Institutes and Departments

Institutes, Departments, and Chairs of the Faculty

Preclinical institutes are primarily responsible for preclinical education. Research is focused on basic research, partly cooperating with clinical departments.

Clinical-theoretical institutes teach students in their first clinical part of study, focusing on clinical-theoretical medicine. Research is mainly basic research, partly in cooperation with clinical departments.

Clinical departments perform a patient-oriented research, partly in cooperation with theoretical institutes. They predominantly teach students in their second clinical part of  study, focusing on clinical-practical medicine.

The Medical Campus of Upper Franconia (MCO) is a joint project of Erlangen University Medical Center, Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH, and the University of Bayreuth for university-based physician training in Upper Franconia. The FAU professors at the MCO are also the directors of the specialist clinics and institutes at Bayreuth Hospital.

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