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Doctor licensing exams in Germany
The licensing route for doctors in Germany: who runs the exam, what it looks like and where to practise.
Exams for doctors in Germany
Who regulates it
- IMPP (Institut für medizinische und pharmazeutische Prüfungsfragen) / Landesprüfungsämter
- Landesprüfungsamt / Approbationsbehörde of each Land
- Landesärztekammer (e.g. Landesärztekammer Hessen)
Always confirm dates, fees and eligibility on the regulator's own site. Rules change.
Who sits it
- Zweiter Abschnitt der Ärztlichen: Final-year German medical students (after M1 and before PJ); M3 oral-practical follows PJ
- Kenntnisprüfung: Non-EU (Drittstaat) medical graduates whose training is not found equivalent or who skip the documentary equivalence check
- Fachsprachprüfung: All foreign-trained doctors whose first language is not German (EU and non-EU)
Other professions in Germany
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