Medizinische Fakultät at the LMU München

LMU München

Bavariaring 19
80336 München
Phone: +49 89 5160-8901

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Total number of students	750
Provision of instruments pre-clinical	no
Provision of instruments for clinical studies	no

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees

94.3 %

Research

Publications per professor	11.8
Citations per publication	3.7
Third party funds per professor	107.4
Doctorates per professor	7.4
Habilitation treatises in ten years	14.0

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.6
Support in studies	2.6
Courses offered	2.9
Study organisation	2.2
Exams	2.5
Research orientation	2.6
Job market preparation	2.1
Support for stays abroad	4.3
Rooms	1.5
Library	1.9
IT-infrastructure	2.2
Dentist's Chairs	1.8
Phantom Heads	2.0
Overall study situation	2.2

Degree courses with details

Dentistry (State Examination)

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
A markedly high level of practical relevance with small group and individual lessons under the supervision of a dentist/physician, step-by-step development of practical skills first on the model, then on the patient; above-average range of practical courses (mainly treatment units); high proportion of additional online courses (Virtual University of Bavaria); digitalisation in dentistry; use of virtual reality (VR): Study projects e.g. tooth recognition in virtual space.
Special features regarding the international orientation
International research projects and collaborations; Erasmus partner universities, currently Italy (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Università degli Studi di Siena, Università degli Studi di Milano, Università degli Studi di Brescia); Croatia (Sveuciliste u Zagrebu); Latvia (Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte); Austria (Medical University of Vienna); Poland (Akademia Medyczna im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu); Slovenia (Univerza v Ljubljani); Spain (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Hungary (Semmelweis Egyetem).
Treatment- and Simulation-units
154 dental chairs, 85 phantom heads
Special features regarding research activities
The Medical Faculty and the clinic of the LMU are two of the most active university medicine research centres in Europe. The faculty is often the national leader in international research rankings. Dental students are introduced to the ideal image of the clinician scientist who combines the health care provider with the researcher. Main areas of research, e.g. CAD/CAM technology, indiv. implants, osteosynthesis, tissue engineering, materials testing, materials science, biomechanics, virtual reality, caries diagnostics; collaborative projects, international multi-centre studies.
Other special features
The LMU offers a course of studies in dentistry starting in the winter and summer semester; learning platform moodle; Virtual University of Bavaria (VHB): Network projects with Bavarian partner universities.