Overview
HUG training concept (updated 26 August 2025) for the endocrinology/diabetology specialist title: category A (3 years) clinical service plus a category C (1 year) diabetes research laboratory, with structured weekly supervision and trainee exchanges with HFR Fribourg and HVS Sion.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- Usual engagement: at least 3 years for discipline-specific training; 1 year for an option year
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 7 discipline-specific clinical posts, 0-1 non-specific post, 1 research post
- Accreditation
- SIWF category A (3 years) for Endocrinology/Diabetology; research lab category C (1 year).
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Prior General Internal Medicine specialist title required, ideally with chief-resident experience.
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Training places are reserved 2 to 4 years in advance
- Application method
- Written application to the service (motivation letter, CV with training table, SIWF certificates, references); selection by the head of service/hiring committee.
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page