Before beginning the clinical internship you must complete successfully a clinical internship license (see: Medical University of Graz), opens an external URL in a new window or the courses "Professional doctor-patient interaction I and II" (Johannes Kepler University Linz - see Curriculum Bachelor's Programme Human Medicine or Study Guide).

The clinical traineeship is mandatory and each student is responsible for organizing the internship for himself/herself. Once you have completed the initial paperwork, you must submit it to famulatur(at)jku.at for approval.

You must complete the clinical internship at a teaching hospital in Austria or abroad or at a teaching medical practice in Austria. You can find a list of teaching hospitals/teaching medical practices and information about teaching hospitals/teaching medical practices on the following pages:

• Austrian Medical Chamber, opens an external URL in a new window
• Kepler University Clinic, opens an external URL in a new window
• Upper Austrian Health Holding GmbH, opens an external URL in a new window

If you would like to complete the clinical internship at a general medical practice in Austria and the medical practice is not listed in the above-mentioned directories, an additional confirmation, opens a file of the application must be attached.

You can apply for the credit transfer of the completed clinical internships under famulatur(at)jku.at. Only mandatory clinical traineeships completed at public teaching hospitals/teaching medical practices can be approved. The respective teaching hospital/teaching medical practice must confirm that the student successfully completed the clinical traineeship. Use the following confirmation form:

Confirmation Clinical Internship, opens a file (25KB)

You must enter the following information on the form:

• Name of the hospital and the the department or teaching medical practice where you completed the clinical internship.
• The exact dates you completed the internship.
• Signature and stamp from the department/medical practice where you completed the clinical traineeship.

If you wish to receive credit for a mandatory clinical traineeship abroad in order to fulfill the program requirements, you must submit a pre-approval form to famulatur(at)jku.at. Please use the following form:

• Pre-Approval Form - Clinical Internship Abroad (German), opens a file(25KB)
• Pre-Approval Form - Clinical Internship Abroad (English), opens a file

The pre-approval form helps to ensure that once you have completed the clinical internship abroad you will receive credit toward fulfilling the program requirements.

In order to get pre-approved credit transfer for a clinical internship abroad, students organizing their internship must make sure the internship is completed at a public teaching hospital. Please include confirmation issued by the hospital for pre-approved credit transfer.

We strongly recommend thoroughly documenting your clinical internship abroad in a detailed and verifiable manner (such as keeping shared reports, hospital photos, working hours per week, etc.)

If you need a "supporting letter" in order to organize your clinical internship abroad, then please send the completed application form, opens a file to famulatur(at)jku.at.

After completing a clinical internship abroad, students must fill out and submit the following confirmation form (in German or English).

• Confirmation Clinical Internship (German), opens a file (25KB)
• Confirmation Clinical Internship (English), opens a file (82KB)

You can find information about the clinical internship abroad or the offer of clinical internship abroad here.