The Hungarian medical school Semmelweis University is opening a new campus in Kaiserslautern, Germany, the university has announced in a press release published on its official website.
Semmelweis University and Westpfalz-Klinikum in Kaiserslautern have signed a 10-year strategic cooperation agreement, according to the press release. As part of the partnership, the university will establish its second campus in Germany, where up to 80 students will be able to begin their studies each year. The collaboration will not only expand medical education but also strengthen research cooperation, creating new opportunities for students and faculty within a growing European scientific network.
Semmelweis University introduced German-language medical education more than 40 years ago. Today, around one-third of the institution’s approximately 16,000 students come from abroad.
Following the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Rector Dr Béla Merkely and Thorsten Hemmer, Managing Director of Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH, officially signed the partnership agreement. The new Kaiserslautern campus will become the university’s second in Germany. Its first, the Asklepios Campus Hamburg (ACH), was established in 2008 through a partnership between Semmelweis University and Asklepios Medical School.
The new campus will follow Semmelweis University’s well-established educational model.
Students will spend the first three years of the six-year programme in Budapest, Hungary, where they will complete their theoretical and pre-clinical training. This phase provides a broad academic foundation while placing a strong emphasis on practical instruction, reflecting the internationally recognized quality of Hungarian medical education. The remaining three years will be completed in Kaiserslautern, where students will continue to follow the Semmelweis curriculum and receive block-based clinical training directly at patients’ bedsides.
The German campus will operate as an external teaching site of Semmelweis University, meaning its curriculum will be identical to that of the Budapest campus. Students will graduate with the same degree awarded to their peers in Budapest and Hamburg.
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