Since WS 2018/19, the UW/H has offered a model degree programme in medicine based on Master Plan 2020, the guiding principle of which is that medical professionals are able to learn and act. This includes problem-oriented learning, patient contact from the first semester (including an eight-week general practice internship), a clinical-practical training period of approx. 36 block weeks, integrated curricula in the areas of communication, personal development, research methodology and practice, inter-professional practice and outpatient health care. Tracks allow students to set their own focus.

In its model degree programme for Medicine UW/H offers students a network of international cooperation partners. Particularly noteworthy is the cooperation with the Southern Medical University Guangzhou (China), where students can carry out practical trimesters (tertials) and TCM practicals. In addition, there is a cooperation agreement between the UW/H and the Metro Health Medical Centre in Cleveland Ohio, for nine practical places per year in the subject of Internal Medicine. At the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tromsø (Norway), students can complete a module in pediatrics, gynecology, genetics and global health.

Erasmus-Partnerhochschulen: Universidade de Coimbra, Université Jean Monnet de Saint Etienne, Università degli Studi die Torino, Università degli Studi di Siena; The Arctic University of Norway; Medical University of Warsaw; Yeditepe University; SEMP: Universität Bern; Nicht Erasmus: Case Western University, Universidad Austral de Chile, Southern Medical University Guangzhu

The faculty focuses its research on integrative & personalised health care. The four departments work together on current health and care issues, from molecules to care. The necessary skills are bundled in three centres: Centre for Biomedical Education and Research, Centre for Clinical Studies & Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Care Research. Translational (laboratory) research, clinical research, health care research, nursing sciences and psychology can develop synergies here.

An integral part of the medical degree programme are fundamental studies in art history, philosophy, politics and culture.