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Hip and Knee Fellowships in Europe

103 source-linked hip and knee fellowship, research and observership pathways in Europe, across United Kingdom, Germany, France and Belgium and more. Each entry links to its official source, with application status and deadlines where the host publishes them.

103Programmes
95Institutions
15Countries
19Current application signals
PROGRAMMES

Hip and Knee fellowships in Europe

24 of 103, open applications and nearest deadlines first
✓ Verified 19 Oct 2026
Research FellowshipUpcoming cycleResearch Fellowship →

Joint NJR–RCS England Research Fellowship

National Joint Registry / Royal College of Surgeons of England

⌖ United Kingdom · host institution selected by applicant

DurationUp to 2 years; the second year is subject to satisfactory…
FundingUp to GBP 100,000 per year for a maximum of 2 years; the fellow remains employed by the host…
Research focusIndependent research using National Joint Registry data on joint replacement, based at a recognised orthopaedic host centre with…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical + Research FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Hip & Knee Joint Reconstruction Fellowship — BARI Personalised Arthroplasty Fellowship Programme

BARI Arthroplasty Centre, Clinique du Sport Bordeaux-Mérignac

⌖ Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Duration6 or 12 months.
FundingProvisions listed: housing (apartment in Bordeaux centre) and a car. No salary, stipend or fee…
ExposureFull-time clinical and research post under Dr Charles Rivière and Dr Loïc Villet: personalised (kinematic alignment) primary total…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Fellowship in Advanced Knee Surgery

Toulouse Clinical & Academic Program

⌖ Toulouse, France

Duration6 months
FundingPrivate financial support is available; the amount and conditions are provided on request
ExposureDaily patient care, surgery and research across sports and complex knee surgery, robotic knee arthroplasty, scientific writing and…
✓ Verified 12 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

DKG Knee-Centre Hospitation — Diakonie Klinikum Jung-Stilling Siegen

Diakonie Klinikum Jung-Stilling Siegen, Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (DKG Offizielles Kniezentrum)

⌖ Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

DurationNo fixed duration published in the reviewed DKG hospitation…
FundingDKG members may apply for up to EUR 250 in travel support for a visit to a listed knee centre.…
ExposureHospitation (observership) at an 'Offizielles Kniezentrum' certified by the Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG). The DKG centre search…
✓ Verified 12 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

DKG Knee-Centre Hospitation — Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen

Orthopädische Klinik Markgröningen (RKH Gesundheit), Centre for Sports Orthopaedics and Special Joint Surgery and Centre for Arthroplasty

⌖ Markgröningen, Germany

DurationNo fixed duration published in the reviewed DKG hospitation…
FundingDKG members may apply for up to EUR 250 in travel support for a visit to a listed knee centre.…
ExposureHospitation (observership) at an 'Offizielles Kniezentrum' certified by the Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG). The DKG centre search…
✓ Verified 12 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

DKG Knee-Centre Hospitation — Sportklinik Freiburg (formerly Praxisklinik 2000)

Sportklinik Freiburg (Klinik 2000 GmbH & Co. OP-Zentrum KG, formerly Praxisklinik 2000 Orthopädie)

⌖ Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

DurationNo fixed duration published in the reviewed DKG hospitation…
FundingDKG members may apply for up to EUR 250 in travel support for a visit to a listed knee centre.…
ExposureHospitation (observership) at an 'Offizielles Kniezentrum' certified by the Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG). The DKG centre search…
✓ Verified 12 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

DKG Knee-Centre Hospitation — Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim

Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim (DKG Offizielles Kniezentrum; DKG listing links to its trauma surgery department, Unfallchirurgie)

⌖ Mannheim, Germany

DurationNo fixed duration published in the reviewed DKG hospitation…
FundingDKG members may apply for up to EUR 250 in travel support for a visit to a listed knee centre.…
ExposureHospitation (observership) at an 'Offizielles Kniezentrum' certified by the Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG). The DKG centre search…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipUpcoming cycleHip & Knee →

Frimley Park Hip Fellowship

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

⌖ Frimley, England, United Kingdom

Duration12 months
FundingSpecialty Doctor grade, fixed term 12 months: £61,542 to £99,216 a year per annum, as advertised…
ExposureYoung-adult hip surgery including open and arthroscopic impingement surgery; complex primary and revision arthroplasty;…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipActive applicationHip & Knee →

Fellowship in Primary and Revision Arthroplasty including Robotic TKA

Knappschaft Kliniken Dortmund – Center of Excellence for Arthroplasty

⌖ Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

DurationAt least 4 weeks; the length depends on individual training…
FundingNot published
ExposureSurgical observation and practical insight into primary and revision knee and hip arthroplasty, robotic total knee arthroplasty,…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Fellowship — Centre de chirurgie du genou, Clinique Médipôle Garonne

Centre de chirurgie du genou — Clinique Médipôle Garonne

⌖ Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Duration1 to 6 months, depending on availability.
FundingFunding is discussed case by case; no amount published.
ExposureFellowship oriented to knee surgery: arthrosis, patellar surgery and sports surgery; time can be shared with one other specialty…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
ObservershipUpcoming cycleHip & Knee →

AO Recon Fellowship — IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio, Hip Department

IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio, Hip Department

⌖ Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Duration6 to 12 weeks (AO Recon Short-term International Fellowship…
FundingSmall AO Recon stipend toward accommodation and living costs (benchmark USD 550 for one week in…
ExposureFellows learn from arthroplasty experts at the host. The host answers that AO fellows can scrub in (medical and orthopaedic licence…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical + Research FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Centre Orthopédique Santy Fellowship — Knee Arthrosis Surgery (Hip & Knee)

Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

⌖ Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Duration1 to 6 months (ISAKOS listing; the centre customises…
FundingNo fee published. ISAKOS listing: 'No financial assistance or other support is available' from…
ExposureKnee arthrosis and arthroplasty surgery with the Santy knee-arthrosis surgeons; the Santy fellows list shows fellows of Michel…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Sports Surgery Clinic Knee and Hip Reconstruction Fellowship

Sports Surgery Clinic / Dublin City University

⌖ Dublin, Europe, Ireland

Duration12 months
FundingISAKOS records internal support; no salary, amount or covered-expense breakdown is published
ExposureHigh-volume knee and hip reconstruction ranging from complex knee preservation and arthroscopy to osteotomy, arthroplasty and…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Clinical + Research FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

Fellowship en Chirurgie Orthopédique, Spécialisation Genou et Hanche (Mériscience)

Mériscience (hip and knee specialist group), Mérignac

⌖ Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Duration6 months to 1 year.
FundingNot published
ExposureActive participation in consultations, theatre and scientific research projects, with supervision by knee and hip surgeons. Fellow…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
Research FellowshipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

BARI Research Fellowship (lower-limb arthroplasty) with optional OR observership

BARI Arthroplasty Centre, Clinique du Sport Bordeaux-Mérignac

⌖ Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

DurationNot separately published (the page gives 6 or 12 months only…
FundingNot published
ExposureFive days per week of research using the established patient data registry on lower-limb arthroplasty; optional attendance in…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026
ObservershipRolling applicationHip & Knee →

DKG Hospitation at DKG-certified knee centres (with travel support up to EUR 250)

Deutsche Kniegesellschaft (DKG) – certified knee centres

⌖ Multiple DKG-certified knee centres, Germany

DurationNot published
FundingDKG members travelling as visitors to the named centres can apply to the DKG for financial…
ExposureDoctors and therapists can request a hospitation at a DKG-awarded knee centre (list in the DKG centre search). The page does not…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipUpcoming cycleHip & Knee →

AO Recon Fellowship Network

AO Recon Fellowship Host Centers

⌖ Multiple recognised host centres worldwide

Duration6–12 weeks
FundingCountry-adjusted stipend based on USD 550 per week in the United States, paid in Swiss-franc…
ExposureJoint preservation, replacement and reconstruction training at a selected AO Recon host centre; clinical participation depends on…
✓ Verified 22 Oct 2026
Travelling FellowshipClosed for this cycleHip & Knee →

AE & LINK Travel Fellowship 2026 – arthroplasty centres Frankfurt and Eisenberg

AE Endoprothetik – hosts Frankfurt (Agaplesion) and Eisenberg

⌖ Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Duration1 week (fellowship week 16 to 20 November 2026)
FundingNo fee stated. The sponsor, Waldemar LINK GmbH & Co. KG, organises the trip and accommodation…
ExposureHospitation (observation in the operating theatre and exchange with experienced surgeons) at two German arthroplasty centres:…
✓ Verified 16 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipClosed for this cycleHip & Knee →

Fellow Kniechirurgie — ETZ Tilburg

Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis (ETZ), Department of Orthopaedics

⌖ Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Duration1 year (0.8 FTE)
FundingEmployment at 0.8 FTE under the AMS arrangement.
ExposureFellow takes part in outpatient clinic, ward and theatre, with high volume knee arthroplasty including revisions, knee osteotomies…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipClosed for this cycleHip & Knee →

UCLH Senior Clinical Fellow in Hip Surgery (Young Adult Hip Service)

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

⌖ London, England, United Kingdom

Duration12 months (fixed term)
Funding£76,582 a year + London Weighting (MT05); 1 in 3 elective-centre cover attracts a pay supplement…
ExposureYoung adult hip fellowship covering hip arthroscopy, femoral and acetabular (periacetabular) osteotomy and routine/complex primary…
✓ Verified 13 Oct 2026
Clinical FellowshipClosed for this cycleHip & Knee →

Hands-on Fellowship in Robotic Orthopedics — IASO Thessalias (Dr Konstantinos Makridis)

A' Orthopaedic Clinic of Robotic Surgery, IASO Thessalias

⌖ Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

DurationListed fee for 1 week; programme text states 4 weeks default,…
FundingFee USD 986 for 1 week via Trialect; merit-based tuition waivers possible. Trialect states all…
ExposureAssisting in 10–15 surgical procedures per week (robotic TKA and UKA, navigated THA, conventional TKA/THA, sports medicine,…
COMMON QUESTIONS

Hip and Knee fellowships in Europe: FAQs

How many hip and knee fellowships are there in Europe?

OrthoFellow currently lists 103 hip and knee pathways in Europe at 95 institutions, across 15 countries. Counts reflect verified listings, not every programme that exists.

Which European countries have the most hip and knee fellowships?

The largest European destinations in this directory are United Kingdom (55), Germany (13), France (12) and Belgium (4).

How do you apply for a hip and knee fellowship in Europe?

There is no single European application system. Most European orthopaedic fellowships are applied for directly with the host hospital, university or society. Pan-European societies run their own fellowship and travelling-fellowship schemes with separate calls, so check each programme's official page for the current cycle.

Can international surgeons do a hip and knee fellowship in Europe?

Often, but hands-on clinical work usually requires medical registration in the host country, which may involve language certification and recognition of your specialist qualification. Observerships and research fellowships can have lighter requirements. Each country page and programme profile shows the published registration, language and eligibility details.

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