Medicine program

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Medical Program in English
Fall 2024 entry

 

Application deadline: JULY 31, 2024
Start of classes: September 9, 2024
Application processing fee: 85 PLN
Exam & interview fee: 600 PLN
Applicants with disabilities may request additional accommodations – medicine@ump.edu.pl

 

General requirements:

  1. Secondary school degree or equivalent credentials at a high enough level to be eligible for admission to a university in your home country.
  2. High level of knowledge in natural sciences, and high proficiency in the English language.
  3. Satisfactory grades in biology, chemistry and mathematics/physics (min. 2 subjects, incl. biology) from previous education (secondary school, college or university).
  4. Entrance examination in natural sciences, and interview.
  5. Applicants holding Polish high school leaving certificates must successfully apply and achieve a minimum score of 158 points in the admission proceedings for the Polish-language medical program at PUMS in order to become eligible to apply to this medical program in English.

 

Formal requirements:

All documents must be in English or Polish, or with a certified translation to English attached

1) Completed on-line application form.

 

A. To be attached with the on-line application (digitally scanned copies):

2) Secondary school transcript (-s) and transcripts from all other attended post-secondary education programs,
3) Documents that are not required, but can be grounds to award bonus admission points:
a) results of standardized medical admission tests taken in the last 2 years: MCAT, UCAT, GAMSAT, or BMAT,
b) certificates confirming voluntary work or experience in healthcare,
c) documents confirming science and research experience:
– authorship of research papers published in science journals (DOI link or pdf),
– scientific conference abstracts or posters published in post-conference abstract book,
– certificate or letter of recommendation confirming extracurricular research or lab experience in school or workplace.

 

B. To be submitted after successful entrance examination (hard copies of original documents or certified copies):

4) Official transcripts of all attended education programs (may be electronic copies if issuing institution sends directly to medicine@ump.edu.pl),
5) High school leaving examination certificate or diploma of secondary education that qualifies to undertake higher education studies in the country of issue, with an apostille or legalization certificate (depending on the issuing country’s Hague convention status: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention#States_that_are_party_to_the_convention),
6) Proof of English language proficiency:

  • Completion of secondary or post-secondary education with English as language of instruction,
  • TOEFL
    • Paper-based test: min. 587 points,
    • Internet-based test: min. 94 points,
  • IELTS: min. 6.5 points,
  • TOEIC Listening and Reading: min. 900 points,
  • Pearson PTE Academic: min. 60 points,
  • Cambridge Examination: Advanced (CEA) or Proficiency (CPE) level,
  • LanguageCert – International ESOL written exam: min. C1 level,
  • Duolingo English Test: overall score of 115 or higher,
  • Candidates who completed their previous education in Scandinavia:
    • Norway: min. grade in English in secondary school: 4,
    • Sweden: min. grade in English in secondary school: VG or C,
    • Denmark: min. grade in English in secondary school: 7.

7) Health certificate completed by a physician: pdfclick here to open pdf file
8) 2 recent photos (3.5 x 4.5 cm),
9) Curriculum vitae/resumé,
10) Applicants with an IB diploma (International Baccalaureate) are required to choose the higher level of the IB examination in one of the following IB examinations: ‘Biology’, ‘Physics’ or ‘Chemistry’,
11) Criminal background check report from country of residence.

 

C. To be submitted upon the start of studies:

12) Copy of vaccination records, incl. Hepatitis B and CoViD-19 (can also be taken during first year of studies),
13) Proof of health insurance valid in Poland (EHIC for EU citizens),
14) Copy of a student visa or other document confirming that the stay in Poland is legal,
15) Certificate of equivalence of secondary school diploma, issued by Chief Education Officer of the Wielkopolska province in Poland – to be submitted by the end of the first semester of studies (unless recognition is automatic, based on international agreements).

 

IMPORTANT:
-Each person may only apply once per admission season