The Medical University in Silesia is a leading medical institution located in Poland with over 60 years of history. They provide medical education in English language in General medicine, Dental medicine, Medical Biotechnology, Public health, Dietetics, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Midwifery and Nursing. Programs of General medicine and Dental medicine are opened both in September and February intake.
The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice is a public university established in 1948 that provides education in both Polish and English language. The University is located in southern Poland and ranked among the best 1200-1400 universities worldwide according to QS World University ranking and Times Higher Education 2024.
The University in Silesia has five faculties: The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice (teaching base for program of General medicine), the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze (teaching based for program of Dental medicine), the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science in Sosnowiec, the Faculty of Public Health in Bytom (teaching base for programs of public health and dietetics at the bachelor’s and master’s levels), and Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice.
The university has over 10.000 students, 295 professors, and over 900 other teaching staff and has educated over 60.000 graduates since its establishment. The research, education, and clinical base of the University consists of more than 270 units (departments, clinics, clinical departments, colleges and studies), located mainly in the cities that are the seats of the faculties, i.e. Zabrze, Katowice, Sosnowiec, and Bytom.
The medical university of Silesia or its faculties are recognized by or is enlisted in: the World Health Organization (WHO); the State Accreditation Committee, the Accreditation Committee for Polish University Medical Schools, the National Medical Commission; APHEA – Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation, ASPHER – Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region and Medical Board of California. The school is also listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). Students and graduates of this medical school are eligible to apply for ECFMG Certification. The medical degree is recognized in the whole European Union and most countries worldwide.
The university offers also a pathway for students, who wish to work in the USA after their studies (USMLE pathway) and runs both European and International programs.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences is located in Katowice and runs since 1996. It opens 2 intakes: September intake (European and International program) and February intake (International program). The General medicine program takes 6 years (12 semesters) to complete.
The main difference between European and international programs is the place where the summer internship and clinical rotations take part. There are 160 study places (altogether Fall and Spring intake) offered for international students for General medicine. The program lasts for 6 years (12 semesters), and graduates must also attend an internship (staź) after completing their studies and LEK exam.
The faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice (WNMK) has existed since 1975 when medical education at the university level was divided among studies of medicine in Katowice and studies of dentistry in Zabrze. The faculty in Katowice has over 15 departments, lecture halls, a library, a dean’s office, and administration rooms. The experimental medicine center was incorporated in 2005, Medical teaching and simulation center in 2012, where students also attend selected classes in their medical education. It is the most modern simulation center of its kind in Poland. The clinical base of the Faculty consists of 5 clinical hospitals of the Medical University of Silesia located in Katowice: University Clinical Center Prof. K. Gibiński, Independent Public Clinical Hospital. Andrzej Mielęcki, Independent Public Clinical Hospital – Upper Silesian Medical Center for them. prof. Leszek Giec and Independent Public Clinical Hospital – Upper Silesian Children’s Health Center. The English division education has been conducted for over 20 years already. Students are taken care of by 342 academic teachers, 142 scientific and technical employees, and 40 administrative employees.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences is located in Zabrze and offers a program of Dentistry in the English language. The program takes 5 years (10 semesters) to complete. The syllabus also contains summer holiday internships. Graduates achieve a degree in Dentistry.
The study program of Dentistry includes basic medical subjects (such as Human anatomy, Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Histology, cytology, embryology, Public health, Biochemistry, Microbiology and immunology, Human physiology, Pathomorphology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology), medical subjects (Qualified first aid, Rehabilitation, Cancer prevention, Elements of gynecology and perinatology, Emergency medicine, Forensic medicine, Radiology, Anaesthesiology, Dermatology and venerology, General surgery, Infectious diseases, Internal medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Clinical pharmacology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology) and dental subjects (Conservative dentistry and endodontics, Preclinical conservative dentistry, Preclinical endodontics, Dental prosthetics, Gnathophysiology, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Dental prophylaxis in pediatric dentistry, Periodontology and oral mucosa diseases, Dental materials science, Oral Surgery, Dental radiology, Oral pathology).
The Faculty in Zabrze had over 2400 students including 1473 students of medicine, 745 students of dentistry, and 122 paramedical students. The Faculty in Zabrze had over 2400 students including 1473 students of medicine, 745 students of dentistry, and 122 paramedical students.
Faculties of Medical University of Silesia in Katowice offer the following programs:
The admission is based on the submission of required documents, especially academic documents from high school with apostille and English certificates. Required documents in high school certificates are biology (mandatory) and one subject of choice (chemistry or physics or mathematics). Based on marks, points are calculated and the applicant gets a position on the rank list.
If the applicant’s high certificate was issue in a country other than the EU, OECD, EFTA, or Switzerland, there is a requirement to write the entrance exam. The entrance exam has form of oral exam in the English language from required subjects (Biology and one of the subjects chemistry or physics or mathematics). Based on the result of the exam, the applicant is awarded points and will be offered a place at the university.
There are two intakes for General medicine and Dental medicine: September intake and February intake (called also Fall and Spring intake). This provides applicants with great flexibility and options. Applicants for September 2024/25 intake can apply from February 2024. The international program is open in both Fall and Spring intake, and European program is open only in Fall intake.
Academic schedules are published on the university website and specify when the classes for Medicine or Dentistry start. In case of late arrival (especially for non-EU students), the university offers the option to accept admission to the program for the next intake (eg. if you are accepted for the Spring semester, but you cannot come, you will get admission automatically for September intake as well).
If you studied General medicine somewhere else and want to continue at the Medical University of Silesia in Poland, here is a guide on how to do it. The Medical University of Silesia is a public university with a 6-year program recognized in the European Union. Tuition fees for both European and International program is 27500PLN (approximately 6400€) per semester, so 55.000PLN per year. The tuition fees can be paid in 4 installments. In case you study the International program and do rotations in 4th and 5th year in Poland, the weekly extra charge is 1487PLN per week, if you do rotations outside of Poland, you need to pay a weekly extra charge of 550PLN. Medhead has been appointed as an official representative of the Medical University of Silesia since 2024.
We will start with the basics both for transfers and recognition:
There are 2 options: a) you are an active student of your home university – you can then apply for transfer with an extended deadline b) you are not an active student – you need to apply as a regular (1st year student) and apply for recognition of completed courses
In case you are an active student at your home university, you can apply for direct transfer to the Medical University of Silesia. Each case is considered individually. Below are the documents to be submitted:
Firstly you submit only scans of documents, later you are obliged to submit also originals of documents. The deadline for transfer students is extended, for example, Spring intake admission deadline is end of November, but the deadline for submission of transfer documents is the end of January.
In case you are not a student at your home university, you need to submit application via the university portal and wait for result of admission. If your secondary marks are not sufficient, you might be asked to take part in online entrance exam. If you get admission, you can ask for recognition of previously completed subjects. The general rules mentioned above will be considered.
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