Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst - Wandel durch Austausch

Can applicants specialized in clinical medicine apply within the GERLS channel system?

You can apply for both, Channel or full PhD, if your PhD research is academic and not clinical. Please note that if your PhD research will be clinical and requires contact with patients, you have to apply for the specialization program and the DAAD has to apply for a special work permission for you in order to practice medicine in Germany. Please plan in advance together with your professor if your research requires contact with patients or not and inform us accordingly.

I will apply for the scholarship to do a research project in the field of medicine but I won’t be in direct contact with patients and won’t practice medicine in Germany. Do I still need to submit the papers mentioned in the "Additional Information for Applicants from Medical Fields"?

If your PhD will be solely academic you don't have to apply for specialization and accordingly you won’t need to submit the documents required from applicants who will need the license in Germany to practice medicine.

What level of German language is required in order to apply for the specialization program?

Most authorities issuing the needed license to practice medicine require the B.2.2. level before you can pick up your work as a guest doctor. Without the required language knowledge that has to be achieved by September the latest, you will not be able to start work.

What kind of acceptance letter do I need for my application if I would like to work in a hospital?

The acceptance letter should be issued from a German professor in a hospital related to a public university. The professor should work in the same field as your planned research topic.

Do you have a list of available hospitals or can I apply to any of the German hospitals e.g.: Charité? 

To search for a German professor you can check the following web sites:

http://research-explorer.dfg.de/research_explorer.de.html

http://www.dfg.de/dfg_im_profil/struktur/geschaeftsstelle/abteilung_iii/graduiertenkollegs_nachwuchsfoerderung/index.html

http://www.academics.com/science/about_academics_30521.html

http://www.mpg.de/instituteProjekteEinrichtungen/schoolauswahl/index.html

http://www.daad.de/deutschland/forschung/promotion/04673.de.html

http://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/internationalprogrammes/07535.de.html

http://cairo.daad.de/en/studyingresearchgermany/research/

http://www.research-in-germany.de/ 

Do I need my documents for the medical permission in German or in English?

The documents need to be in German. Each Federal State of Germany has its’ own rules regarding these documents; therefore you will be notified well in time about the applicable rules.