A curriculum designed according to topics with inter-disciplinary, coordinated courses; in addition to traditional lectures and practicals, clinical practice and patient orientation from the first semester onwards; students have the option to design the learning process themselves in small learning and working groups in the area of problem-related learning; particularly practical clinical training due to the special structure of the clinic (with more than 5600 beds for patients, one of the largest in Europe) not only in high performance medicine, but also in standard care; short study periods.

Skills labs exist at seven locations for free practise on simulation models, simulated training units and extracurricular training opportunities. Simulators are available for resuscitation and airway training, placement of intraosseous access, lumbar puncture, CVC placement, blood sampling, auscultation and laparoscopy. A further 12 small group rooms with video recording from two perspectives are available for conversation simulations. A pool of acting patients includes 24 people. In addition, there are another 8 SPs, which are only available for simulations in certain cases.

NUI - National University of Ireland, Galway, Irland; Uniwersytet Medyczny Wroclawiu, Polen; Universita' di Bologna, Italien; Université de Strasbourg, Frankreich; Universidad de Oviedo, Spanien; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Griechenland; Charles University Prague, Tschechien; Université de Lausanne, Schweiz; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgien; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" – Bucharest, Rumänien

Two key research areas correspond to the cross-faculty research departments of Neurosciences and Protein Research. Further illness-related key areas in the fields of Oncology, Cardiovascular Medicine and HIV/AIDS. Reinforcement of the thematic key areas through the following formal research associations: Collaborative Research Centre 874 and International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN) (Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes). The "Protein research Unit Ruhr within Europe”, Collaborative Research Centre 642 and the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre SFB TR 60 are combined research projects.

As the only faculty in Germany, Bochum has a clinic which is privately funded. Advantages: complete transparency of costs and cost separation for medical care or research and teaching; particularly practice-related instruction of students using cases of both standard care and maximum medical treatment; focus of the course on the new profile requirements of the medical profession by incorporating ethical, social and economic aspects as well as the acquisition of communication skills.