The Fellowship Directory

Fellowships in Switzerland

112 medical and surgical fellowships in Switzerland across 22 specialties. Eligibility, visa and deadline details from official pages.

The Fellowship Directory lists 112 fellowships in Switzerland at 73 institutions. The main training cities are Zurich, Basel and Zürich. 27% say they accept international medical graduates and 2% describe a visa route. Every listing links to the programme's official page, where you should confirm dates and requirements.

Frequently asked questions

How many fellowships are there in Switzerland?

112 listings at 73 institutions are listed, each researched from official sources.

Can international medical graduates apply?

30 of the 112 programmes say they accept international applicants, and 2 describe a visa route such as J-1, H-1B or a work permit. Requirements differ by programme; eligibility and visa information do not guarantee acceptance or sponsorship.

When are the next application deadlines?

EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève): 31 October 2026; EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Kantonsspital St.Gallen): 31 October 2026; EAN Clinical Fellowship (observership) (Lausanne University Hospital): 31 October 2026.

Orthopaedics 45

CHEAO ITC Clinical Research FellowshipAO Innovation Translation Center — Clinical Evidence · Dübendorf, Switzerland CHEAO Recon Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Research Institute Davos Medical Research FellowshipAO Research Institute Davos · Davos, Switzerland CHEAO Spine Fellowship — Schulthess Klinik, Department of Spine SurgerySchulthess Klinik, Department of Spine Surgery · Zürich, Switzerland CHEAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Balgrist University Hospital · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Kantonsspital St.Gallen, H-OCH Health Ostschweiz · St.Gallen, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Schulthess Klinik · Zürich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Bern · Bern, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Spine Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Universitätsspital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Fellowship — Inselspital Bern, Paediatric Surgery (Kinderchirurgie)Inselspital Bern, Kinderchirurgie (paediatric surgery / paediatric trauma) · Bern, Switzerland CHEAO Trauma Fellowship — Kantonsspital GraubündenKantonsspital Graubünden, Chirurgie (Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery) · Chur, Switzerland CHEAO Trauma Fellowship — Spital DavosSpital Davos, Klinik Chirurgie / Orthopädie · Davos Platz, Switzerland CHEAO Trauma Fellowship — Stadtspital ZürichStadtspital Zürich, Clinic for Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery and Trauma Surgery · Zürich, Switzerland CHEAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois) · Lausanne, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève · Geneva, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Inselspital Bern · Bern, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)University Hospital Zurich · Zürich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEAO Trauma Switzerland DACH FellowshipAO Trauma Switzerland (AO Foundation) · Davos, Switzerland CHEARI–APOA Research Fellowship 2027AO Research Institute Davos / Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association · Davos, Switzerland CHECentre ASSAL Foot and Ankle FellowshipCentre ASSAL / Hirslanden Clinique La Colline (FORTĒ Foundation) · Geneva, Switzerland CHECentre Hanche Genou, Villa Fleurie / Clinique La Colline Fellowship (hip and knee arthroplasty)Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, Centre Hanche Genou (Villa Fleurie) · Geneva, Switzerland CHEClinique de la Main Geneva Postgraduate Hand Surgery TrainingClinique de la Main Genève · Geneva, Switzerland CHEESSOR / CEPCO Geneva Shoulder & Elbow FellowshipESSOR Foundation / CEPCO Shoulder and Elbow Center Villa Fleurie · Geneva, Switzerland CHEFellow Kinderorthopädie und Traumatologie (paediatric orthopaedics and trauma fellow)Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich, Kinderorthopädie · Zürich, Switzerland CHEFEPOS Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship - University Children's Hospital BaselUniversity Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEGenolier Hand & Wrist Fellowship EnquiryHand and Wrist Unit SA, Clinique de Genolier · Genolier, Switzerland CHEHOCH St. Gallen Interdisciplinary Spine Clinical FellowshipHOCH Health Ostschweiz, Interdisciplinary Spine Centre · St. Gallen, Switzerland CHEInselspital Bern Paediatric Orthopaedics Fellowship / ObservershipBern University Hospital, Paediatric Orthopaedics · Bern, Switzerland CHEInselspital Bern Plastic & Hand Surgery ObservershipInselspital, University Hospital Bern · Bern, Switzerland CHEKantonsspital Aarau Hand Surgery ObservershipKantonsspital Aarau · Aarau, Switzerland CHEKantonsspital Baselland ISAKOS Teaching Center — Clinical and Research Fellowship (knee surgery, arthroscopy and sports medicine)Kantonsspital Baselland, University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology · Bruderholz, Switzerland CHEKnee Arthroscopy and Sport TraumaHirslanden Clinique Bois-Cerf · Lausanne, Switzerland CHEPaediatric orthopaedic observership (spine, neuro-orthopaedics, tumours/deformities, sports), UKBB (EPOS listing)University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB) · Basel, Switzerland CHESchulthess Klinik Hand Surgery ObservershipSchulthess Klinik · Zürich, Switzerland CHESchulthess Klinik Shoulder & Elbow Surgery FellowshipSchulthess Klinik, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery · Zürich, Switzerland CHEScientific Fellowship — Division of Trauma Research, University Hospital ZurichUniversity Hospital Zurich, Department of Traumatology (Trauma Research) · Zürich, Switzerland CHEShoulder and Elbow Fellowship (Clinical and Research Fellowship, Kantonsspital St. Gallen)Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Orthopaedics and Traumatology · St. Gallen, Switzerland CHEShoulder and Elbow Surgery FellowshipCEPCO – Centre Epaule Coude · Geneva, Switzerland CHESICOT meets SICOT Fellowship — University Hospital Zurich, Department of TraumatologyUniversity Hospital Zurich, Department of Traumatology · Zürich, Switzerland CHESpine Fellow (three-month Fellowship-Programm Wirbelsäulenchirurgie)Kantonsspital Graubünden, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · Chur, Switzerland CHESwiss Scoliosis Clinical Spine FellowshipSwiss Scoliosis Centre, Klinik Im Park · Zürich, Switzerland CHESwiss Scoliosis Visiting Spine FellowshipSwiss Scoliosis Centre / Klinik Im Park · Zürich, Switzerland CHEUniversity Children's Hospital Basel Paediatric Orthopaedic FellowshipDepartment of Orthopaedics, University Children's Hospital Basel · Basel, Switzerland CHEUniversity Hospital Zürich Hand Surgery Observership & Research EnquiryUniversity Hospital Zürich (USZ) · Zürich, Switzerland

Paediatrics 13

CHEDevelopmental Paediatrics Subspecialty Fellowship (Entwicklungspädiatrie)University Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEESPGHAN Endoscopy Training Fellowship (Beginner, 3 months)University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHENeonatology Subspecialty Fellowship (Neonatologie)University Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Cardiology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Emergency Medicine Subspecialty Fellowship (Kindernotfallmedizin)University Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Gastroenterology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Nephrology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Oncology-Haematology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Pulmonology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPaediatric Rheumatology Subspecialty FellowshipUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEPostgraduate Training in Paediatric Intensive Care MedicineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) · Lausanne, Switzerland CHEPostgraduate Training in Paediatric Intensive Care MedicineHôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) - Hôpital des enfants · Geneva, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Radiology 8

CHECIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Baden)Kantonsspital Baden (Baden Cantonal Hospital) · Baden, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHECIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Franklintower Zurich)Outpatient IR Clinic Franklintower (Medical Radiological Institute) · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHECIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (HUG Geneva)University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) · Geneva, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHECIRSE Fellowship Grant – Interventional Radiology Training Centre (Winterthur)Kantonsspital Winterthur · Winterthur, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEDiagnostic Neuroradiology FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland CHEESOR Clinical Fellowship in Prostate Imaging (Zurich)Hirslanden Clinic Zurich / Octorad AG · Zurich, SwitzerlandCitizens/PR onlyVisa route CHEFellowship in Cardiac CT, PET and Hybrid ImagingUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Zurich, Switzerland CHEFellowship in PET/CT ImagingUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Urology 6

CHEAdvanced Operative Urology TrainingLausanne University Hospital (CHUV) · Switzerland CHEUrology & Operative Urology Advanced TrainingUniversity Hospital Basel · Switzerland CHEUrology & Operative Urology Advanced TrainingUniversity Hospital Zurich · Switzerland CHEUrology & Operative Urology Postgraduate TrainingLuzerner Kantonsspital · Switzerland CHEUrology & Operative Urology Postgraduate TrainingSpitalzentrum Biel · Switzerland CHEUrology Postgraduate Specialist TrainingKantonsspital Aarau · Switzerland

Neurology 5

CHEEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève · Geneva, Switzerland CHEEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Kantonsspital St.Gallen · St.Gallen, Switzerland CHEEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)Lausanne University Hospital · Lausanne, Switzerland CHEEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University Hospital Basel · Basel, Switzerland CHEEAN Clinical Fellowship (observership)University Hospital Inselspital · Bern, Switzerland

Neurosurgery 5

CHEClinical Neurosurgery ObservershipInselspital Bern Department of Neurosurgery · Switzerland CHERadiosurgery Subspecialty FellowshipCHUV Lausanne Department of Neurosurgery · Switzerland CHESpine Neurosurgery Subspecialty FellowshipCHUV Lausanne Department of Neurosurgery · Switzerland CHEVascular Neurosurgery Subspecialty FellowshipCHUV Lausanne Department of Neurosurgery · Switzerland CHEZurich Microsurgery CourseUniversity Hospital Zurich · Switzerland

Cardiothoracic Surgery 4

CHELung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHELung Volume Reduction Surgery FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich · Switzerland CHEPostgraduate Training in Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular SurgeryLausanne University Hospital (CHUV) · Switzerland CHESurgical Residency with Cardiovascular and Thoracic RotationsGeneva University Hospitals (HUG) · Switzerland

Cardiology 3

CHECardiac Electrophysiology FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGsVisa route CHEClinical Research Fellowship in Structural Heart Disease (job advert)University Hospital Basel (University Heart Center Basel) · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEFellowship in Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation (EAPC-accredited)Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine) · Bern, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Gastroenterology & Hepatology 3

CHEUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipBürgerspital Solothurn · Solothurn, Switzerland CHEUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipInselspital, Bern University Hospital · Bern, Switzerland CHEUEG Clinical Visiting FellowshipLausanne University Hospital (CHUV) · Lausanne, Switzerland

Plastic Surgery 3

CHEAO CMF Short-term International Fellowship (Host Centre)Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEClinical Fellowship in Robotic Lymphatic Microsurgery & Lymphatic BiologyUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Switzerland CHEInternational Fellowship in Plastic & Hand SurgeryHOCH Health Ostschweiz / Kantonsspital St.Gallen · Switzerland

Anaesthesiology 2

CHECardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia FellowshipInselspital, University Hospital Bern · Bern, Switzerland CHEESRA Regional Anaesthesia Training RotationBalgrist University Hospital · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

General Surgery 2

CHEESES JFH Endocrine Surgery Travelling FellowshipGeneva University Hospitals (HUG) · Geneva, Switzerland CHEHPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich (Swiss HPB and Transplant Center) · Zurich, Switzerland

Ophthalmology 2

CHECorneal Cross-Linking ObservershipELZA Institute · Zurich, Switzerland CHEInternational Fellow and Scholar Program - GlaucomaGlaucoma Center, Montchoisi Clinic (Swiss Vision Network) · Lausanne, Switzerland

Psychiatry 2

CHEEPA Gaining Experience Programme observershipPrivatklinik Meiringen · Meiringen, Switzerland CHEEPA Gaining Experience Programme observershipUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel (UPK) · Basel, Switzerland

Radiation Oncology 2

CHEESO Clinical Training Centre Fellowship – Radiation OncologyOncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI) · Bellinzona, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs CHEESO Clinical Training Centre Fellowship – Radio-Oncology CentreGenolier Cancer Center · Genolier, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Dermatology 1

CHEEADV Mohs Micrographic Surgery FellowshipUniversity Hospital Zurich and Stadtspital Zürich (Institute of Dermatology, Europaallee) · Zurich, SwitzerlandCitizens/PR only

ENT / Otolaryngology 1

CHEClinical Fellowship in Otorhinolaryngology (Neurotology, Phoniatrics, Audiology)University Hospital Zurich (USZ) · Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Family Medicine 1

CHEHippokrates Family Medicine ExchangeEYFDM national host-practice network · Host practice to be arranged, Switzerland

Haematology & Medical Oncology 1

CHEPostgraduate Neuro-oncology FellowshipCHUV – Lundin Family Brain Tumour Research Centre · Lausanne, Switzerland

Obstetrics & Gynaecology 1

CHEESGE Short-Term Visiting Young Endoscopists Programme (Host Centre)Inselspital, University Hospital Bern – Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology · Bern, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Pathology 1

CHEESP Giordano Fellowship – Renal pathologyUniversity Hospital Basel · Basel, SwitzerlandOpen to IMGs

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1

CHERiMS MS Rehabilitation Fellowship Exchange – host enquiryKliniken Valens · Valens, Switzerland