Subspecialty fellowship by location
Hand fellowship
in Europe.
82 source-led programme profiles in Europe, at 78 institutions. Hand, wrist and upper-limb reconstruction and trauma. Compare formats, application status and official sources before applying.
82 programme profiles78 institutions12 countries6 upcoming cycles
Programme list
Hand programmes in Europe
Programmes with an upcoming cycle are listed first. Listings do not establish current vacancies.
- Education and Travel BursariesBritish Society for Surgery of the Hand · National or international hand surgery centres, United KingdomTravelling fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- FESSH Congress Fellowship — Prague 2027Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand · Hand surgery units across the Czech Republic, Czech RepublicObservership · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Lister Hand Fellowship (Anglo-Dutch)Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust / University Medical Center Utrecht · Stevenage and Utrecht, Europe — multiple countriesClinical fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Stack FellowshipBritish Society for Surgery of the Hand · UK-based fellow visiting centres in the UK or abroad, United KingdomTravelling fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Congenital Hand and Upper Limb FellowshipGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · London, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery FellowshipQueen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · East Grinstead, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Upcoming application cycle · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Fellowship (Two Posts)Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · London, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Rolling admission — availability unconfirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- International Observership — Plastic SurgeryErasmus MC · Rotterdam, NetherlandsObservership · Rolling admission — availability unconfirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Senior Clinical Fellow (post-CCT) in Hand and Wrist SurgeryUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Rolling admission — availability unconfirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Trauma Fellows in Plastic SurgeryQueen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · East Grinstead, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Rolling admission — availability unconfirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship ProgramTampere University Hospital (Tays), Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County — Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases · Tampere, FinlandClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Plastic Surgery Observer / Self-funded Fellowship — medius Klinik Nürtingen (FESSH training centre)medius Klinik Nürtingen — Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie · Nürtingen, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Observership — OldenburgEvangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg · Oldenburg, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Training / Scientific FellowshipHandzentrum Pratteln — Northwestern Switzerland · Pratteln, SwitzerlandHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand and Upper-Limb Surgery Fellowship — SOS Mains Edouard HerriotHospices Civils de Lyon — Hôpital Edouard Herriot (Service de chirurgie orthopédique du membre supérieur / SOS Mains) · Lyon, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — InnsbruckMedical University Innsbruck — Department of Trauma Surgery · Innsbruck, AustriaObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — Spital ThurgauSpital Thurgau AG — Hand- & Plastische Chirurgie (Kantonsspital Münsterlingen and Kantonsspital Frauenfeld) · Münsterlingen, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — BarcelonaKaplan Hand Institute · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Hand Surgery Visit / Scientific Fellowship — RavensburgHand Centre Ravensburg / St. Elisabeth Hospital · Ravensburg, GermanyShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Resident and Scientific Fellowship — Hand and Upper Extremity UnitMaastricht University Medical Center+ (Hand and Upper Extremity Center) · Maastricht, NetherlandsHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Resident Visit / Scientific Fellowship — WürzburgUniversity Hospital Würzburg — Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Würzburg, GermanyShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- IBRA Training Centre — Short-Time Resident Visit and Resident & Scientific FellowshipKantonsspital St. Gallen — Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (IBRA Training Center) · St. Gallen, SwitzerlandHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- NVPC Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery (Martini, OZG, UMCG)Martini Ziekenhuis, Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen · Groningen, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- NVPC-recognised Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery (Hand-polschirurgie)Zuyderland Medisch Centrum · Sittard-Geleen, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Observership (Hospitation) for International Graduates — University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, MagdeburgUniversity Hospital Magdeburg (Otto von Guericke University) — University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery · Magdeburg, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Orthoclinic Bruges / Handgroep West — Hand Surgery FellowshipOrthoclinic Bruges / Handgroep West · Bruges, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Observership — SpeyerSankt Vincentius Krankenhaus Speyer · Speyer, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- St Thomas' Hospital Hand FellowshipGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust — Plastic Surgery Department, St Thomas' Hospital · London, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- The Hand Clinic Geneva / Clinique de la Main Genève — Hand Surgery FellowshipThe Hand Clinic Geneva / Clinique de la Main Genève · Geneva, SwitzerlandClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- TIG Fellowship in Hand SurgeryJoint Committee on Surgical Training / BSSH Training Interface Group · Approved UK units (Edinburgh and Swansea currently unaffected by funding withdrawal), United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Wrist Surgery and Arthroscopy FellowshipInternational Wrist Centers Paris — Clinique du Poignet, Clinique Bizet · Paris, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- Adult and Children's Hand Surgery FellowshipLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — Leeds General Infirmary · Leeds, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Clinical and Clinical/Research Fellowships in Hand SurgeryPulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton) · Derby, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- DGPRÄC Clinical Associate Travel Scholarship (klinisches Assoziierten-Reisestipendium)Deutsche Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC) · Berlin, GermanyTravelling fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand and Peripheral Nerve FellowshipsBirmingham Hand Centre — University Hospitals Birmingham and Royal Orthopaedic Hospital · Birmingham, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand and Upper-Limb Fellowship — ICMMSInstitut Chirurgical de la Main et du Membre Supérieur (ICMMS) · Lyon, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand and Upper-Limb Resident / Fellow / Visitor PlacementORTHOMEP · Clermont-Ferrand, FranceShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Fellowship — St Andrew's Centre for Plastic SurgeryBroomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (St Andrew's Centre) · Chelmsford, England, United KingdomClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — Institut de la Main et de l'ÉpauleInstitut de la Main et de l'Épaule — Clinique Bizet · Paris, FranceHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- International Fellowship — Plastic, Maxillofacial & Reconstructive SurgeryNice University Hospital (CHU de Nice) · Nice, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — IFCMInstitut Français de Chirurgie de la Main — Clinique Victor Hugo · Paris, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Hand, Peripheral Nerve and Reconstructive Surgery FellowshipUrgences Mains de l'Est Parisien — Hôpital Privé Paul d'Egine · Champigny-sur-Marne, FranceHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- International Fellowship in Plastic & Hand SurgeryHOCH Health Ostschweiz / Kantonsspital St.Gallen · St. Gallen, SwitzerlandClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Hand and Elbow Surgery Training Centre — Self-Funded Fellowship / Clinical AttachmentCentro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica · Gravesano, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit, Florence — Hand Surgery FellowshipHand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit, Florence · Florence, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — BilbaoHospital Intermutual de Euskadi — Hand and Wrist Unit · Bilbao, SpainObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — GenoaIRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini — Paediatric Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Unit · Genoa, ItalyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — Las Palmas de Gran CanariaHospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria — Hand Surgery Unit · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — RomeSan Camillo-Forlanini Hospital — Unit of Reconstructive Surgery of the Limbs · Rome, ItalyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — SOS Main Le MansCentre de la Main — Clinique du Pré (SOS Main Le Mans) · Le Mans, FranceObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment (Observer) — ViennaAUVA Trauma Hospital Lorenz Böhler · Vienna, AustriaObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und HandchirurgieInselspital, Universitätsspital Bern — Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Handchirurgie · Bern, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Clinical Attachment / Self-Funded Fellowship — USZ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand SurgeryUniversity Hospital Zurich (USZ) — Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery · Zurich, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship — Centre de la Main AngersCentre de la Main (Village Santé Angers Loire) · Trélazé, FranceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship (self-funded) — Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand SurgeryErasmus MC · Rotterdam, NetherlandsClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — AnconaA.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona — Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (SOD) · Ancona, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — AthensHand, Upper Limb & Microsurgery Department (KAT), Athens · Athens, GreeceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — AthensAsklepieion Hospital (Voula) · Athens, GreeceClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — BarcelonaicatMA Hand and Microsurgery Unit — ICATME, Hospital Universitari Quirón-Dexeus · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — BarcelonaTRAUMAUNIT — Centro Médico Teknon · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — BarcelonaUniversity of Barcelona · Barcelona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — CataniaUniversity Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele of Catania · Catania, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MadridHospital Universitario HM Montepríncipe — Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit · Madrid, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — Madrid and PamplonaClínica Universidad de Navarra · Madrid and Pamplona, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MilanASST Gaetano Pini-CTO — Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit · Milan, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MilanPoliclinico MultiMedica IRCCS — Hand Unit (Plastic Surgery Department, University of Milan) · Milan, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — MilanSan Pio X Clinic — Hand Surgery Unit · Milan, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — TurinC.T.O. Hospital — Traumatology and Hand Surgery (U.O.C.) · Turin, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — ValenciaUnidad de Cirugía Reconstructiva (Valencia) · Valencia, SpainClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — VeronaVerona University Hospital — Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit (European Hand Trauma and Replantation Center) · Verona, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Fellowship / Clinical Attachment — VeronaClinica San Francesco — Hand and Elbow Surgery Unit · Verona, ItalyClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Observer / Fellowship — Zentrum für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen (FESSH training centre)RKH Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen — Zentrum für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie · Markgröningen, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Research / Self-funded Fellowship — Section of Hand Surgery, TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar (FESSH training centre)TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich — Section of Hand Surgery · Munich, GermanyHybrid clinical and research · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Hand Surgery Self-Funded Visitation — Schulthess KlinikSchulthess Klinik — Fachbereich Handchirurgie · Zurich, SwitzerlandObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Monica Hospital — Hand Surgery FellowshipMonica Hospital · Antwerp, BelgiumClinical fellowship · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Observer / Self-funded Fellowship — Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg (FESSH training centre)Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg — Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und wiederherstellende Chirurgie · Regensburg, GermanyObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- UMC Utrecht — Hand Surgery ObservershipUMC Utrecht · Utrecht, NetherlandsObservership · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 8 Oct 2026
- Visiting Hand and Upper-Limb Training — Paris MonceauCentre Main Paris Monceau — Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau · Paris, FranceShort-term training · Programme listed — intake not confirmed · Source reviewed 7 Oct 2026
- Bruce Bailey FellowshipBritish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (hosted by Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore) · Coimbatore, India (host centre), United KingdomTravelling fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 17 Oct 2026
- FESSH Travel AwardFederation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand · Hand centre in another FESSH member country, Europe — multiple countriesTravelling fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
- SICM Fellowship in Hand Surgery and Reconstructive MicrosurgerySocietà Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano (SICM) — SICM-accredited Italian hand surgery centres · Brescia, ItalyClinical fellowship · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- SIM International Microsurgery Fellowship — WinterthurKantonsspital Winterthur / Italian Society of Microsurgery · Winterthur, SwitzerlandObservership · Deadline passed · Source reviewed 13 Oct 2026
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How many hand fellowships are listed in Europe?
PlasticFellow currently lists 82 source-backed hand programme profiles in Europe, hosted by 78 institutions across 12 countries. This is a verified directory of documented routes, not a complete census of every training opportunity.
What types of hand training are available in Europe?
Listed formats: clinical fellowship (45), observership (22), hybrid clinical and research (6), travelling fellowship (5), short-term training (4). Observerships and short courses do not grant hands-on operating rights; check each profile for the supervised role it describes.
Are these hand fellowships recruiting now?
6 of these profiles list an upcoming application cycle, 4 show a passed deadline and 72 have no confirmed intake. Confirm current vacancies, dates and eligibility with the official source linked on each profile.
Can international surgeons apply for hand fellowships in Europe?
Eligibility differs by host. Medical registration, language, visa and supervision rules decide whether a visiting surgeon can operate. Each profile states what its official source publishes about international applicants; confirm directly with the programme before applying.
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