The Faculty of Medicine at University of Basel
Overcoming boundaries together for optimal healthcare.
The Medical Faculty of the University of Basel was founded in 1460. 32 years before Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas. In the Shanghai Ranking of 2023, it ranks among the top 75 worldwide in the category "Medical Sciences". In five degree programs about 120 professors and assistant professors educate about 2800 students, supported by about 500 postdoctoral fellows, medical staff and postdocs. Five departments conduct research on issues relevant to medicine and health sciences in the areas of basic biomedical sciences and clinical applications, movement, health and nursing sciences, and biomedical engineering.
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116 new Doctrices and Doctores medicinae and medicinae dentalis
For the second time this year, the Faculty of Medicine awarded doctorates for over 100 new medical and dental medicine candidates in the Elisabethenkirche in Basel. The keynote speaker was Dr. Severin Schwan, Chairman of the Board of…
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Bachelor's Info Day on November 22
How the heck am I supposed to know what I want do be as a job? Some people are sure from childhood, for others this is one of the most difficult questions of all. A visit to the bachelor's info day can help here, because you can talk to…
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New Department of Biomedicine building enters shell construction phase
Following the demolition of the previous building and the excavation of the building pit, the foundations of the spectacular building for the Department of Biomedicine were recently laid. A new, exciting construction phase is now beginning…
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Intensive exercise - longer life
Fabian Schwendinger and colleagues from the Department of Sport, Exercise and Health at the Faculty of Medicine have investigated how the type of physical activity is related to life expectancy. Their study shows that those who engage in…
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Dean Eva Scheurer's favorite place in Basel
The University of Basel traditionally asks all deans about their favorite place in Basel in front of the camera - and it's always on the very site. As Primo Schär's successor, this pleasure has now also been bestowed on the Dean of the…How to find us
Faculty of Medicine
Klingelbergstr. 61 CH - 4056 Basel
Opening hours Dean's Office: Monday - Friday 8.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
The contact details of the staff in the Dean's Office, the Office of the Dean of Studies and the Learning Center can be found here.