If you already plan to apply for medical or dentistry studies in Europe, it is vital to know the deadlines for application. While some schools require only online registration and payment of the application fee, other schools do ask for complete documents including the nostrification, original documents, etc. You can check the deadline below and the estimated time needed for the completion of the application. You can also find the list of entrance exams organized either by the faculties or in cooperation with their agencies.
Update (20.8.2024): currently, you can apply with my assistance to the following medical universities:
- Medical university in Ostrava (Czechia) – entrance exam will take place on 30th of September, application deadline is 14 days before the test. The test will take place in Ostava and is offered only to citizens of EU and EEA countries
- Medical University in Kosice, UPJS (Slovakia): there is confirmed entrance exam in Warsaw on the 31st of August 2024 and probably one more exam in Budapest / Vienna in September. Start of classes are in 3rd week of October.
- Medical University in Kosice (UPJS) – branch in Prague (Czechia): the university opens new branch in Prague in academic year 2024/2025. The students accepted to UPJS can decide whether they wish to study in Kosice or in Prague. The tuition fees is 17000€, there will be 4 dates in September for potential applicants. Start of classes will be in October.
- Medical University of Pleven (Bulgaria): application deadline is the 1st of October, it is required to submit all required documents before the entrance exams that takes place in October, November and December. Start of classes is planed from February 2025.
- Medical University in Riga – Riga Stradins University (Latvia) – the university has February intake, application deadline is End of November. Classes will start in February.
Slovakia
Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavel Jozef Safarik – as official representatives, we do offer preparatory courses in the English language for applicants for UPJS in Kosice. The course will contain tailored tutoring of biology and chemistry under the supervision of experienced lectors. The course is organized in collaboration with www.namedicinu.sk – please contact us for more information.
The faculty of medicine in Kosice and agency Medhead.eu offer the following dates for entrance exams:
- 19th of June 2024 in Košice (deadline for registration 12th of June 2024)
- 14th of August in Košice (deadline for registration 7th of August 2024)
- 24th of August in Krakow, Poland (deadline for registration 17th of August 2024)
- 31st of August in Warsaw, Poland (deadline for registration 24th of August 2024)
- 7th of September in Budapest, Hungary (deadline for registration 31st of August 2024)
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University – as official representatives, we offer preparatory courses for applicants for Jessenius Faculty in Martin. The course is prepared with experienced lectors from www.namedicinu.sk and offers high-quality classes in biology and chemistry. If you are interested for more details, please contact us.
The Jessenius faculty organizes entrance exams in the online form on the following dates:
- 21st of March 2024 (deadline for registration is 7th of March 2024)
- 12th of July 2024 (deadline for registration is 1st of July 2024)
- 10th of August 2024 (deadline for registration is the 1st of August 2024)
Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University – the faculty offers preparatory courses in Chemistry and Biology starting from the 18th of May 2024. Medhead.eu became the official representative of the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava from January 2024.
The faculty offers the following dates for the program of General medicine:
- 19th of March 2024 – The registration deadline is the 12th of February 2024
- 25th of June 2024 – The registration deadline is the 13th of May 2024
- 13th of August 2024 – registration deadline is 22nd of July 2024
The following dates are offered for the program Dental medicine:
- 20th of March 2024 – The registration deadline is the 12th of February 2024
- 26th of June 2024 – The registration deadline is the 13th of May 2024
- 14th of August 2024 – registration deadline is the 22th of July 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University – information about admission dates for 2024/2025 is not published yet.
The Czech Republic
the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University – The deadline for both General medicine and Dental medicine is on 30th of April 2024 (on-site entrance exams are expected to take place on the week between June 3 and June 7, 2024 and the week between June 17 and June 21, 2024- the oral part will then take part 3 days after the exam). The whole application procedure is online and will take several hours to complete. There are total of 800 students from 50 countries studying in English programs.
Source: https://en.lf1.cuni.cz/admission-process-2024-2025
the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University – application deadline is on the 30th of April 2024 with 2 entrance exams organised on 29 May 2024 and 25 June 2024 (collaborating agencies organise entrance exams around the globe as well). The application is online and will take a few hours to complete. There are 90 seats offered for international students.
Source: https://www.lf2.cuni.cz/en/applicants/how-to-apply/apply-electronically
the 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University – the latest deadline for submission of the documents is on 30th of April 2024. The entrance exam will be online and has 2 parts: multiple-choice test from biology, chemistry, mathematics, or physics and an oral part. The faculty offers maximum 65 places for students of General medicine admitted based on the entrance exam and 25 seats for students admitted without entrance exam. The majority of the exams abroad are organized in cooperation with local agencies. The latest possible date to enroll is October 20th, 2024.
You can check the exact dates on the 3rd faculty of Medicine website.
the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University – Latest date for submission of the application is on the 30th of April 2024. The application procedure might take maximum few hours. University offers 105 places in General medicine. There will be entrance exam on 14th of May 2024 and one more specified later. Entrance exams are held in Hradec Kralove and various destinations – you can check the Hradec Kralove faculty website for exact timings.
the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University – the faculty offers both General medicine and Dental medicine course. The whole application procedure is online and applicants must only submit the required documents and pay the application fee (remaining documents must be submitted only after successful passing of the entrance exam). The deadline for application is the end of April 2024. There are 150 places for General medicine and 30 places for Dental medicine program. Students can attend the entrance exam either or as per the dates provided by cooperating agencies. The entrance exam consists of a written multiple-choice test from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, an interview & personal statement.
Source: https://lfp.cuni.cz/sekce/133-how-to-apply-as-a-regular-student.html
Faculty of Medicine in Brno, Masaryk University – The Faculty offers both General and Dental medicine courses. Online application for general medicine and dental medicine is open until 31.7.2024 and the application should attach all documents online (including secondary school leaving documents). You need to register at least 2 weeks before the entrance exam in order to sit the entrance exam either in Brno or in cooperation with partners of the Faculty of Medicine in Brno.
Source: https://www.med.muni.cz/en/applicants/general-medicine
Faculty of Medicine in Olomouc, Palacky University – the faculty accepts students for general medicine (max 80 students), respectively dentistry (max 20 students). The application should be submitted minimum 2 weeks before the entrance exam you wish to sit, but the final deadline for registration is on 31st of July 2024. Exams are organised both online and offline from January to July. You can check the timings after clicking more in part Entrance examination on the Olomouc faculty of medicine website.
Hungary
The University of Debrecen – the application deadline is the end of the 15th of June 2024, the faculty offers programs in General medicine and Dental medicine. The application procedure is online, 2 weeks should be satisfactory to get all the documents. The faculty organizes plenty of entrance exams in cooperation with their partners, you can find the timing on the University of Debrecen website. Source: https://edu.unideb.hu/p/application-procedure
The University of Szeged – the entrance exam will be organized online either by the faculty of medicine (General medicine in English) or Faculty of dentistry (Dental medicine in English) or in cooperation with agencies. The registration deadline is the 9th of July 2024 for the exam of the 16th to 18th of July 2024. You can check the dates on the University of Szeged website. The registration procedure is fast as the whole operation is conducted online, applicants have 2 chances to sit the entrance exam.
The University of Pecs – the university offers programs in General medicine (180 seats) and Dental medicine (60 seats, 5 years duration). The application deadline is 30th of June 2024. Entrance exams are organized in cooperation with agencies in the whole world – you can check faculty bulettin for more details: https://admissions.medschool.pte.hu/admission-and-academic-bulletin
Semmelweis University – university is offering programs in General medicine and dental medicine (but also plenty of related healthcare programs such as midwifery, nursing, dietetics, physiotherapy, or optometry). The deadline for application is on the 31st of May 2024. Applicant must register at least 2 weeks before the exam. Documents for registration need to be uploaded online, it will take a maximum of 10 days to arrange documents.
Source: https://semmelweis.hu/admission/programs/medicine/
Poland
The University of Gdansk – For the 6-year M.D. program (English division), the admission for Fall 2024 will open on March 15th 2024 and the deadline for applying is July 15th 2024.
Source: https://admission.mug.edu.pl/1453.html
Medical University in Warsaw – The Online Recruitment System (ORS) is the only way to register and apply to the Medical University of Warsaw 6-year MD Program in English. You will need to fill in the ORS application with information and documents throughout the application process. The last day to register online is June 28th 2024. Source: https://ed.wum.edu.pl/home/candidates/
Jagiellonian University in Krakow – the application period will be open until the 8th of May 2024. The application procedure is fully online and application fee is 100PLN. Source: https://welcome.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/admission/schedule
The Medical University of Lodz – The admission starts on April 1st 2024 and the application deadline is August 13th 2024. Source: https://studymed.umed.pl/admission/application-calendar/?_gl=1*1de9pmd*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_-GxBhC1ARIsADGgDjtr6aW72T9FuQNQqU3ipp_yNbBN5UWZjf8zkgO4_SOWCLUjjk4ecXAaAiBYEALw_wcB https://studymed.umed.pl/admission/6-year-md-medicine/frequently-asked-question/
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin – The application start for Medicine “English Program” is May 27th 2024 and the deadline is July 22nd 2024, 23:59:59 CET. The application start for Dentistry “English Program” is May 27th 2024 and the deadline is July 22nd 2024, 23:59:59 CET. Source: https://apply.pum.edu.pl/courses/course/6-md-medicine-english-program https://apply.pum.edu.pl/courses/course/209-dmd-dentistry-english-program
The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn – The Phase 1 of admission started on November 20th 2023 and ended on May 10th, 2024. Source: https://irk.uwm.edu.pl/en-gb/offer/REK_2024_2025_LEK/programme/48_SJM_KL_ANG/?from=field:48
Medical University in Bialystok – the deadline for admission to the Medical University in Bialystok is not specified yet. The university requires submission of an application form, secondary school certificates, health certificates, copy of passport, and pictures Source: https://www.umb.edu.pl/en/admission/requirements/interview
Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicumin in Bydgoszcz – The admission occurs in 4 rounds. The 1st round starts on April 2nd 2024 and ends on May 14th 2024. The 2nd round starts on May 27th and ends on June 18th 2024. The 3rd round starts on July 1st 2024 and ends on July 23rd 2024. And finally, the 4th round starts on August 5th and ends on August 27th 2024. Source : https://study.cm.umk.pl/medicine/64-medicine/792-medicine-admission-2023-24.html There are the following programs offered in English language: Nursing (3 year Bachelor studies) Pharmacy (5,5 year MSc) Physiotherapy (5 year MSc) Medicine (6 year M.D.)
Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce – Online application is from May 1st 2024 until July 3rd 2024. Source: https://medicineschool.ujk.edu.pl/general_rules.php
Wroclaw Medical University – For medicine, the registration of candidates in the online registration system IRK is from April 1st 2024 from 9:00 AM to July 15th 2024 until 11:59 AM. The second application period is from August 12th 2024 from 9:00 AM to September 3rd 2024 until 11:59 AM. For dentistry, the registration of candidates in the online registration system IRK is from April 1st 2024 from 9:00 AM to July 15th 2024 until 11:59 AM. The second application period is from August 12th 2024 from 9:00 AM to September 3rd 2024 until 11:59 AM. Source: https://admission.umw.edu.pl/harmonogramy-english-division/
Silesia Medical University in Katowice – for the winter semester: it begins on April 01, 2024 and runs until September 30, 2024. b) for the summer semester: it begins on October 18, 2024 and runs until January 10, 2025 Source: https://admission.sum.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Resolution-No.-43.2023.-Attachment-no.-1.pdf
Medical University in Lublin – The start date of the first round of admission applications is from April 17th 2024 until June 30th 2024. The start of the second round of admission applications is from July 15th 2024 until August 2
Croatia
The University of Zagreb – The admission application period is from March 1st 2024 until June 28th 2024. Source: https://mefst.unist.hr/studies/medical-studies-in-english/call-for-applicants-2023-2024/1324 https://eduplan.mefst.hr/Upisi/#/home
The University of Split – the dates for 2024 are not mentioned yet, there are 70 seats offered for international students. Part of the seats goes to German students completing their studies at Regiomed – Kliniken hospitals. More details: https://mefst.unist.hr/studies/medical-studies-in-english/call-for-applicants-2023-2024/1324
University of Rijeka – Applications for the summer exam term by June 28, 2024, and for the autumn exam term by August 30, 2024. The entrance exam will be organized on-site in a hybrid mode at the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine premises, Braće Branchetta 20/I, 51000 Rijeka and simultaneously abroad: a) May 10, 2024 b) July 12, 2024 c) September 13, 2024
Source: https://medical-studies-in-english.com/admission/call-for-applications/
Latvia
Riga Stradins University – deadline for application for EU and EEA students is the 1st of July 2024 (including countries that have a visa-free regime with Latvia), other students need to apply before the 1st of May
The University of Latvia – the deadline for EU students is on 1st of July 2024. Applicants should submit their secondary schools certificates, passports, and English proficiency and pass the Zoom interview. Students outside of the EU must also apostille documents
Source: https://apply.lu.lv/courses/course/5-professional-medicine
Lithuania
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) – the deadline for application is the 5th of July 2024, entrance exams will be organised before the 15th of July 2024. Application files need to be submitted in the online form. Applicants must submit required documents and pass exam in order to get accepted.
Source: https://lsmu.lt/en/admission/application-procedure/
Vilnius University – the faculty offers both General and Dental medicine proram. There are the following deadlines:
1 May | for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries.
1 July | • for applicants who are citizens of EU/EFTA countries. • for non-EU/EFTA applicants with a 90-day visa-free period that has not yet been exceeded. • for citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan.
20 August | for citizens of Ukraine who are able to arrive in Lithuania no later than 25 August 2024.
Source: https://www.vu.lt/en/studies/bachelor-and-integrated-studies/medicine
Estonia
University of Tartu – The application deadline is the 15th of April 2024, results will be published before the 15th of May 2024. The program of General medicine is offered.
Spain
University of Barcelona – The online application will be available from March 1st 2025. The deadline to submit application documents is May 31st 2024 (for Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Psychology and CETT (Univ. School of Tourism)) and June 15th 2024 for the rest of the school. Source: http://www.ub.edu/uri/estudiantsNOUB/intercanvis/terminis_a.htm
Bulgaria
Trakia Medical University in Stara Zagora – For EU applicants, if the applicant chooses to study in Bulgarian, the deadline is September 27th 2024. If the applicant has already passed the preparatory year and has a Bulgarian language certificate, the application period is from June 3rd 2024 till June 28th 2024. If the applicant chooses to study in English, the deadline is August 26th 2024. For non-EU applicants, the starting date is April 1st 2024. If the applicant chooses to study in English, the deadline is July 1st 2024. If the applicant wishes to attend the preparatory course in Bulgarian language and to continue their studies in Bulgarian language, the deadline is August 1st 2024. Source: http://uni-sz.bg/engl/applicants-from-eu-and-eea-2/ http://uni-sz.bg/engl/non-eu-applicants/
Medical University’s Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov’ Varna Faculty of Medicine – For NON-EU citizens, the deadline for application documents submission is June 15th 2024. For UK citizens, the deadline is September 1st 2024. For EU and EEA citizens, the deadline is September 1st 2024. Source: https://www.mu-varna.bg/EN/Admission/Pages/non-eu-how-to-apply.aspx https://www.mu-varna.bg/EN/Admission/Pages/app-deadline-en.aspx
Medical University of Plovdiv Faculty of Medicine – For EU and EEA citizens, the deadline to submit the documents is August 20th 2024. For NON-EU and EEA citizens, the deadline to submit the documents is July 12th 2024. For UK citizens, the deadline is September 9th 2024. Source: https://mu-plovdiv.bg/en/admission/admission-details/admission-requirements/ https://mu-plovdiv.bg/en/admission/admission-details/admission-requirements/
Medical University of Sofia Faculty of Medicine
The admission of EU and EEA nationals and NON-EU and EEA nationals and the Swiss Confederation is from July 29th 2024 to September 10th 2024. Source: https://mu-sofia.bg/en/admission/admissions-of-foreign-citizen/
Pleven Medical University – the deadline is not stated yet Site: https://www.mu-pleven.bg/index.php/en/admission/specialty-medicine/643-requirements
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Medicine – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
Italy
Harvey – Università degli Studi di Pavia – Harvey Medicine: The deadline to pre-enroll is August 31st every year. Source: https://medicineandsurgeryharvey.cdl.unipv.it/en/enroll/access-requirements
International Medical School – Università degli Studi di Milano:the deadline is not yet specified by the university
University of Rome La Sapienza – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
Tor Vergata School of medicine and medicine and Surgery – The deadline for NON-EU citizens is July 31st 2024. Source: https://web.uniroma2.it/en/percorso/admissions/sezione/how_to_apply
University of Naples Federico II – The deadline for submitting applications is November 29th 2024. Source: https://www.international.unina.it/education/admission-regulation/
The University Of Napoli Luigi Vanvitelli – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
University of Bari Aldo Moro -the deadline is not yet specified by the university
The University of Turin – The deadline for candidates who take the first test on May 28th 2024 is April 17th 2024, 3 p.m. The deadline for candidates who take the first test on July 30th 2024 is April 17th 2024, 3 p.m. Source: https://www.unito.it/didattica/iscrizioni/corsi-di-laurea-magistrale-ciclo-unico-ad-accesso-programmato/iscrizione-ai-0
University of Bologna – the deadline was not published yet. Site: https://corsi.unibo.it/singlecycle/MedicineAndSurgery/how-to-enrol
University of Milano – Biccoca – the admission deadline is not published yet Source: https://en.unimib.it/single-cycle/medicine-and-surgery
The University of Messina – The call for EU students and non-EU students residing in Italy applying to Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree Programmes and international applicants of all categories applying for Single Cycle Degree in Medicine and Surgery and Vocational Masters is from May 27th 2024 (00:01 am CET) to June 30th 2024 (11:59 pm CET). Source: https://international.unime.it/study-us/application-and-admission
Cyprus
European University Cyprus School of Medicine – The application deadline is July 15th 2024. Source: https://www.globaladmissions.com/bachelors-medicine-at-european-university-cyprus/d/pBEURCVZ0/
The University of Nicosia Medical School – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
Serbia
University in Novi Sad – The deadline for final application and submission of all relevant documents is June 21st 2024 13.00 CET. Source: https://www3.mf.uns.ac.rs/En/Admission2022.php
University in Nis – deadline not specified yet (https://www.medfak.ni.ac.rs/index.php/en/dates-deadlines)
University in Belgrade – deadline not specified yet. Site: http://studiesinenglish.med.bg.ac.rs/studies-in-english/applying-to-ubfm
Bosnia
Faculty of Medicine in Foca, University of East Sarajevo – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
Sarajevo Medical School, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology – the deadline is not yet specified by the university
American Northwest University School of Medicine – the university runs program of General medicine in English. the deadline is not yet specified by the university
International University of Goražde Faculty of Health Sciences – the deadline is not specified. The private university offers both General and Dental medicine.
University of Banja Luka Faculty of Medicine – The 1st round of applications is from June 10th 2024 to June 28th 2024. The 2nd round of applications is from August 12th 2024 to August 30th 2024. Source: https://med.unibl.org/en/invitation-for-applications-for-the-student-admission-to-the-study-programmes-at-the-faculty-of-medicine-for-2024-2025/
University of Mostar Faculty of Medicine – not specified Site: https://mef.sum.ba/engl/index.php/category/news/
University of Sarajevo Faculty of Medicine – deadline not specified yet
