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Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine consists of preclinical and clinical-theoretical institutes as well as the LMU University Hospital. It is the largest medical training institution in Germany.

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    05/09/2024 New ERC Grants at LMU

    Millions in funding from Brussels: Three talented early-career researchers wo are at or will move to the Medical Faculty have obtained prestigious starting grants from the European Research Council.

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    Three LMU researchers - Professor Claudia Bausewein, Professor Frederick Klauschen and Professor Markus M. Lerch - have recently been elected to the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences.

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    LMU researchers have identified a possible approach to breaking the vicious circle of recurrent strokes.

About the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine and the LMU Hospital are among the strongest research centers of university medicine in Europe and are characterized by excellent research and teaching.

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Studying at the Faculty of Medicine

Our curriculum is based on a rigorous scientific foundation and is inspired and informed by cutting-edge research. This close connection between science, teaching and learning is at the heart of the Faculty of Medicine and the LMU Munich Medical Center

Our study programs

We offer 6 degree programs in the field of health sciences, each with its own specific focus.

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Funding and career opportunities for students

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Research at the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine and the LMU Hospital are among the strongest research centers of university medicine in Europe. Scientists develop new diagnostic and treatment methods and train the next generation of doctors. Patients benefit directly from the findings of cutting-edge medicine in clinical studies.

Subsidies and infrastructure

Scientists find excellent conditions for their research at the Faculty of Medicine and the LMU Hospital.

A female researcher does lab work at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology

Academic career

The training and promotion of young scientists is one of our central tasks. From day one, students of human medicine and dentistry are introduced to the ideal of the "clinician scientist", who combines patient care with research.

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A lecture in the main auditorium of the LMU main building filled with many students.