It is a full-time, on-site programme for physicians who hold a medical degree (MD/MBBS or equivalent) from a medical school in any country and who are licensed to practise medicine in that country. Online participation is not possible. Registration is open until 31 January 2026.

• The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine is Germany's oldest institution of its kind, having been founded in 1900. The DTMH has been held here since 1905.
• You will be taught by experienced scientific and clinical experts from all departments of the BNITM and from many external national and international institutions.

The Diploma Course will train physicians to work in countries of the tropics or subtropics. The course will enable participants to diagnose and treat diseases in travellers and migrants from the tropics and subtropics and to provide preventive medical travel-related advice.

The course focuses on the aetiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases and clinical work in low-resource settings. It also covers travel medicine and principles of global health.

🩺🌍 From June 11–13, 2026, leading experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals will gather at the Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum in Berlin for a joint congress on sexual health, infectious diseases, and tropical medicine in times of global change.

The event brings together the 68th Congress of the German STI Society (DSTIG), the 25th Annual Meeting of the Working Group for Dermatological Infectiology and Tropical Dermatology (ADI-TD), and the 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Dermatology in the Tropics (ISDT).

Participants can expect an interdisciplinary program featuring scientific lectures, interactive workshops, poster sessions, and discussions addressing current medical and public health challenges. 🧬🤝