LMU Klinikum München Careers, Salaries & Jobs

LMU Klinikum is the university hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, run on two campuses, Großhadern and Innenstadt.

Its 2025 annual report lists 1,846 beds in operation (2,062 planned beds), 11,908 staff at the end of 2025, 78,509 inpatient cases and 460,644 outpatient cases.

The hospital's international programme is for nurses. Its Stabsstelle for the integration of international nursing staff helps with the authorities and residence permits, provides B2 German courses and prepares nurses for the knowledge test with two certified practice instructors. The stated goal is recognition within the first year in Germany.

Doctors have no dedicated recruitment programme, but LMU's Institute for Medical Education runs MED-International LMU, which offers language and Kenntnisprüfung preparation courses for doctors with foreign qualifications. The Approbation itself is granted by the Regierung von Oberbayern. Midwives, therapists, pharmacists, scientists and other health professionals apply to advertised posts once their qualification is recognised in Germany where the profession is regulated.

Pay follows public sector agreements of the German states: TV-L for nurses and other staff, and TV-Ärzte for doctors, as LMU's own job adverts state.

Founded

1826 (Campus Innenstadt); Campus Großhadern opened in 1974

Run by

Public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts), the university hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Leadership

• Professor Dr. med. Markus M. Lerch, Ärztlicher Direktor, Vorsitzender des Vorstands
• Markus Zendler, Kaufmännischer Direktor
• Carolin Werner, MBA, Pflegedirektorin

Awards and rankings

• Newsweek World's Best Hospitals 2026: 17th in the world and 7th in Europe, as reported by LMU Klinikum on 26 February 2026

Switchboard

+49 89 4400-0

• Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital

  LMU Klinikum's children's hospital, which the 2025 annual report describes as internationally renowned; a new building is planned.

• CAR-T cell therapy

  LMU Klinikum says it was the first in Germany to set up a certified centre for CAR-T cell therapy for malignant diseases.

• Transplant centre

  The Transplantationszentrum München der LMU, named in the hospital's 2025 annual report.

• Intensive care medicine (ZIMM LMU)

  The Zentrum für Intensivmedizin München brings the hospital's intensive care units together.

• Heart, lung and vascular centre

  An interdisciplinary Herz-Lungen-Gefäßzentrum (HLG) named in the 2025 annual report.

• Surgical centre

  A modern operating centre with 32 operating theatres, according to the hospital.

• LMU Klinikum's Integrationsmanagement team supports nurses trained abroad through recognition. It says the process is very individual and that its goal is for recognition to be completed within the first year in Germany.
• To apply for a recognition place at LMU Klinikum you need a B2 German certificate and the decision (Bescheid) from the Bavarian State Office for Nursing (Landesamt für Pflege). Two certified practice instructors prepare candidates for the Kenntnisprüfung.
• The team runs B2 German courses of 90 hours twice a week, starting in March and September, and helps with residence permit extensions and document checklists.
• The hospital's pages do not name recruitment agencies or overseas recruitment drives; applicants apply through the job portal. Nursing job adverts state that nurses trained abroad need German recognition, or must be in the process, and B2 German.
• For doctors, MED-International LMU at the Institute for Medical Education offers language courses and Kenntnisprüfung preparation for doctors with foreign degrees. It is a training provider, not a recruitment route.

• Doctors trained outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland apply to the Regierung von Oberbayern for the Approbation or a temporary Berufserlaubnis. The Bavarian service portal says German must be shown at C1 professional level, and the Kenntnisprüfung is required if equivalence cannot be established. The base fee is €400.

• Nurses need recognition from the Bayerisches Landesamt für Pflege. Bavaria accepts a B2 certificate or its nursing language test (FSP-Pflege), which is oriented to B2. Where gaps are found you choose between an adaptation course and a knowledge test.

• LMU Klinikum's nursing adverts ask for German at B2 if you did not train in German.

• If you still have to complete recognition, section 16d of the Residence Act covers a residence permit for qualification measures and exams such as the Kenntnisprüfung, for up to 24 months and extendable by up to 12 months, and a recognition partnership (section 16d(3)) that lets you work for a named employer while you complete recognition. Both require at least 'sufficient' German, which section 2 of the Act defines as level A2.

• Once you hold the Approbation, a Berufserlaubnis or full nursing recognition, the usual routes are the skilled worker residence permit or the EU Blue Card (section 18g). Employers can also use the fast-track procedure for skilled workers (section 81a) with the local foreigners authority. None of this is legal advice: check your own case with the German mission and the foreigners authority.

1. 1

   Get your German to B2 (nurses) or C1 (doctors)

   Nurses need B2 or the Bavarian FSP-Pflege. Doctors need a C1 medical language test for the Approbation.
2. 2

   Apply for recognition

   Nurses apply to the Landesamt für Pflege for a decision on their qualification. Doctors apply to the Regierung von Oberbayern.
3. 3

   Apply on the job portal

   Search lmu-klinikum.de/jobs and apply online with a cover letter, CV and certificates. Nurses applying for a recognition place should include the Landesamt für Pflege decision and the B2 certificate.
4. 4

   Contact the integration team

   Nurses can contact the integration team by email ([email protected]) with questions about recognition places.
5. 5

   Complete recognition on the job

   The integration team prepares you for the knowledge test and helps with residence permit extensions.
6. 6

   Visa

   Apply for the visa that matches your stage of recognition at the German mission.

Monthly amounts

• Doctor in training (Ä1), TV-Ärzte (TdL)

  €5,792.90 to €7,436.05

  Years 1 to 6, gross, 40-hour week, from 1 April 2026 to 31 August 2027 (provisional table).

• Specialist (Ä2), TV-Ärzte (TdL)

  €7,645.72 to €9,576.69

  Rises at years 4, 7, 9, 11 and 13 as a specialist.

• Senior physician (Ä3), TV-Ärzte (TdL)

  €9,576.69 to €11,265.33

  Steps from year 1, 4, 7 and 10.

• Registered nurse (KR 7), TV-L

  €3,475.61 to €4,285.00

  Steps 2 to 6, gross, from 1 April 2026 to 28 February 2027. KR 7 covers nurses with at least three years' training in the matching role.

• Nurse with specialist further training (KR 9), TV-L

  €3,968.65 to €4,641.37

  For example intensive care or anaesthesia nursing after a completed Fachweiterbildung.