Munich Medical Curriculum (MeCuM)
Here you will find all the information you need about studying medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.
The MeCuM curriculum
Since 2002, the Medical Curriculum Munich (MeCuMLMU) has been offering professional training for doctors-to-be. The medical training at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München:
- focuses on people and their illnesses,
- enables direct contact with patients right from the start of the course,
- deals with all aspects of the relationship between doctor and patient (including communication training, thanks to the newly developed communication curriculum)
- offers intensive, practice-oriented and practice-relevant training in general medicine-,
- leaves room for individual scientific qualification (MeCuM Science curriculum),
- and combines international quality standards in training with new forms of examination and individual offers.
Interdisciplinarity, practice-oriented and practice-relevant training and the integration of evidence-based medicine are the core elements of the curriculum. Stays abroad and an international orientation are promoted by the faculty through various outgoing programs
- Wide international network
- Specific career programs in research and clinical expertise (e.g. StEP, GAME TEI project)
- An international campus at home: international on-site summer and winter schools as well as online courses with students and faculty from LMU and universities abroad
- Teacher training programs
- Support of young researchers: Creation of a Research Curriculum for medical students in the first study year with specific interest in research
- One semester dedicated to research during the clinical studies
- Longitudinal integrated curricula that start in the preclinical years and accompany the students up to graduation in the following fields: communication, practical skills, patient-safety
- Early patient contact and interprofessional teaching for medical
students (Ilegra program) - Clinical Studies: E-Assessment, mid-term examinations and regular feedback-policy
- Peer-assisted learning and mentoring
Innovative educational projects
Digital Learning:
- Promotion of new interactive learning methods in joint venture with the VHB (virtual university of Bavaria
- Implementation of case-based courses in the clinical studies
- Implementation of flipped classroom concepts
Development of a new oncology curriculum for medical students
Important links
Our campuses
The courses take place on the City Campus, the Grosshadern Campus and the BMC.
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Visiting students
Would you like to spend part of your studies at LMU as a visiting student? Find out how here.
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Enroll as a degree student
Would you prefer to enroll directly at LMU? Here you can find out how
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LMU Medical Student Graduation Ceremony
Contact us
Please note that the only the LMU Office of the University Registrar is responsible for admissions and enrolment.
As soon as you are enrolled at LMU, the Office for Study Affairs is at your disposal.