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The Brandenburg Medical School (MHB) sees its mission and its unique function in giving a specific answer to society's changing demands on the health care system in general and the training of physicians, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, and other health professionals in particular. The Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (MHB) is a state-recognized university, a non-profit institution under municipal sponsorship. It stands for innovative teaching concepts and the integration of research, student education, and patient care. With three university hospitals – Ruppiner Kliniken, Stadtisches Klinikum Brandenburg, and Immanuel Klinikum Bernau / Herzzentrum Brandenburg – and currently more than 20 cooperating clinics and 35 teaching practices, we pool science-based expertise and practice-oriented know-how to educate a new generation of physicians and psychologists. Our objective and claim are to establish a modern format of education that is close to practice, liberal and holistic, and meets professional life requirements. We see physicians and psychologists' qualification and training with subject-specific expertise, competence, and social commitment as an active contribution to solving current problems and providing the best possible patient care for the region and the country. The Brandenburg Medical School regards itself as a university primarily oriented towards public welfare, with a unique constellation of associates from municipalities, hospitals, and social service organizations. Against the background of our founding mission and objectives, we intend to be a university that takes on future challenges with confidence and courage, breaks new ground in teaching and research, and contributes to pressing social issues. And we want our students to enjoy enough space to unfold their talents and develop their personalities. A university that promotes and challenges the individual potential of each member. A university that consistently proves its learning and relational capacities and creative powers. A university where it is fun to study, teach, research, and work. And finally: a university with an institutional non-profit set-up and a unique shareholder structure that includes municipalities, hospitals, and social welfare organizations, which strives to contribute to patient care, future health, and social change. Primary research interest is the medicine of aging, including all developments, mechanisms, and changes in the aging process and results in diseases or impairments of body and mind that require medical diagnostics, treatment, or preventive measures. The academic self-image of the Brandenburg Medical School rests on findings from basic research on the one hand, and the other on a holistic, humanist, personal and integrated concept of medicine and psychology with head, heart, and hand. The focus is on the patient in their unique physical, social, and mental situation, not only on the medical case or type of intervention. Until recently, Brandenburg was the only German federal state without a medical school of its own. The Brandenburg Medical School was founded to close this gap. Forty-eight entrants start their medical studies every year, 42 of them in the Bachelor's program. From 2016, we will have 21 beginners in the Master's program of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (M.Sc.). Additional degree programs in medical and psychological subjects such as psychotherapy, creative therapy, and other health professions are being planned. Therefore, the development of the Brandenburg Medical School towards a university of medicine and health sciences constitutes a promising perspective for the region and beyond. Studying medicine and psychology. Without numerus clausus. But with head, heart, and hand. "Personality counts!" This is the motto for how we select our students. The school-leaving certificate's grade average decides whether an applicant can start studies of medicine or psychology, but personal criteria like motivation, work experience, and character. Numerous studies indicate no apparent correlation between excellent school grades and the empathic competencies required by a physician or psychologist. In other words: top school grades do not automatically reflect aptitude for these professions. This is why the focus in our selection procedures is on your strengths and competencies. The Brandenburg Medical School aims to establish a practice-oriented and science-based educational concept with head, heart, and hand, which corresponds to patients' needs and meets the challenges of future developments in medicine and psychology. We strive to convey expertise and human competencies to prepare tomorrow's physicians and psychologists for their future professional practice and ensure excellent patient care in all health-related areas. In Brandenburg and beyond. View full university