General Thoracic · Clinical Fellowship
Thoracic Surgery Clinical and Research Fellowship
University Hospital Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland · Zurich · Switzerland
Programme overview
Individual fellowships in the Department of Thoracic Surgery combining participation in thoracic surgical care with research, for young surgeons and clinician-scientists. Recent fellows joined translational lung-cancer projects alongside complex thoracic oncology surgery.
Associated faculty
Programme relationships are sourced from official material; portraits come from institutional profiles where available. This directory does not infer operative volume or outcomes.
Programme details
- Focus
- Thoracic surgery, thoracic oncology and translational research
- Duration
- Individually agreed; past fellows stayed up to 1 year
- Participation
- Clinical activity only with B2 German; otherwise observership
- International applicants
- International applicants accepted; past fellows came from abroad
- Language
- German B2 certificate required for clinical activity
- Funding
- Not publicly listed
- Accommodation
- Staff housing can be arranged through USZ partners (WOKO)
- Application documents
- Online application form
- Official contact
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
- Data quality
- Official institutional source verified 8 Oct 2026
- Source type
- Official institutional or society page
- Eligibility
- International applicants accepted; past fellows came from abroad
- Registration
- Host institutional requirements apply
- Visa information
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
International applicant check
- Clinical participation
- Requires German B2; otherwise observership only
- Language
- German B2 certificate
- Registration
- Host institutional requirements apply
- Visa
- Not publicly listed — confirm directly with the host.
This is a source summary, not an eligibility decision. Confirm licensing, immigration, funding and clinical privileges with the responsible institution.
How to apply
Apply through the department's Fellowship / Observership online form.
Open official programme page ↗Verification notes
The department states that a fellowship with clinical activity requires at least a B2 German language certificate; without it only an observership is possible.