Marc Hansen, Minister Delegate for Higher Education and Research, and Lydia Mutsch, Minister of Health, presented the decisions taken by the Governing Council this Wednesday concerning the extension of university studies in medicine in Luxembourg.
The Government has decided that the University of Luxembourg will develop a first cycle of medical studies (preclinical type) with an emphasis on modern teaching concepts and in partnership with universities abroad in order to ensure graduate can access masters level studies.
To this end, the University of Luxembourg continues to finalise discussions with the University of Strasbourg and will continue the preliminary discussions with the University of Lorraine. Thus, the first cycle of 25 University of Luxembourg medical students could start from the academic year 2020/21.
Once the first cycle of medical studies is well established, development can start on the second cycle at masters level.
It is also planned that the University of Luxembourg will continue to offer students who have successfully completed their first year of medical studies the opportunity to pursue the remainder of their medical training in universities where an academic partnership exists.
On the other hand, the government has chosen to develop specialised studies in medicine at the University of Luxembourg, based on specific training in general medicine and research activities in oncology and neurology already existing at the University of Luxembourg. Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH).
Research in these two sectors has been highly developed in Luxembourg over recent years, and specialised training in oncology and neurology could start at the earliest from the academic year 2018/19.
In this context, after increasing the funding of specific training in general medicine in 2016, it was also proposed to increase the allowances for doctors in specific training in general medicine and doctors in the process of specialisation.
