Approbation en Bremen

If you are pursuing the medical Approbation (German licence to practise) in Bremen, your file goes to SfGuW. The Fachsprachprüfung (medical-German exam, FSP) costs €530 at the responsible Ärztekammer and is required before any Berufserlaubnis or Approbation can be issued. Non-EU graduates whose curriculum is judged not equivalent must also pass the Kenntnisprüfung (KP, medical knowledge exam) — in Bremen the fee is €730.

Total processing time from filing to Approbation in Bremen runs about 3 months. KP appointment lead time: approx. 12–14 months.

Berufserlaubnis (provisional licence): Sí. Fee: €206.

Equivalence assessment: in Bremen the review is carried out by GfG Bonn — approx. 17 months wait. This is the single biggest driver of the time to Defizitbescheid.

FSP fail rate: about 48–52%.

The share of foreign-trained doctors in Bremen is ~7%. Starting salary for Assistenzärzte (TV-Ärzte tariff) is around €57k per year. A one-bedroom apartment in Bremen runs €10–€13 per m².