Overview
LMU Eye Hospital's international guest-doctor and observership programme hosting up to 45 sponsored fellows (ICO, ioff and others) each year.
The programme
- Training type
- Observership / Guest Doctor Fellowship
- Duration
- Observership or guest-doctor stays; guest-doctor posts longer than 6 months require German B2/TestDaF
- Start
- Rolling; waiting time up to 1.5 years
- Positions
- Up to 45 fellowships per year
- Accreditation
- Hosts International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and ioff fellows
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Licensed physicians (and students not at a German university); only applicants with a personal recommendation/link to the clinic or a scholarship from an organisation (e.g. ICO, ioff) are accepted
- International applicants
- Yes – up to 45 international fellowships a year, many with ICO and ioff for doctors from resource-limited countries
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- German B2 or TestDaF for guest-doctor posts over 6 months
How to apply
- Deadline
- Apply at least 1.5 years in advance
- Application method
- Email complete application (form, CV, photo, medical licence/diploma, passport, sponsor confirmation letter, medical certificate) to augenklinik.gastaerzte@med.uni-muenchen.de
Funding
- Funding
- Unpaid; no fee. Fellow must obtain funding from home country or a sponsoring organisation