Studies and teaching

If you are interested in a clinical traineeship in human medicine, please send a short CV and a current certificate of enrolment to

Dr. med. Tatjana Splett
Academic teaching coordinator
E-mail: splett_t@ ukw.de

For all internships within the Master's degree (BA/MA) in Psychology, please contact us with your curriculum vitae and current certificate of enrolment:
Sabine Kirsch M.Sc. 
Psychologist
E-mail: kirsch_s1@ ukw.de 

Regarding the advanced training course "Psychological Psychotherapy - Behavioural Therapy", please contact us with the necessary documents:
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Unterecker
Managing senior physician
E-mail: unterecker_s@ ukw.de

For all internships within the framework of the Bachelor's or Master's degree (BA/MA) Social Work, please send your application to
Ursula Berninger (Dipl. Soz.-Päd.)
E-mail: berninger_u@ ukw.de

The following people are responsible for internships in complementary therapies:
Occupational therapy: Roswitha Kraus, E-mail: kraus_r@ ukw.de
Art therapy: Frauke Hartung, E-mail: hartung_f@ ukw.de
Music therapy: Kerstin Iristay, E-mail: iristay_k@ ukw.de

For all internships within the Bachelor´s or Master's degree (BA/MA) in Biology, please contact us with your curriculum vitae and current certificate of enrolment:
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Angelika Schmitt-Böhrer, Biologist
E-Mail: schmitt_a3@ ukw.de

“Praktisches Jahr” is a year of hands-on hospital training in the last year of medical school, which is divided into three terms – internal medicine, surgery, and one elective term in any other medical department.

In our department, you have the option to do your elective term in psychiatry. Five positions are available per term. You can find all information about the organizational processes as well as the in-house and PJ-specific courses on the website of the Dean of Studies. You can also contact the Academic Teaching Coordinator, Dr. med. Tatjana Splett, directly.

Foreign students who wish to apply for a PJ position should first contact the International Office in the Dean's Office:
Barbara Moll
E-mail: moll_b@ ukw.de

If our main research areas have sparked your interest, there is the possibility to deepen the insight within the framework of a dissertation. For this purpose, please contact the respective heads of the research groups directly.

We recommend that you complete your dissertation within the framework of structured doctoral programmes such as those offered by the Graduate School of Life Science (GSLS).