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The CIRSE’s ETF has established contacts to several medical institutions in Europe that have an IR department in place or perform IR procedures and are willing to offer an internship to medical students to help them learn more about what working as an interventional radiologist would be like.

Please note the CIRSE only provides medical students with a contact to the institutions but does not organise the internship, student’s stay and accommodation in the host country, or the travel expenses. If you as a medical student are interested in such internship, please make sure that you are able to travel to this country of your interest, have valid VISA (if applicable), can cover the costs and expenses, and meet the language requirements.

Below you can see the list of countries and institutions where you can start your IR career while still being enrolled in the undergraduate medical degree!

Country	City	Institution/medical centre	Length of internship	Language skills required (B2/C1 level of at least one of the listed languages)
Belgium	Ghent	University Hospital	3-4 months	English, Dutch, German, French
	Leuven	University Hospital	TBC	English, Dutch
Croatia	Dubrava	University Hospital in Dubrava	4 weeks	English, Croatian
	Rijeka	Clinical Hospital centre Rijeka	4 weeks	English, Croatian
	Zagreb	University Hospital Centre Zagreb	4 weeks	English, Croatian
Finland	Tampere	Tampere University Hospital	TBC	English, Italian, Finnish
	Turku	Turku University Hospital	3 months	English, Finnish
France	Bordeaux	Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux	TBC	French, English, Spanish
	Dijon	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Dijon	TBC	French, English, Italian
	Strasbourg	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg	TBC	French, English, Italian
Germany	Munich	Technical University of Munich	1-3 weeks	German, English
Greece	Athens	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	2-3 weeks	English, Greek
Hungary	Budapest	Semmelweis University	2-4 weeks	Hungarian, English
Italy	Naples	Cardarelli Hospital	From 1 week to up to 3 months	Italian, English
Latvia	Riga	Riga East Clinical University Hospital	1-3 months	Latvian, English
Norway	Drammen	Vestre Viken, Drammen Sykehus	2 weeks	Skandinavian, English
	Tønsberg	Vestfold Hospital Trust	1-4 weeks	Skandinavian, English, German
Slovakia	Bratislava	Cardiovascular Institute	2-4 weeks	Slovak, Czech, English
	Trnava	University Hospital Trnava	1-8 weeks	Slovak, Czech, English
Slovenia	Celje	General hospital Celje	4-8 weeks	Slovenian, English
	Ljubljana	University medical centre Ljubljana	4-8 weeks	Slovenian, English
	Maribor	University medical Centre Maribor	TBC	Slovenian, English, German
Spain	Barcelona	Hospital Vall d´Hebron	2-4 weeks	Spanish, English
	Girona	Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta / Institut de Diagnòstic per Imatge (IDI)	2-4 weeks	Spanish, English, French, Catalan
	Guadalajara	Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara	3-6 weeks	Spanish, English
	Madrid	Hospital Clínico San Carlos	1 month	Spanish, English
	Madrid	Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía	2-8 weeks	Spanish, English
	Madrid	Clínica Universidad de Navarra	1-12 months	Spanish, English
	Majadahonda	Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro	min. 1 week	Spanish, English
	Puerto de la Cruz	Centro de Diagnóstico y Terapéutica Endoluminal - Grupo Hospiten Tenerife	2-3 months	Spanish, English
	Sabadell	Hospital universitari parc Taulí	2 weeks	Spanish, English
	Toledo	Hospital Virgen de la Salud	1 month	Spanish, English, French
Switzerland	Lusanne	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) - Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne	6 months	French, English
	Luzern	Luzerner Kantonsspital	2-4 weeks	German, English
	Winterthur	Kantonsspital Winterthur	2-4 weeks	German, English
	Zürich	Stadtspital Waid + Triemli	4 weeks	German, English
United Kingdom	London	Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital	N/A	English
	Staffordshire	Royal Stoke University Hospital	4 weeks	English

To apply, all you need to do is:

Update your CV
Get a confirmation from your university stating that you are enrolled in the undergraduate medical degree programme
Decide on the country and the institution you are interested to do the internship at
State the possible start and length of your internship

…and send this all to [email protected]

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected].

We look forward to connecting you with the institution of your interest!

**Please note that CIRSE is only responsible for organising contacts between interested medical students and institutions, and thereby takes no responsibility for vetting candidates or institutions. All internship arrangements shall be determined and agreed upon between the medical institution and student, independent of CIRSE. It is the sole responsibility of each participant to independently investigate and determine the suitability of the ensuing internship arrangements. CIRSE is therefore not liable for any claims associated with said arrangements.

***Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic some of the institutions listed above are currently unable to accommodate medical students.