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In a lot of countries you need high grades to enter an education of medical studies. If you don’t reach up to those criteria of high grades, or if you just want to have an experience of studying abroad, there is another option for you - medical studies in Poland.
Why study medicine in Poland?
- SECURED place at University. As long as you pass the required examinations,
the University will GUARANTEE you a PLACE throughout your entire study period. This kind of security is not offered by all countries.
- Individual teaching. Your class will be divided into groups of 12–15 students
during studies in theoretical subjects, and further divided into groups of 4–6 when the clinical practices start.
- Experience in an English teaching program.
- Modern, fully equipped clinics and laboratories.
- Up-to-date knowledge of a highly qualified medical teaching staff.
Before starting the studies
Admission requirements The candidates who will be accepted in Poland must have graduated from the Secondary School or College and obtained certificates at sufficiently high standard in
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Mathematics
English
Good knowledge of both written and spoken English is a prerequisite for admission.
You should always contact the university you want to study at to get more information about admission requirements.
Application
You can get all the information you need about application forms, dates and what documents to submit from the university you want to apply to. All the submitted documents should be originals or certified copies (i.e. originally sealed and signed by the eligible institution/person). If the documents are not written in English, they must be accompanied by translations (into English or Polish) certified by an approved institution (e.g. the issuing body or a sworn translator).
 It is good to apply in good time before the application date. The application date is usually long before the start of the semester. Make sure that you complete your application correct, otherwise you risk to be removed directly. Read more on www.amb.edu.pl/en
Visa requirement
Students from European Union countries do not need a visa to study in Poland. Students from outside the European Union need to apply for a student visa before entering Poland. Contact a Polish consulate or embassy in your country for complete details of the application procedure.
All students have to legalize their stay in Poland by applying for a temporary residence permit. This has to be done a short time after arrival in Poland. The Universities will help you within the application procedures. A temporary residence permit entitles you to stay and work in Poland. Read more on www.jedlinski.com.
Medical studies in Poland
Curriculum Outline
The education is 7,5 years. You study 6 years in Poland at the university and after that is the pre-registration period as house officer. You can choose to do your pre-registration period as house officer in your native country. More information about that under “Pre-registration period as house officer”.
Syllabus
The Medical University programme consists of six successive academic years of medical, preclinical and clinical studies and is adapted to the common European programme, in keeping with the European admission standards for medical education. Applicants are expected to have excelled in basic science courses in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and English. The academic year formally starts on the 1st of October and is divided into two five-month terms (semesters), including examination sessions. The student must successfully complete all of the course work of one academic year, before being approved for promotion to the next year.
Part I of the study, the preclinical (or theoretical) two years at the Medical School, is devoted to the following subjects: medical chemistry (inorganic and organic), biophysics, biology, anatomy, histology, embryology, genetics, immunology, cytophysiology, biochemistry, computing techniques, physiology, Latin, physical education, first aid and resuscitation. Foreign students must take a course in the Polish language during these two years in order to be able to communicate with the patients from the third year onwards.
 Part II of the study, the clinical four years, starts in the third year with pathology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, microbiology, history of medicine and introduction to medicine, paediatrics and surgery. The whole medical spectrum of clinical sciences will be covered by the end of the sixth year, which includes: internal medicine, general surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology and obstetrics, neurology, dermatology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, radiology, otorhinolaryngology, urology, pulmonology, rheumatology, forensic medicine, public health medicine, anaesthesiology, medical ethics and psychology. After successfully completing all work required during these six years, and after having passed all the prescribed examinations, the student will receive M.D. (the Medical Doctor) Diploma. Read more on www.jedlinski.com.
The classes
The classes consist both of lectures and practical teaching. You have to be prepared to study a lot outside the classes. The studies will not be a problem if you have a big interest for medicine, are motivated and have good self-discipline. Both the literature and the classes are in English. That can seem difficult for some students but you get used to it very fast.
Practical training during the summer
All the Polish universities require that you do practical training in the health care sector at least four weeks during every summer. You can choose to do this practical training in your native country, which is very common if you are an international student. You are responsible to find your own place of practical training and sometimes the practical training is unpaid.
The different universities have their own requirements for the practical training when it comes to working tasks. You need to fulfill the university’s requirements to be able to credit it into your education. It can sometimes be difficult to find a place of practical training that fulfills all the requirements. Be sure to ask your university what requirements they have. To help the students, most of the universities offer the possibility to complement the practical training by letting the student work one or two weeks in a Polish hospital.
 Pre-registration period as house officer
You can choose to do your pre-registration period as house officer in Poland or in your native country. A lot of international students choose to do it in their native country. You are responsible to find your own place for your pre-registration period as house officer.
Is the education valid in the native country?
The Medical Universities in Poland are adapted to the common European programme, in keeping with the European admission standards for medical education. Inside Europe that education is going to be valid as if it was from your native country.
If your are from a country outside Europe, contact a medical school in your native country and ask how it works.
Accommodation
The accommodation is of course important when you are planning to study abroad. Most of the universities in Poland offer accommodation in their own student housing. As soon as you are accepted by the school you get a room in their student housing. Some of the students choose to have this as their permanent home, but most of the students live here the first time to get used to the country, the school and the student life and then they move to a private apartment. The standard of the student housing vary a lot from university to university but generally a private apartment has higher standard than the student housing. Most of the universities can help you to find a private apartment.
Outside school
Most of the universities have student organisations. The organisations arrange various activities for the members. A lot of student organisations have their own webpage where you can find a schedule for planned activities.
Costs
The private universities have more places to offer and therefore more humane admission requirements. All the teaching at these universities is in English. The private programmes cost more money than the public universities. At the private programmes you pay a tuition that can vary from university to university but normally it is between 9 000 and 100 000 Euros per year.
As a European Union citizen you have the right to apply to the public programmes in Poland which are free. If you apply to those universities you have to compete with the Polish students and the admission requirements are a lot higher, and all the teaching is in Polish.
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