alzenau – Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · Aschaffenburg, GermanyOpen to IMGs

Psychiatry 1

DEUEPA Gaining Experience Programme observershipUniversity Medicine Halle · Halle (Saale), Germany

Radiation Oncology 1

DEUESO Clinical Training Centre Fellowship – Radiation OncologyComprehensive Cancer Centre Ulm (University Hospital Ulm) · Ulm, GermanyOpen to IMGs