Postgraduate Training in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery

Overview

SIWF-certified category B1 (ophthalmology) and B2 (ophthalmic surgery) clinic training residents mainly from their third year, rotators with ophthalmology as an outside year, and senior residents completing at least two years of ophthalmic-surgery training across anterior segment, lids, vitreous and glaucoma; research via its Forschungszentrum Augenklinik.

The programme

Training type

Specialist training programme

Duration

Ophthalmic surgery: at least 2 years can be completed entirely at the clinic

Start

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Positions

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Accreditation

SIWF/ISFM Ophthalmologie category B1, Ophthalmochirurgie category B2 (certified for 2026)

Department

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Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Primarily residents from the 3rd training year; residents with ophthalmology as an outside year; residents in general internal medicine

International applicants

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Visa support

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Licence requirement

Swiss federal medical diploma or MEBEKO-recognised foreign diploma and cantonal registration required for clinical employment (general Swiss requirement; not detailed on the page)

How to apply

Deadline

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Application method

Per the clinic's Weiterbildungskonzept (application procedure described there)

Funding

Funding

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Official sources