Voluntary service

Medicine, Pharmaceutical Science, Dentistry

Only periods of voluntary service in the relevant subject area will be taken into account

At least two years of:

• voluntary service with JUH (Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe)
• voluntary service with MHD (Malteser-Hilfsdienst)
• voluntary work with the fire service
• voluntary service with DLRG (Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft)
• voluntary service with ASB (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund)
• voluntary service with DRK (German Red Cross) or DKMS (the German blood stem cell donor charity)
• voluntary service with THW (Technisches Hilfswerk / Federal Agency for Technical Relief)

At least 11 full months in one of the following programmes:

• alternative civilian service working on community or social projects (FSJ)
• alternative civilian service working on environmental projects (FÖJ)
• IJFD – Germany's international youth voluntary service
• BFD – Germany's federal volunteering scheme
• Weltwärts – Germany's volunteer programme for driving development and global learning
• European Voluntary Service
• ADiA – Other voluntary work abroad (carried out under Germany's BFD scheme)
• Alternative civilian service
• Voluntary military service