Studying medicine in Vienna: High quality and attractive for students again!

Studying medicine in Vienna: High quality and attractive for students again!

The Sigmund Freud Private University (SFU) recently regained accreditation for its medical master's degree program. After a report that revealed “major deviations from national and international standards” in areas such as personnel, research infrastructure and curriculum, the university was advised to revise its concept. The deficiencies identified have now been remedied, including through cooperation with the Vienna Health Association viienna.at reported. University representatives spoke of a “very strong boost in quality development”. From the coming winter semester, the number of places to study human medicine will be increased from 180 to 220, which will provide students with legal security again.

After the admission was initially revoked, the SFU was temporarily no longer allowed to apply for the medical master's degree and could not accept any new students, which led to uncertainty among the medical bachelor's students. Nevertheless, SFU's legal action against the decision was ultimately successful. Enrollment was possible again in the winter semester of 2023. The central process for applications to degree programs with restricted admission starts on April 29, 2024, where the university itself decides when an application is possible. This also applies to courses such as veterinary medicine and dentistry hochschulstart.de holds on.

The overview of the application dates shows that previous high school graduates can submit documents until July 20, 2024, so that the application remains attractive. For new high school graduates, the deadline for submitting documents is July 20, 2024. The application phase and the further steps are crucial for anyone interested in studying medicine at SFU. The accreditation that has already taken place is an important signal and could boost applications for the course of study.