Greifswald
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About Greifswald
Study where others spend their holidays...
...is the slogan of the University of Greifswald. The town is located in the northeastern of Germany and very close to the Baltic Sea.
The small river Ryck with the museal harbour gives Greifswald its maritime character. About 40 old traditional ships have dropped their anchor here.
At warm summer nights students meet with friends at the waterside and have a barbeque or they order a drink from the Hornfischbar which is on one of the old ships.
Only a few kilometers downstream the Ryck flows into the "Greifswalder Bodden" - which is a small Bay of the Baltic Sea.
There is a nice beach around which is another popular place to meet with friends and relax. Especially in summer almost every time you see people playing beachvolleyball, swimming, surfing, sailing or even lying in the sun.
Greifswald is a University with a town
The foundation of the University in 1456 had been pivotal for the towns development.
Today Greifswald is a modern university and research place. The departments of the University are widespread all over the town. Besides the fact that almost one quart of its about 60.000 inhabitants are students this may redound to the typical image of Greifswald:
Young people hurrying to lectures by bicyle, strolling around in the older city or having a cup of coffee in one of the nice cafés.
At nights some smaller bars invite to come in for the Happy Hour and while having the one or other drink you may get in the right mood to join in the party at the Mensa-Club afterwards.
If you want to get more information about Greifswald click here!
Accomodation
During your stay in Greifswald you will most likely share a flat with domestic students.
It may also happen that you live together with another foreign student who comes to us via ifmsa or even that you have an own small flat. In every case you will have at least one room for your own.
Please bring 50 € for security garantee.
Professional Exchange
The Universitätsklinikum Greifswald unites 21 clinical and policlinical departments, 19 institutes and some other central institutions.
Professional Exchange is only offered in July and August (may change).
Possible departments for your clerkship:
German necessary:
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Neurology
- Dermatology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Ophthalmology
English sufficient:
- Surgery (Neuro-, General-, Vascular-, Pediatric-, Traumatology,)
- Anaesthesia
- Radiology
- Urology
- Pathology
- Orthopedics
Please bring your own stethoscope and white coat because these things cannot be allocated by the University.
Additionally please bring a proof of enrollment.
There is no real "dress code". You should were clothes that are in a proper condition (concerns also the white coat).
Research Exchange...
...is not provided.
Travelling
within city
Greifswald has a lot of beautiful places for you to discover. As mentioned above, most of the Greifswalder go by bike because of the small distances, the annoying traffic-lights that are permanent red and the lack of parking areas.
We provide you with a bike for the time you will stay here.
If you are not able to ride one or you don´t want to it would be nice if you informed us before you arrive!
around city
Coming to and getting away from Greifswald is not that easy as it is in other citys. But there still are some trains running to Berlin in 2,5 h or via Stralsund to Rostock and Hamburg.
You may also do a trip to one of the beautiful islands in the Baltic Sea like Rügen, Usedom or Hiddensee where many people like to spend their holidays.
Social Programm and Local Exchange Team
We are a group of medical students of mixed age and grade.
One of us will be your contact person to whom you may adress any questions you have concerning your exchange and arrival.
Our concern is to make your stay here to become an grate and unforgettable experience for you;)
In Summer there are a lot of things we can do. In the last year we went for a sailing-trip and visited the tree-climbing park.
At the first weekend there will be a Welcome Day or Evening where you can get to know the other foreign students.
The "International Cooking Evening" has become a monthly institution during the last years. So bring one typical recipe to give us the taste of your homeland.
And the other time? It´s up to you! We will meet once a week to plan our activities.
Nevertheless you will also have time to travel and relax... ...and to party!
We are looking forward to get to know you in Greifswald!
Your Greifswalder Leo-Team
Contact
Fachschaft
- bvmd exchange-
Fleischmannstraße 6
17475 Greifswald
eMail: austausch.greifswald[at]googlemail.com
homepage: emaumed.de
German cities offered for exchange
Aachen, Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Cologne (Köln), Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erlangen, Essen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Gießen, Göttingen, Greifswald, Halle, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Homburg, Jena, Kiel, Leipzig, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mainz, Mannheim, Marburg, Munich LMU (München), Munich TU (München), Münster, Regensburg, Rostock, Tübingen, Ulm, Witten-Herdecke, Würzburg
