Magdeburg

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Welcome to Magdeburg

About Magdeburg

Magdeburg is the capital of the Bundesland Saxony Anhalt which is located in the centre of Germany. It belongs to the former Eastern part of Germany. The city lies on the river Elbe and is located right in the middle between Berlin and Hannover. There are about 230,000 habitants living in Magdeburg including 16,000 students. The first Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great chose Magdeburg as his major palitanate. The other great son of Magdeburg was Otto von Guericke - a famous scientist and former mayor - after whom the Unvesity was named.


Accommodation

Incomings will be staying either in shared appartements or co-ed dormitories of the university. Rooms will be furnished and bed sheets will be provided. You will have to share bathroom and kitchen with other students.



Hospitals

The university hospital is located in the south of the city.

It has the following departments:


  • General and Visceral Surgery
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Dermatology and Venerology
  • Radiology and Nuclear medecine
  • Gynecology and Reproductive Medecine
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Hematology and Oncology
  • Heart and Thorax Surgery
  • Cardiology and Pneumology
  • Pediatry
  • Dental Clinique
  • Neurosurgery
  • Orthopedy
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatry
  • Urology



You will find further information on the website: [1]


Other Hospitals in Magdeburg are:


  • Pfeiffersche Stiftungen
  • St.Marienstift
  • Städtisches Klinikum


Medical Faculty

The medical department belongs to the Otto-von-Guericke Universität. Our campus is located in the southern part of Magdeburg where you can find all the different clinics, lecture halls, medical library and cafeteria.

The students call the medical Department Magdeburg - Harvard of the East. We have approximately 1000 medical students in total. Research focusses on neurosciences and immunology. The faculty was founded in 1954 and is one of the youngest within Germany.

Our students club Kiste organizes


Professional Echange

Research Projects

Special Conditions

  • at least one month of clinical experience is expected


Travelling

  • Magdeburg is about 150 km away from Berlin and Hannover.
  • Potsdam is one of the most beautiful prussian cities where you may visit the famous castle Sans Souci from Friedrich the Great


Within Magdeburg

In 2008 it was awarded as being the greenest city in Germany

  • Hundertwasserhaus
  • Cathedral
  • Hasselbachplatz
  • Elbauenpark


Region

  • Wittenberg
  • Harz


Local Exchange Team

Contact

Email: austausch_magdeburg@bvmd.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

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