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MEDICAL IN 1 POLAND faCTS AND FIGURES MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN POLAND

OFFICIAL NAME LOCATION Republic of Poland (short form: Poland is situated in Central CET (UTC+1) PAGE 2 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 Poland, in Polish: Polska) and borders Germany, CALLING CODE the Czech Republic, Slovakia, POPULATION (2019) +48 , Belarus, Lithuania and WHY HIGHER POLISH 38 million Russia INTERNET DOMAIN POLAND? EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION OFFICIAL LANGUAGE .pl ENTERED THE EU Polish 2004 STUDENTS (2017/18) IN POLAND TO MEDICAL CAPITAL 1.29 million CURRENCY (MAY 2019) SCIENCES (Warszawa) 1 zloty (PLN) MEDICAL STUDENTS (2017/18) GOVERNMENT 1 PLN = 0.23 € 1 PLN = 0.26 $ 64 thousand parliamentary republic

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MEDICAL DEGREE ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITIES PROGRAMMES & QUALITY

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2 3 WHY POLAND? Top countries of origin among Are you interested in studying abroad? Good, then you have the right brochure in front of foreign medical you! This publication explains briefly what the Polish higher education system is like, introduces Polish students in medical universities and lists the degree programmes that are taught in English. Poland If you are looking for high-quality medical education provided by experienced and inspired teachers – Polish medical universities are some of the best options. We present ten of the many good reasons for Polish medical international students to choose Poland. universities have attracted the interest of students from a wide ACADEMIC TRADITION other types of official documentation for all variety of backgrounds completed courses. If you complete a full degree from all around the Poland’s traditions of academic education go or a diploma programme, you will receive a globe. In 2018, Poland back to 1364, when King Casimir the Great Diploma Supplement in English. Foreign hosted more than established the Cracow , known today students studying in Poland stay fully mobile 72,000 students from as the Jagiellonian , one of the oldest and can continue their education anywhere else universities in the world. 170 countries, of which within the European Union. over 10 percent were MODERNITY foreign students enrolled HIGH QUALITY OF EDUCATION in medical faculties. Poland is a modern and dynamic country, The Polish higher education system is well Most of them came and a member of the European Union. It is developed. The quality of the education provided from Norway, Sweden, ranked among the world’s 25 most developed is monitored and regularly evaluated. Polish economies, where education really counts. Germany, Taiwan, Saudi diplomas are recognized in the European Union Arabia, U.S., and Canada. and worldwide, in countries such as the U.S., FULLY MOBILE Canada and Australia (see: pp. 44–47). Medical All institutions of higher education in Poland use programmes in English have been adjusted to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation U.S. medical education requirements in order to System (ECTS), which facilitates international facilitate participation in residency programmes credit transfer. You will receive certificates or in North America.

2 3 PREMEDICAL COURSE of discovering Europe. Being invited to study in Poland means that you are invited to the Most medical universities in Poland organize European Union, which not only offers contact Higher Education in Poland a premedical course – a foundation year for with varied and interesting cultures and the further medical studies in English. Poland conforms to the guidelines of the Bologna Process in European higher education. The degree opportunities associated with strong, innovative system based on the three-cycle structure has been successfully implemented together with the economies, but also provides the very best PRACTICAL CLASSES European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). conditions for successful higher education AND CLINICAL PLACEMENTS studies in a challenging and friendly atmosphere. The European standard in higher education makes it easier for students to obtain recognition of their qualifications in other countries. Polish medical and dentistry diplomas are subject to automatic Practical classes and clinical placements are an COMPETITIVE COSTS essential element of medical education in Poland. recognition in the European Union, which Poland joined in May 2004. Students enjoy broad access to hospitals, clinics, OF LIVING AND STUDYING laboratories and libraries, offering them the Compared to other EU countries, the tuition 8-9 possibility to acquire professional knowledge fees in Poland are highly competitive and the and skills from practitioners working in different 1st CYCLE costs of living are a fraction of what a foreign 7 areas of medical, pharmaceutical and health student would have to spend in other European First-cycle studies (3 to 4 years) lead to the DOCTORAL studies (PhD) sciences on a daily basis. rd countries. For more information, visit: professional degree of a licencjat or inżynier. 3 Cycle 6 www.go-poland.pl These two are the Polish equivalents of the RESIDENCY AND bachelor’s degree. To obtain either of these 5 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING MORE REASONS TO CHOOSE POLAND degrees, students have to earn 180–240 ECTS credits. MASTER There are many other reasons why you should Graduates of English medical programmes in 4 2nd Cycle consider studying in Poland: safe, stable and Poland are eligible to apply for residency and 2nd CYCLE 90–120 ECTS postgraduate training programmes at university multicultural environment, rich tradition and 3 teaching hospitals in various countries, including culture, friendly people, beautiful landscapes, Second-cycle studies – a master’s degree MASTER Norway, Sweden, UK, U.S., Canada and low cost of living, vibrant student life… We programmes (1.5 to 2 years) – follow the first Long-cycle BACHELOR Australia. invite you to consider the great opportunities cycle studies and lead to the professional degree 2 270–360 ECTS that Poland has to offer. of master (magister) or an equivalent degree (Licencjat/inżynier)MASTER st A GENUINE EUROPEAN depending on the course profile. To obtain the 2nd1 Cycle Cycle 1 180–240 ECTS degree, students have to earn 90–120 ECTS EXPERIENCE credits. For students from outside the European Union who come to study in Poland, this may well Years of MATURA CERTIFICATE be the beginning of a fascinating adventure education (or equivalent)

4 5 LONG-CYCLE STUDIES In addition to the general structure, 11 fields ABBREVIATIONS Polish Contribution of study including dentistry, medical analysis, medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine, ↓ to Medical Sciences offer long-cycle programmes, that is master’s Abbreviations used in the degree programmes (4.5 to 6 years), which lead university profile (see Miniguide, pages: 14–43) A BRIEF SUMMARY to the professional degree of master (magister), or an equivalent degree depending on the course profile. Upon completing all of the theoretical and clinical subjects and after passing all of the B.Sc. and Medicine. The univer- required examinations, students are awarded Bachelor of Science WITELON/VITELO/ sity's golden age began in the WITELIUSZ the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor M.Sc. second half of the 15th century. of Dental /Doctor of Dental Medicine Master of Science Witelon (1230–1314) was the During the period, (D.D.S./D.M.D.) or Doctor of Pharmacy first medical doctor whose the Krakow Academy was one (Pharm.D.). To obtain this degree, students have M.D. works were officially pub- of the most prominent scien- to earn 270–360 ECTS credits. Doctor of Medicine lished in Poland and the author tific centres in the world. The of the ten-volume "Perspec- Academy’s finest scholars in-

D.D.S. tiva", which in its Volume III clude Mikołaj Kopernik, Maciej 3rd CYCLE Doctor of Dental Surgery covered optics and diseases of Miechowita, and Józef Struś. Third-cycle studies – doctoral degree D.M.D. the eye in the most innovative and scientifically comprehen- COPERNICUS - programmes (normally 3 to 4 years) are Doctor of Dental Medicine sive way of his time. His works SECOND AESCLEPIOS accessible to graduates of master’s degree on the topic were later used Pharm.D. Mikołaj Kopernik [Nicolaus programmes, leading to a PhD degree. by such greats as Mikołaj Ko- Doctor of Pharmacy Copernicus] (1473–1543), be- proach to both patient treat- pernik and Leonardo da Vinci. sides being a world-class as- ment and drug formulation. tronomer responsible for 650 YEARS OF “stopping the Sun and mov- PIONEER IN THE TRADITION ing the Earth,” was also known FIELD OF WORLD Medical to his contemporaries as the College in Krakow is the medi- most prominent medical doc- Józef Struś [Josephus Stru- ↓ cal part of Poland's oldest uni- tor in Central and Eastern Eu- tius] (1510–1568) was a pio- rope. Considered by many to More information about: tuition fees, admission requirements, examinations & grading, academic versity, which was founded in neer in the field of world car- be the second Aesclepios, he calendar, diplomas, recognition of degrees, scholarship offers see:www.go-poland.pl and publication: 1364 and initially consisted of diology. A Polish , relied strictly on a scientific ap- Studying in Poland. three faculties: Liberal Arts, he gained international fame

6 7 during the Renaissance for his of medical training, she helped tist (neurologist). Nowadays, ed two Nobel Prizes. The use ground-breaking work on the IDEA UNIVERSAE TEICHMANN educate thousands of doc- every physician and student of X-ray and radium as treat- physiology and pathology of MEDICINAE CRYSTALS tors and nurses and contribut- of medicine immediately as- ment against cancer and as PRACTICAE blood circulation, and the role Ludwik Karol Teichmann ed greatly to the eventual ac- sociates the name of Babiński a way to sterilise equipment of pulse in the diagnostic pro- Jan Jonston (1603–1675) was (1823–1895) was one of the ceptance of female . with the “toe phenomenon” and wounds in war-zone hos- cess, thoroughly described in the author of treatises on greatest anatomists in world (phénomène des orteils). The pitals or to image bomb shreds his Sphygmicae artis iam mille the theoretical problems in . His magnificent work BIERNACKI'S TEST discovery of this “sign” (1896) for surgical removal with mo- ducentos perditae et desider- medicine and on the appli- on the lymphatic system was the crowning point of bile X-ray units are only some Edmund Faustyn Biernacki atae libri V, which was later cations of science to medi- gained him appreciation of the Babiński’s work in semiology. of her exceptional accomplish- (1866–1911) was the first one used by William Harvey to pre- cal practice, which he pre- entire scientific world. Teich- He was involved in the discov- ments. Her strong engagement to note a relationship between pare his own work on blood sented in his work Idea mann discovered that blood ery of syndromes which are in the medical field provided the sedimentation rate of red circulation. He was regarded universae medicinae practicae. pigments can form micro- today known under the ep- the base for many subsequent blood cells in a human blood as the first one to introduce scopic crystals. Thus, crystals onym names: Babinski-Na- discoveries and developments. sample and the general con- the concept of sphygmogra- of hemin are occasionally re- geotte, Babinski-Fröhlich, An- ANATOMY OF THE dition of the body. This meth- phy due to his use of graph- ferred to as "Teichmann crys- ton-Babinski, and many others. HUMAN BODY od, known as the Biernacki Re- NOBEL PRIZES ic representations of pulse. tals". The anatomist’s name is action, is used worldwide to associated with his discovery Nobel Prizes in Physiology or assess the erythrocyte sedi- THE FIRST of a simple chemical test for the Medicine have been awarded mentation rate (ESR), which is EUROPEAN TO presence of blood that is still since 1901. Several of the laure- one of the major blood tests. WRITE ABOUT widely used in forensics today. ates, among them Tadeusz Re- CHINESE MEDICINE ichstein, Andrew Schally, and ADRENALINE Jacek Szostak, were associat- Michał Piotr Boym (1612–1659) PIONEER IN WOMEN’S HEALTH Napoleon Nikodem Cybulski ed with Poland. Napoleon Cy- was a Polish Jesuit missionary bulski, Oskar Minkowski, Ka- to China during the transitional CARE IN THE U.S. (1854–1919) was a Polish phys- iologist and a pioneer in en- zimierz Funk, Józef Babiński, period between the Ming and Ludwik Maurycy Hirschfeld Marie Elizabeth Zakrzews- docrinology and electroen- Rudolf Weigl and Ludwik Qing Dynasties. It was Boym (1814–1876) was professor ka (1829–1902) was an Amer- cephalography. In 1895, he Hirschfeld were nominat- who introduced classical Chi- of anatomy and author of ican physician of Polish de- isolated and identified adren- ed for this prestigious award. nese medical concepts and the "Anatomy of the Human scent who made a name for theories to the West for the aline, also known as epi- Body", one of the best and herself as a pioneer female MOTHER OF CO-FOUNDER OF first time. He was especially nephrine, a hormone, neuro- most detailed textbooks on de- doctor. She founded the New RADIOTHERAPY MODERN POLISH respectful of Chinese pulse di- transmitter, and medication. scriptive anatomy in 19th-cen- England Hospital for Women NEUROLOGY agnosis, which was unknown tury Europe. He gained recog- and Children, the first hospital Maria Skłodowska-Curie BABINSKI SIGN to Europeans at that time. nition for his atlas of anatomy in Boston – and the second in (1867–1934) was an extraordi- Edward Flatau (1868–1932) was published in and be- the United States – to be run Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks nary scientist, the first wom- a Polish neurologist and psychi- came a laureate of the Pa- by women doctors and sur- Babiński (1857–1932) was a Pol- an to win the Nobel Prize and atrist. He was a co-founder of risian Academy of Sciences. geons. With her high standards ish and French medical scien- still the only one to be award- modern Polish neurology and

8 9 an authority on the physiology stroyed and Polish professors smuggled into the Ghet- and pathology of meningitis. In would die in concentration to and the , THE POLISH MOTHER GODFATHER the medical world, his name is camps, the University of Ed- saving countless Jewish lives. OF LEPERS OF POLISH ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY linked to the Redlich-Flatau inburgh established the Polish Wanda Błeńska (1911–2014) syndrome, the Flatau-Ster- School of Medicine. Founded POLIO VACCINE was a Polish expert in tropi- Professor Franciszek Wal- ling torsion dystonia, the on the basis of an agreement cal diseases. From 1951 to 1994, czak (1940–2015), the godfa- Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–1993) Flatau-Schilder disease, and between the Polish Govern- she worked in a leprosy treat- ther of Polish electrophysiol- was a Polish-American med- Flatau's law. His publications ment in Exile and the Senate ment centre in the village of ogy, became the patron of the ical researcher, best known greatly influenced the devel- of the , Buluba, near Lake Victoria in new programme of the Polish for developing the oral polio opment of the field of neurolo- this unique wartime initiative Uganda, where she was the National Agency for Academ- vaccine, which has played a gy. He published a human brain enabled students to complete physician-in-chief until 1983. ic Exchange and the Ministry of key role in nearly eradicating atlas, wrote a fundamental their medical degrees. The Initially a small facility, it grew Health. The programme is ad- VITAMIN the disease. Hilary Koprowski book on migraine and estab- Polish School of Medicine at into an internationally rec- dressed to scientists involved (1916–2013) was a Polish virol- lished the localization principle The term “vitamin” was cre- the University of Edinburgh ognized modern therapeutic in research in the fields of on- ogist and immunologist ac- of long fibers in the spinal cord. ated by Kazimierz (Casimir) was the only legally operat- centre for leprosy treatment cology, cardiology, allergolo- tive in the United States and Funk (1884–1967), a biochem- ing Polish academic insti- known as Buluba Hospital. gy, and infectious diseases. The inventor of the world's first A, B, AB and 0 ist of Polish descent. Funk tution during World War II. Walczak Study Programme fi- effective live polio vaccine. stirred public interest with nances studies for young Polish – these are the names of WORLD-RENOWNED his 1912 paper on vitamin-de- A GREAT scientists exclusively at Amer- blood groups that we have VISION SCIENTIST ficiency diseases where he SCIENTIST FOUNDER OF ican research institutions for essentially from birth. coined the term "vitamine" AND A UNICEF Professor Krzysztof Palcze- periods of three to six months. These designations were in- and later posited the exist- NOBLE MAN wski, an internationally re- troduced in 1928 as a result of Ludwik Witold Rajch- ence of four such materials nowned chemist, pharmacol- a discovery made by the Pole Rudolf Weigl (1883– man (1881–1965) was FIRST FACE (B1, B2, C and D). These mate- ogist and vision scientist, is Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884–1954). 1957) was a Polish biologist a Polish physician and bac- TRANSPLANT rials could help prevent diseas- particularly recognized as the He also introduced the Rh fac- and the inventor of the first teriologist. He is regarded as IN THE U.S. es like scurvy, beriberi and pel- first scientist to solve the crys- tor designation and discov- effective vaccine against ep- the founder of UNICEF and lagra. Funk also contributed to tal structure of rhodopsin, one Professor Maria Siemionow ered the causes for serologi- idemic typhus. His work con- served as its first Chairman the study of the hormones of of the prototypical G-protein gained recognition in December cal conflicts and the principles tributed to saving the lives of from 1946 to 1950. The United the pituitary and sex glands. Nations Children's Fund was coupled receptors (GPCRs). 2008, when she led a team of six of blood type hereditability. millions of people around the His contributions have been surgeons in a 22-hour surgery, Thanks to his achievements, world. He founded the Wei- created by the United Nations POLISH SCHOOL OF General Assembly to provide critical to our understand- performing the first face trans- world medicine is now able to gl Institute in Lviv, where he ing of the molecular basis of plant in the U.S. Doctor Siemi- carry out safe blood transfu- MEDICINE AT THE conducted vaccine research. emergency food and health- UNIVERSITY OF care to children and moth- age-related macular degener- onow graduated from Poznan sions and doctors around the There, during the Holocaust, ation and inherited retinal de- University of Medical Sciences. world have been able to save EDINBURGH he harboured Jews, thereby ers in countries that had been devastated by World War II. generation, illuminating the the lives of many newborns. In the dark days of 1941, when risking execution by the Ger- path toward the develop- Polish universities were de- mans. His vaccines were also ment of new vision therapies.

10 11 DEGREE PROGRAMMES MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN POLAND

MINIGUIDE Gdańsk IN ENGLISH

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Olsztyn ① Medical University of Bialystok ● ● 14 ⑩ ⑬ ② University–Collegium Medicum in ● ● ● ● 16

Bydgoszcz Bialystok ③ Medical University of Gdańsk ● ● ● 18 ② ① ④ Medical University of * ● ● ● ● ● 20

Poznan ⑤ Jan Kochanowski University School of Medicine in ● 22 Warszawa ⑪ ⑭ ⑥ Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow ** ● ● ● 24 Lodz ⑨ ⑦ Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University ● 26 ⑧ Medical University of Lublin ● ● 28 Wroclaw Kielce ⑧ ⑮ ⑤ ⑨ Medical University of Lodz ● ● ● 30 ⑩ University of Warmia and Mazury in , School of Medicine ● 32 ④ ⑪ Poznan University of Medical Sciences ● ● ● ● 34 Rzeszów Krakow ⑫ ⑫ University of Rzeszów, of Medicine ● 36 ⑥⑦ ⑬ Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin ● ● 38 There are 15 medical ⑭ Medical University of Warsaw 40 universities in Poland that ● ● ● offer degree programmes ⑮ Wroclaw Medical University ● ● 42 in English. In alphabetical order

↓ * More Programmes in English: Medical Biotechnology; Midwifery; Public Health. For more information, see pages 14–43 and visit the universities’ individual websites. ** Pharmacy: Drug Discovery and Development Programme

12 13 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PROFILE ● Number of English Division students: 400+ ● Number of scientific staff: 800+ Medical University of Bialystok (MUB) is a OF BIALYSTOK ● International students mainly come from: modern, dynamically developing university, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Germany, U.S. whose mission is to provide the best education to professional, responsible, modern medical TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR staff, to conduct research at the highest PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH international level and to implement innovative 11,000 EUR (Medicine) application solutions in cooperation with 7,500 EUR (Pharmacy) MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme providers of medical services and in response PHARMACY: 5,5-year Pharm. D. programme to social needs. MUB undertakes numerous ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS scientific initiatives of significant importance for NCFMEA, VA-U.S., EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, WHY MUB? the region and the country. WDMS ● Our diploma is recognized worldwide Currently, the strategic research projects are: ● Highly qualified and enthusiastic innovative cohort studies for the detection of teachers offer you an effective civilization diseases in the early stages of their system of theoretical and practical development and the creation of a reference training model for personalized diagnosis of tumors. ● The University’s hospitals and The University has a state-of-the-art research clinics offer excellent training and educational infrastructure, which includes, programmes and facilities for students in among others: modern University Clinical each specialty of medicine Hospitals, Euroregional Pharmacy Center, ● You can be part of a large and integrated Center for Experimental Medicine, Center for Clinical Research, Center for Bioinformatics and community of foreign and Polish students Data Analysis, Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Center for Medical Simulation. ADMISSIONS OFFICE OVERVIEW Medical University of Bialystok ● Established (English Division): 1950 (2004) English Division ● Type: Public Medical University 1 Jana Kilinskiego Street, 15-089 Bialystok ● Faculties: 3 Phone: +48 85 686 52 23 ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 15 (2) [email protected] ● Total number of students: 5,000+ www.umb.edu.pl/en

14 15 NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PROFILE TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR UNIVERSITY IN TORUŃ NCU Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz (NCU 45,500 PLN (Medicine) CM) was established in 1984 as the Ludwik 30,500 PLN (Physiotherapy) COLLEGIUM MEDICUM Rydygier Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz. 32,500 PLN (Nursing) Twenty years later, in 2004, it was incorporated 20,500 PLN (Laboratory Medicine) IN BYDGOSZCZ into the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and renamed as the Ludwik Rydygier Collegium ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS Medicum in Bydgoszcz. In 2012, the Centre for EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, NACNME, EAFP, Medical Education in English was established WDMS, IFMSA at NCU CM with the aim of providing student PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH services tailored to the needs of individuals MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme arriving from different countries. PHYSIOTHERAPY: 5-year M.Sc. NCU CM is looking for keen, involved young Physiotherapy programme people whose dream is to become medical LABORATORY MEDICINE: 5-year M.Sc. doctors as well as medical care providers. This Laboratory Medicine programme means that they should be characterised by a NURSING: 3-year B.Sc. Nursing programme genuine passion for medicine.

OVERVIEW WHY NCU CM? ● Established (English Division): 1984 (2009) ● We are the youngest and most dynamically ● Type: Public Medical University (Medical developing medical university in Poland School) ● Our three faculties – Medicine, Pharmacy ● Faculties: 3 ADMISSIONS OFFICE and Health Sciences – provide a broad range ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 18 (4) of programmes covering various areas of ● Total number of students: 6,300+ Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń medicine, all following the most recent ● Number of English Division students: 240+ Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz advancements in science ● Number of scientific staff: 1,350+ Centre for Medical Education in English ● We have established a strong brand in our ● International students mainly come from: al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 46 home country and are delighted to welcome Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, UK, 85-090 Bydgoszcz international students from all parts of the Spain, , Germany, U.S., Canada, Brazil, Phone +48 52 585 38 90 world Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Fax +48 52 585 39 50 Ethiopia, Pakistan, Afghanistan [email protected] www.study.cm.umk.pl

16 17 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY faculties: Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology. 44,000 PLN (Medicine) OF GDAŃSK International students constitute more than 15% 35,000 PLN (Pharmacy) of MUG students and represent more than a 23,000 PLN (Nursing) half of all international students in Gdańsk. 33,000 PLN (Premedical Course) MUG organizes a special week of introductory activities for first-year students. Our main ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH hospital – Invasive Medicine Centre (IMC) – is MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme one of the most modern hospitals in Europe. NCFMEA, MBC, MCI, TMC, EHEA, PKA, PHARMACY: 5,5-year Pharm. D. programme The new investment – Non-Invasive Medicine UKJKKL, WDMS, WFME, ARWU, USNWR NURSING: 3-year B.Sc. programme Centre – together with the IMC, will be one of Premedical Course (1-year) the largest and newest hospital complexes in Poland. We have also a modern Sports Centre. WHY MUG? Thanks to the funds provided to the MUG by the Foundation for Polish Science as part of ● We are the no. 1 in the International Research Agenda Programme, Poland and ranked 7th among Polish a research centre has been established that universities in general specialises in research on genetic aberrations ● We are ranked 2nd in Poland in terms acquired as a risk factor for cancer and other of research effectiveness and publications diseases. (Perspektywy Academic Ranking 2018) ● We are the most international university in OVERVIEW the Pomerania region ● We provide education in all medical ● Established (English Division): 1945 (2001) professions ● Type: Public Medical University ● We have a modern teaching and clinical ● Faculties: 4 infrastructure, including numerous ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 15 (3) simulation and multimedia labs ● Total number of students: 6,490+ ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● Number of English Division students: 935+ PROFILE ● Number of scientific staff: 1,051+ Medical University of Gdańsk ● International students mainly come from: al. Zwycięstwa 41-42, 80-210 Gdańsk Medical University of Gdansk (MUG) is the Sweden, Norway, India, Saudi Arabia, Phone/Fax: + 48 58 349 13 90 largest medical university in northern Poland. Canada, UK, U.S., Iraq, Germany, Spain [email protected] MUG educates more than 6000 students at four www.admission.mug.edu.pl

18 19 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY ● English language medical programmes TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR have been adjusted to U.S. medical 11,200 EUR (Medicine) OF SILESIA education requirements in order to facilitate 12,000 EUR (Dentistry) participation in residency programmes in 8,380 EUR (Pharmacy) (IN KATOWICE) North America 6,100 EUR (Medical Biotechnology) PROFILE 8,420 EUR (Nursing 1st degree) PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH 3,800 EUR (Nursing 2nd degree) Medical University of Silesia (MUS) has over 8,760 EUR (Midwifery 1st degree) MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme 70 years of tradition. Established in 1948, it is 4,000 EUR (Midwifery 2nd degree) (American and European) located in the Area in Poland. MUS 4,900 EUR (Physioteraphy 2nd degree) DENTISTRY: 5-year D.D.S. programme consists of five schools: School of Medicine 3,320 EUR (Public Health 1st degree) PHARMACY: 5,5-year master’s degree in Katowice and School of Medicine with 4,028 EUR (Public Health 2nd degree) programme the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, School 3,886 EUR (Dietetics 2nd degree) MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: 1st degree of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory NURSING: 1st and 2nd degree Medicine in , School of Health ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS MIDWIFERY: 1st and 2nd degree Sciences Medical University of Silesia in MBC, MBNY, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, WDMS, PHYSIOTERAPHY: 2nd degree Katowice, School of Public Health in . USNWR, ARWU PUBLIC HEALTH: 1st and 2nd degree Education is provided in 16 fields of studies. DIETETICS: 2nd degree MUS provides education to undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students. WHY MUS?

● Twice listed in the Academic OVERVIEW Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ● Established (English Division): 1948 (1996) ● Received the prestigious title HR Exellence in ● Type: Public Medical University Research ● Faculties: 5 ● Member of Magna Charta Observatory ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 16 (9) ● Participation in Oxford Summit of Liders ● Total number of students: 10,451 ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● We offer: well-equipped didactic base ● Number of English Division students: 511 (for example: modern Medical Simulations ● Number of scientific staff: 1,282+ Medical University of Silesia Centres), modern sports base, international ● International students mainly come 15 Poniatowskiego Street, 40-055 Katowice exchange programmes from: U.S., Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Phone: +48 32 208 36 72 ● Access to prestigious scientific journals UK, Germany, Spain, Nigeria, China, Israel, [email protected] and manuals Canada, Iran, Iraq www.sum.edu.pl/en

20 21 JAN KOCHANOWSKI PROFILE TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR UNIVERSITY IN KIELCE Jan Kochanowski University (JKU) in Kielce is 12,000 EUR (Medicine) one of twenty universities in Poland. Its origins SCHOOL date back to 1969, which marked the foundation ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS of the Kielce Academy of Teachers. The NCFMEA, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, WDMS, OF MEDICINE Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Jan FAIMER Kochanowski University invites international students to undertake medical studies in English. We are a fully independent scientific and educational centre with rich traditions, PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH dating back almost half a century. The education MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme of physicians at JKU draws on the tradition of medical training at Jagiellonian University WHY JKU-SM? Medical College - one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in Europe. The ● We are one of the most challenging and faculty offers impressive teaching and learning advanced medical faculties, striving to environment with up-to-date laboratories and provide excellent education in an an extensive range of clinical facilities, including exceptional way one of the best hospitals in Poland. Moreover, ● We give you opportunities to be engaged a high level of education is ensured by a highly not only inside but also outside of the skilled, committed and experienced staff. classroom, in highly specialized hospitals and medical centres OVERVIEW ● Our qualified staff will help you to become highly skilled and professional health-care ● Established (English Division): 1969 (2016) providers ● Type: ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● The faculty shares a passion for medical ● Faculties: 8 research and its work is internationally ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 45 (4) School of Medicine recognized for its impact on and ● Total number of students: 11,150+ Jan Kochanowski University contribution to science and medicine ● Number of English Division students: 60+ al. IX Wieków Kielc 19A, 25-317 Kielce ● Number of scientific staff: 890+ Phone: +48 41 349 69 73 International students mainly come from: [email protected] Norway, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Germany www.ujk.edu.pl/medicineschool

22 23 JAGIELLONIAN lecturers and visiting professors from the U.S. TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR and Canada and cooperates with institutions 14,000 EUR (Medicine) UNIVERSITY which play an important role in the American 11,000 EUR (Dentistry) and European educational systems. Graduates 7,000 USD (Drug Discovery and Development) MEDICAL COLLEGE complete their residencies and postgraduate training in university hospitals in various IN KRAKOW ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS countries such as the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, Norway, as well as Poland. NCFMEA, MBC, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, Drug Discovery and Development at the WDMS, USNWR, ARWU Faculty of Pharmacy is a programme focused PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH on all aspects of identifying and introducing new . Its mission is to deliver high- MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme level specialists equipped with a highly applied DENTISTRY: 5-year D.D.S. programme scientific basis for discovering and developing DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT: novel pharmacotherapeutics, combined with 2-year M.Sc. programme focused, real-life practical skills. This degree provides a solid grounding in pharmaceutical WHY JUMC? sciences, together with an opportunity to ● More than 650 years of experience in specialize in a particular drug discovery and teaching and research development area. ● Internationally recognized degrees ● Clinical training all over the world OVERVIEW ● Accreditation in U.S., Canada and EU ● Established (English Division): 1364 (1994) countries ● Type: Public Medical University ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● Faculties: 3 PROFILE ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 12 (3) Jagiellonian University Medical College Jagiellonian University Medical College is ● Total number of students: 6,500+ in Krakow School of Medicine in English the medical part of Poland’s oldest university ● Number of English Division students: 700+ 12 St Ann Street, 31-008 Krakow founded in 1364 and consists of three Faculties: ● Number of scientific staff: 1,550+ [email protected] Medicine, Pharmacy and Health Sciences. ● International students mainly come from: medschool.uj.edu.pl The School of Medicine in English has been a Norway, Canada, U.S., UK, Saudi Arabia, Faculty of Pharmacy part of the Faculty of Medicine of JU MC since India, Ukraine [email protected] 1994. It is composed of the most experienced JU ddd.farmacja.cm.uj.edu.pl

24 25 TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR ANDRZEJ FRYCZ with an unprecedented momentum. It is now a thriving and vibrant academic centre based in 12,000 EUR (Medicine) MODRZEWSKI KRAKOW the second largest city in Poland, Krakow, a city renowned for an exceptionally rich academic ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS UNIVERSITY tradition going back over 600 years. At six EHEA, PKA FACULTY OF MEDICINE faculties, we offer 21 fields of study to nearly 9,000 students. We have built our own state-of- the-art campus, which comprises the university administration, excellent teaching facilities, computer labs, cafeteria, shops, doctors’ office, PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH gym, library, student organisations, tv studio, art galleries, university hotel and more. The MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme remarkable progress that we have made can be clearly seen in the development of our academic WHY AFMKU? offer which took place over this short period of time since the establishment. ● Our studies are based on a worldwide educational experience and reflect modern OVERVIEW trends in the field of medicine ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● Early contact with the patients combined ● Established (English Division) 2000 (2015) with humanistic teaching ● Type: Non-public Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University ● Practical Training. The practical skills ● Faculties: 6 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences acquired during the six years will be tested in ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 21 (7) 1 Gustawa Herlinga-Grudzińskiego Street an OSCE practical examination ● Total number of students: nearly 9,000 30-705 Kraków ● The programme is student-friendly and at the ● Number of English Division students: 360+ Phone: +48 12 252 44 00 same time guarantees that the ● Number of scientific staff: 980+ [email protected] learning outcomes defined in the Standards ● International students mainly come from: international.ka.edu.pl for medical education are met Ukraine

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Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University (AFMKU) is a full-fledged, accredited, non-public higher education institution which is developing

26 27 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY independent Medical Academy. Throughout the * first, fifth and sixth year of study in China at years, new areas of research and education, such Wenzhou Medical University OF LUBLIN as nursing, pharmacy and dentistry, were added. ** first, second and third year of study in United Arab Emirates at Gulf Medical University The year 2001 saw the foundation of the English Language Division, which offers education in ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS Medicine in English to students from all over the world. In 2008, the Medical Academy was NCFMEA, MBC, MCI, TMC, NYSED, EHEA, PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH transformed into a university, assuming the PKA, UKJKKL, WDMS MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme name of the Medical University of Lublin. DENTISTRY: 5-year D.D.S. programme OVERVIEW

WHY MUL? ● Established (English Division): 1950 (2001) ● Long history of conducting medical studies ● Type: Public Medical University in Poland and almost 25 years of experience ● Faculties: 4 in teaching foreign students ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 15 (2) ● Over 1,300 English Division graduates from ● Total number of students: 6,700+ 60 countries ● Number of English Division students: 1,200+ ● We offer: highly qualified staff, clinical ● Number of scientific staff: 1,300+ rotations in the US at affiliated hospitals, ● International students mainly come from: Centre of Medical Simulation and Student Taiwan, U.S., Norway, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Support Canada, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK, Germany ● MUL students have the opportunity to gain education at affiliated clinical sites TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR outside of Poland, among others in the 11,500 EUR (Medicine - International Programme) U.S. 12,400 EUR (Medicine - Asian Programme) 14,000 USD (Medicine - Indian Programme) ADMISSIONS OFFICE PROFILE 20,475 USD (Medicine - Middle East Programme) 24,886 USD (Medicine - American Programme) Medical University of Lublin The history of the Medical University of Lublin 10,832 EUR (Medicine - Huatuo Programme 19 Witolda Chodźki Street, 20-093 Lublin goes back to 1944, when the Faculty of Medicine - dual degree) * Phone: +48 81 448 63 10 was included as part of the newly founded 16,500 USD (Medicine - Collaborative Medical Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. In 1950, Degree Programme - dual degree) ** Fax: +48 81 448 63 11 the Faculty separated from MCSU to form the 13,600 EUR (Dentistry - Asian Programme) [email protected] 12,500 EUR (Dentistry - International Programme) www.umlub.pl/en

28 29 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PROFILE OF LODZ The Medical University of Lodz (MUL) is one of the largest medical universities in Poland, its traditions going back to the 1940s. The MUL, itself established in 2002, inherits the achievements of two great medical schools PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH existing previously in Lodz – the Medical Academy of Lodz and the Military Medical MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme Academy. Therefore, it is rooted in the tradition MEDICINE: M.D. Advanced programme of Polish and European medicine as well as DENTISTRY: 5-year D.M.D. programme aligned with global strategies and priorities NURSING: 3-year B.Sc. programme in healthcare education. We educate future PREMEDICAL COURSE: 8-month preparatory doctors and specialists in medical sciences and course medicine-related fields. Presently, over 850 foreign students from various countries attend WHY MUL? medical and dental programmes taught entirely ● The MUL is one of the largest medical in English. Our Dentistry Teaching Centre and universities in Poland the newly opened Medical Simulation Center ● The programmes are taught entirely implement world-level educational standards in English and are highly comprehensive, and represent the highest level of innovation in which makes them internationally accepted medical education. ● Multicultural environment – students from TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR 65 different countries OVERVIEW 11,200 EUR (Medicine) ● Clinical Activity is conducted in three ● Established (Studies in English): 1945 (2003) 13,200 EUR (Medicine - Advanced programme) Teaching University Hospitals with ● Type: Public Medical University 13,200 EUR (Dentistry) 1,550 beds ● Faculties: 5 15,400 EUR (Dentistry - "Taiwanese" pathway) ● MUL, as a Partner of EIT Health, is active ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 15 (5) ADMISSIONS OFFICE 5,700 EUR (Nursing) in one of the largest healthcare initiatives ● Total number of students: 9,500+ worldwide ● Number of international students: 850+ Medical University of Lodz ● Number of scientific staff: 1,600+ ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS 1 Hallera Square, 90-647 Lodz ● International students mainly come from: NCFMEA, MCI, MMC, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, Phone: +48 42 272 50 55/54/52 Norway, Germany, UK, U.S., Saudi Arabia, WDMS/IMED, USNWR, ARWU Malaysia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Spain, Sweden, [email protected] Canada, Taiwan, India, Ukraine www.studymed.umed.pl

30 31 UNIVERSITY PROFILE Portugal, Kenya, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn OF WARMIA AND Bangladesh, Middle Eastern countries (UWM) was founded on 1 September 1999. The MAZURY establishment resulted from the merging of TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR three institutions of higher education in Olsztyn, IN OLSZTYN i.e. the Academy of Agriculture and Technology, 48,000 PLN (Medicine) the Higher School of Pedagogy, and Warmian SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Theological Institute. ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS Over the years, UWM’s offer expanded into NCFMEA, MCI, TMC, UAEMoE, EHEA, PKA, new branches of study, and consequently, COLLEGIUM MEDICUM UKJKKL, WDMS new faculties were established. The Faculty UWM of Medical Sciences of the UMW (since 1 September 2017 - School of Medicine Collegium Medicum UMW) was established on 17 July 2007. On 1 September 2017, the Faculty of Medical Sciences was divided into two faculties: PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Health Sciences. Students of the medicine MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme programme continue their education at the School of Medicine. WHY UWM-SM?

● The most beautiful university campus OVERVIEW in Poland and one of the most beautiful ● Established (English Division): 2007 (2010) ADMISSIONS OFFICE campuses in Europe ● Type: Public University (School of Medicine) ● A place of countless possibilities: a great ● Faculties: 1 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn place to study, develop passions and relax, ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 2 (1) School of Medicine Collegium Medicum UWM various students’ associations ● Total number of students: 740 al. Warszawska 30, 10-082 Olsztyn ● UWM has already been awarded the title ● Number of English Division students: 250 Phone: +48 89 524 64 00 of a student-friendly university twice by ● Number of scientific staff: 196 Phone: +48 89 524 52 95 the Student Parliament of the Republic of ● International students mainly come from: Fax: +48 89 524 55 22 Poland Scandinavian countries, U.S., Canada, [email protected] ● Small teaching groups United Kingdom, Ireland, , Germany, wl.uwm.edu.pl/en ● Newly opened Center for Medical Simulation

32 33 POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PROFILE TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL SCIENCES We have been educating medical professionals, 59,800 PLN (Medicine – undergraduate-entry) conducting research and providing the local 65,800 PLN (Medicine – graduate-entry) community with quality health services for 100 63,880 PLN (Dentistry) years now. Located in the city of Poznan and 69,680 PLN (Dentistry "Taiwanese" curricular rooted in Polish tradition, the University has pathway) 38,000 PLN (Pharmacy) developed a network of international science PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH 44,500 PLN (Physiotherapy) and business partnerships throughout the MEDICINE: M.D. programme (undergraduate- century. We were the first School in Poland to ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS entry and graduate-entry pathways) offer full-time studies in English in 1993. DENTISTRY: 5-year D.D.S. Since then, over 2000 international alumni of NCFMEA, MBC, MCI, TMC, SAMoE, EHEA, PHARMACY: 6-year Pharm.D. (EU: M.Sc.) PUMS have started their professional careers PKA, UKJKKL, WDMS, USNWR, VSLO, PHYSIOTHERAPY: 5-year M.Sc. Physiotherapy on all continents. Many of them have come to KAPLAN, NBME, AMEE, ADEE, ENPHE, TDC, serve on boards of professional and scientific Jordan MoHE, US FAFSA, Sallie Mae, OSAP, WHY PUMS? associations, have been invited to serve as Lånekassen, CSN, BAföG ● Reputable public university with 100 years of advisors to the WHO and IAEA, and have tradition become outstanding clinical specialists and ● High success rate in alumni professional heads of hospital departments in Europe, North licensing exams and employability America, Asia, and elsewhere. ● Hands-on approach, contact with patients and intensive clinical immersion OVERVIEW ● Kaplan Basic Science Prep Course ● Established (English Division): 1920 (1993) ● NBME exams ● Type: Public Medical University ● Free of charge counseling and psychological ● Faculties: 4 ADMISSIONS OFFICE services ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 27 (4) ● Sizeable, diverse and active international ● Total number of students: 7,000+ Poznan University of Medical Sciences community ● Number of English Division students: 1,000 Admissions Office for English Language ● Curriculum tailored to the needs of ● Number of scientific staff: 1,500+ Programmes international students ● International students mainly come from: 41 Jackowskiego Street, 60-512 Poznan ● OSCE-type exams and mock licensing exams Taiwan, U.S., Canada, UK, Thailand, India, ● Voluntary clinical and research opportunities Germany, Sweden, Israel, Ireland, Lebanon Phone: +48 618 547 220 ● Student accommodation with reliable [email protected] Residential Advisors pums.ump.edu.pl

34 35 UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW PROFILE ● Programs (Programs in English): 53 (1) ● Total number of students: 17,000+ The Faculty of Medicine began to function as an FACULTY OF MEDICINE ● Number of English Division students: 18 independent unit of the University of Rzeszów ● Number of scientific staff: 1,300+ in 2005 as the Faculty of Health Sciences but ● International students mainly come from: received to its current name in 2006. The English Germany Division of Medicine follows in the tradition PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH of our established medical school for Polish TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR students, being taught in modern classrooms MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme and laboratories by experienced medical 12,000 EUR (Medicine) staff. This programme is offered to qualified WHY UR? international high school graduates who have ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS demonstrated excellence in biological and ● Medical studies at the UR Faculty of NCFMEA, MBC, EHEA, PKA, WDMS Medicine are an excellent choice physical sciences and are capable of undergoing for extraordinary people that are hard- preclinical and clinical medical training in spoken working and committed to the completion and written English. of a rigorous course of study leading to the degree of M.D. This program of study stands The Faculty of Medicine English Division apart from others as few medical faculties programme of study is based on the 6-year in Poland offer the possibility of such European M.D. programme consisting of thorough education preclinical and clinical coursework and practice ● We provide modern teaching and training in English. Preclinical and clinical instruction in infrastructures for medical studies including anatomy, histology and embryology are held laboratories, diagnostic equipment, and in the new Morphological Science building. clinical hospitals Students are also instructed at the Clinical ● Our students obtain qualifications that Provincial Hospital No. 1 and Clinical Provincial enable them to provide medical services, Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszów and in several other ADMISSIONS OFFICE diagnose diseases, prevent and treat disease, local and international hospitals. and rehabilitate patients - both in theory University of Rzeszów and through practical skills OVERVIEW Faculty of Medicine, English Division ● Established (English Division): 2001 (2018) 2a Kopisto Street, 35-959 Rzeszów ● Type: Public University (Faculty of Medicine) Phone: +48 17 851 6828 ● Faculties: 11 [email protected] www.ur.edu.pl/en

36 37 POMERANIAN PROFILE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin is a public university with a full-time, intramural IN SZCZECIN system of study. The level of qualification held: master’s degree programme; diploma of higher education; long cycle programme. The PMU PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH cooperates with many other medical schools, hospitals and clinics in Europe. The PMU Library MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. English Programme offers the students free access to world-leading MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. Asklepios Programme medical and multidisciplinary databases and DENTISTRY: 5-year D.M.D. English Programme services. The PMU offers not only excellent training for future doctors or dentists, but also WHY PMU? a fantastic opportunity to live and work in a diverse environment where one can learn a new ● High quality of teaching and 20 years of language, understand another culture and even experience in the English Programme observe different scientific approaches and ● Instruction in small groups, in both techniques. pre-clinical and clinical courses Modern and well-equipped library, ● OVERVIEW laboratories, hospitals and clinics ● Well-developed and integrated community ● Established (English Programme): 1948 (1996) TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR of foreign students ● Type: Public Medical University ● Faculties: 4 10,500 EUR (Medicine) ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 14 (3) 13,800 EUR (Medicine - Asklepios Programme) ● Total number of students: 4,300+ 10,500 EUR (Dentistry) ● Number of English Programme students: 650+ ● Number of scientific staff: 700+ ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS ● International students mainly come from: ADMISSIONS OFFICE Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Faroe Islands, NCFMEA, MBC, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, WDMS Finland, Germany Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin 1 Rybacka Street, 70-204 Szczecin Phone: +48 91 480 08 10 [email protected] | www.pum.edu.pl/ep

38 39 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PROFILE TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF WARSAW The Medical University of Warsaw (MUW) is not 12,700 EUR (Medicine) only the largest medical university in Poland but 15,200 EUR (Dentistry) also a top ranking modern institution with up- 9,500 EUR (Pharmacy) to-date and cutting-edge medical and research equipment and many new buildings. Its history ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS dates back to 1809; it has provided education PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH NCFMEA, MBC, AAMC, MMC, TMC, EHEA, and training in medicine and pharmacy at both PKA, UKJKKL, GHLO, WDMS, USNWR, ED, MEDICINE: 6-year M.D. programme undergraduate and postgraduate levels for AMBA, HR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH DENTISTRY: 5-year D.M.D. programme over 200 years. MUW’s programmes meet the PHARMACY: 5,5-year Pharm.D. programme highest international standards of university- level education and are based on the principles WHY MUW? of good clinical and pharmaceutical practice. ● Top ranking medical university in Poland The academic staff at MUW have gained with over 200 years of tradition in teaching national and international reputations for medicine their contributions in scientific research and ● Degrees recognized in the U.S., Canada, the medical practice. MUW provides specialist EU and most other countries and accredited tertiary referral and general services, as well as by medical boards of U.S., California, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in its Malaysia and Thailand six teaching hospitals. ● Practical medical training at six university clinical hospitals, a Medical Simulation OVERVIEW

Center and other affiliated hospitals across ● Established (English Division): 1809 (1993) ADMISSIONS OFFICE Warsaw ● Type: Public Medical University ● Over 700 international students from more ● Faculties: 6 Medical University of Warsaw than 50 countries ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 15 (3) 61 Żwirki i Wigury Street, 02-091 Warsaw ● Total number of students: 9,000+ Phone: +48 22 572 05 02 (Medicine) ● Number of English Division students: 700+ Phone: +48 22 572 02 51 (Dentistry) ● Number of scientific staff: 1,600+ Phone: +48 22 572 07 87 (Pharmacy) ● International students mainly come from: [email protected] (Medicine) Canada, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, [email protected] (Dentistry) Saudi Arabia, Sweden, UK and U.S. [email protected] (Pharmacy) www.wum.edu.pl/en

40 41 WROCLAW MEDICAL PROFILE TUITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR UNIVERSITY Wroclaw Medical University (WMU) is a 50,000 PLN (Medicine) thriving clinical and educational centre. WMU 59,000 PLN (Dentistry) Clinical Hospital is one of the biggest and most advanced in Poland. In 2012, our doctors ACCREDITATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS were the first in the world to conduct a spinal NCFMEA, TMC, EHEA, PKA, UKJKKL, cord regeneration operation, which enabled a PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH WDMS, WFME, ECFMG/FAIMER, ARWU, paralysed patient to walk again. Our students USNWR MEDICINE: 6-year D.M. programme can train their abilities in highly specialised DENTISTRY: 5-year D.D.S. programme laboratories and the Medical Simulation Centre, which allows them to perform even the most WHY WMU? complex medical procedures on high tech ● The studies at WMU are adapted to the simulators faithfully mimicking real-life patients common European programme, in keeping and situations. Another argument to study in with the European admission standards for Wroclaw is the city itself. Called “The Venice medical education of the North” thanks to its 12 islands and 130 ● Teaching is carried out by a team of highly bridges over the Odra River, it offers students educated specialists not only educational opportunities, but also a ● The MWU also performs a wide range of chance to live in a historical yet modern city full scientific activities and provides the whole of music and art, with rampant nightlife and vast region of Lower Silesia with highly specialised job opportunities. medical care OVERVIEW

● Established (English Division): 1946 (2003) ● Type: Public Medical University ● Faculties: 3 ADMISSIONS OFFICE ● Programmes (Programmes in English): 10 (2) ● Total number of students: 6,000+ Wroclaw Medical University English Division ● Number of English Division students: 830+ 6a Chalubinskiego Street, 50-368 Wroclaw ● Number of scientific staff: 1,000+ Phone: +48 71 784 17 26 ● International students mainly come from: Fax: +48 71 784 16 76 Germany, Sweden, Canada, U.S., Norway [email protected] www.ed.umed.wroc.pl

42 43 The Conference of Rectors of University ABBREVIATIONS ACCREDITATION Medical Schools (KRAUM) Accreditation ↓ Abbreviations used in the university profiles (see: Miniguide pp. 14-43) & QUALITY ASSURANCE The University Commission for the Quality of Medical Education (UKJKKL) is a EHEA European Higher Education Area PKA Polish Accreditation Committee body of the community of medical universities, Higher education in Poland is regulated by All medical schools in Poland are subject UKJKKL University Commission for the Quality of established by the Conference of Rectors Medical Education (Poland) the state. An ongoing evaluation process to obligatory PKA accreditation. of University Medical Schools (KRAUM), NACNME National Accreditation Commission for ensures that all programmes are of high whose aim is to ensure the highest quality of Nursing and Midwifery Education quality. (KRASzPiP) education, considering the applicable Polish The Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) NCFMEA National Committee on Foreign Medical law as well as international standards and Education and Accreditation (U.S.) Polish medical universities enjoy a high degree is an independent institution dedicated to recommendations. The Commission operates MBC Medical Board of California of autonomy but are required to follow national quality assurance and enhancement of higher based on the Higher Education Law Act and MBNY Medical Board of New York regulations in terms of teacher qualifications, education in Poland. The primary objectives of on the applicable regulations issued by the AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges degree structures and examination processes. NYSED New York State Education Department the Committee’s operations are to ensure that Minister of Health and the Minister of Science higher education quality standards following VA-U.S. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Higher Education, aiming to cooperate with TMC Medical Council of Thailand All medical universities have been evaluated the best models adopted in European and other institutions dealing with the assessment MCI Medical Council of India by prestigious independent institutions such global education systems are observed well as of the quality of teaching and accreditation. MMC Malaysian Medical Council as the PKA (Polish Accreditation Committee), SAMoE Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi to provide support for public and non-public The National Committee on Foreign Medical which is a member of the European Association higher education institutions in the process of Arabia Education and Accreditation (U.S.) approves of UAEMoE Ministry of Education, United Arab for Quality Assurance in Higher Education enhancing the quality of education and building the accreditation system used by the UKJKKL Emirates (ENQA) and the International Network a quality culture. These actions aim to ensure as comparable with the system used in the U.S. ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher that the graduates of Polish higher education USNWR U.S. News & World Report Ranking Education (INQAAHE). institutions find themselves at the very top on www.ukjkkl.edu.pl GHLO Global Health Learning the domestic and international labour markets, Opportunities programme WDMS World Directory of Medical Schools This ensures that all students obtain education and to boost the competitiveness of Polish HEIs WFME World Federation for Medical Education of high international quality. Furthermore, as European-class institutions. ECFMG Educational Commission for Foreign many medical universities in Poland have been Since 2009, the Committee has held the status Medical Graduates granted international accreditation for their of full member in the European Association for FAIMER Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and programmes. Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). Research www.pka.edu.pl IMED International Medical Education Directory

44 45 Standards and Guidelines for Quality World Directory Assurance in the European Higher of Medical Schools Education Area (EHEA) (WDMS)

Programmes provided by the medical Polish medical schools are widely recognized The European Higher Polish Accreditation University Commission universities in Poland are compliant with higher around the world. Many of the medical Education Area(EHEA) Committee (PKA) for the Quality of Medical education requirements and standards of universities in Poland are listed in the World www.ehea.info www.pka.edu.pl Education, Poland(UKJKKL) the European Union. The first Standards and Directory of Medical Schools (WDMS), which www.ukjkkl.edu.pl Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European provides information about international Higher Education Area (ESG) were adopted by medical schools that are recognized by the the Ministers responsible for higher education appropriate government agencies in the in 2005, following a proposal from the countries in which they are located. In Poland, European Association for Quality Assurance these are the Ministry of Health and the in Higher Education (ENQA) in cooperation Ministry of Science and Higher Education. with the European Students’ Union (ESU), the The World Directory of Medical Schools has been European Association of Institutions in Higher developed through a partnership between National Committee on Medical Board of Association of American Education (EURASHE), and the European the World Federation for Medical Education Foreign Medical Education California (MBC) Medical Colleges (AAMC) University Association (EUA). The revised (WFME) and the Foundation for Advancement and Accreditation(NCFMEA) www.mbc.ca.gov www.aamc.org version of the Standards, commonly known of International Medical Education and Research sites.ed.gov/ncfmea as ESG 2015, was adopted by the Ministers (FAIMER). The World Directory provides a responsible for higher education in the comprehensive compilation of the information European Higher Education Area in May 2015. previously contained in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) and Avicenna www.ehea.info directories. www.wdoms.org

Medical Council of Thailand Medical Council of India Malaysian Medical (TMC) (MCI) Council (MMC) www.tmc.or.th www.mciindia.org www.mmc.gov.my

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