Approbation en Mecklenburg-W. Pom.

If you are pursuing the medical Approbation (German licence to practise) in Mecklenburg-W. Pom., your file goes to LAGuS. The Fachsprachprüfung (medical-German exam, FSP) costs €700 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 Mecklenburg-W. Pom. the fee is €640.

Total processing time from filing to Approbation in Mecklenburg-W. Pom. runs about 10–14 months. KP appointment lead time: approx. 6–12 months; KP is only held in Q2 and Q4 — the wait depends on the next exam window.

Berufserlaubnis (provisional licence): Oui. Fee: €250.

Equivalence assessment: in Mecklenburg-W. Pom. 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 37–45%. KP fail rate: roughly 20–30%.

The share of foreign-trained doctors in Mecklenburg-W. Pom. is 13.6%. Starting salary for Assistenzärzte (TV-Ärzte tariff) is around €55k per year. A one-bedroom apartment in Schwerin runs €8–€11 per m². Non-EU policy: Ouverte. State funding: Kostenloser IQ-KP-Vorbereitungskurs.