The PhD programme in Pathology focuses especially on the following areas: morphological and molecular-biologic features of human tumours and their significance for the differential diagnosis, viral and bacterial pathogens in carcinogenesis, tumours of the soft tissues, head and neck, lungs, salivary glands, hematopathology, and the gastrointestinal tract. New disease entities are characterized.

The PhD student acquires a broad scope of knowledge of the whole of pathology as well as laboratory research skills (esp. methods of molecular biology and immunohistochemistry) and presentation skills. The up-to date studies in pathology underline the importance of immunoprofile, molecular-genetics, and ultrastructure of the disease processes, especially of tumours.