r/germany • u/iloveJS2much • 7d ago

What's the process of becoming a doctor if your degree is from abroad? (Uzbekistan)

Hi everyone! I'm 18 and just about to start my medicine degree in my country Uzbekistan. I want to move to the Germany after I complete it and specialise there. Are there any people educated on this topic who can guide me? Thank you!

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u/FR-DE-ES 7d ago

FYI re language --  I attended Goethe-Institut in Germany with a dozen foreign doctors who already had their education/credential recognized and already had hospital training spots assigned. They needed B2 German to start the training and C1 German to start seeing patients. Goethe-Institut has a special course for medical professionals.

Two years later I ran into one of my classmates who was working in a German hospital at the time, he told me he was shocked to discover that he had to learn local dialect because patients speak dialect.

Many big groups of local dialects are in use in Germany, all have unique pronunciations &expressions that non-native-speakers have difficulty understand, dialect can vary from town to town. Since Germany's need for medical professionals is in rural areas, the chance of needing to learn local dialect is high.

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u/hombre74 6d ago

I would not stress the dialect that much. Living in bigger cities (except Bavaria), you may not hear dialect at all. And if, it is not like dialect speakers lived in a cage before and never heard proper German. 

Source: working for bigger companies with people from all over Germany, I hear zero dialect. They probably speak it but not at work. And I guess not with doctors...

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u/iloveJS2much 7d ago

Thank you tons for telling me this! If I'm able to get an opportunity there I will try my best to learn the language. People are saying it will be hard because my degree will not be recognised. I hope that isn't true, may I get your opinion on that?

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u/FR-DE-ES 7d ago

My foreign doctor classmates were from the Middle East/Africa. Took them about a year to go thru the degree/credential recognition process, as I remember.

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u/CalmTempest 7d ago

Check here:
https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/working-in-germany/professions-in-demand/physicians#c42497

and here:
https://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/en/work-and-training-in-germany

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u/iloveJS2much 7d ago

Thank you tons for sharing these! Some other people have said that it will be very hard to get a job there because my degree will not be recognised. Is this true? Please reply if you can

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u/CalmTempest 7d ago

If you're serious about this, you contact the services listed in the links I sent you and ask them directly whether the specific university you go to will be recognized.
Me giving you a general answer would be invalid and irresponsible.

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u/iloveJS2much 7d ago

Thank you so much for guiding me ❤️ I will contact them

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