Medicine - uniform master-level, full-time, ang.

The university uses international education standards to prepare prospective doctors for medicine in the 21st century. The extend curriculum is based on strict European and U.S. standards and on integrated educational experience. All lectures, seminars and practical training are conducted in English.
Students have plenty of opportunities to join research teams in many academic departments, get experience in research. Studies of the Medical  Program are preparing to work in the medical profession. Student enquires the skills of interviewing the patient, examination, proper diagnosis and treatment of the patient and provide them necessary assistance.
During the studies, students gain the knowledge and practical skills in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation which are necessary to practice medicine, further training and further research. Student learns the moral principles of conduct towards patients and their rights, rules of professional doctors co-operation and moral norms in medical research. Is aware of the legal and professional responsibility. After graduation student has theoretical knowledge and practical skills to practice medicine, also has opportunity to specialize in different areas of medicine. 
After  graduation students will receive a diploma of Medical Doctor (MD), which allows for applying for a license to practice medicine in USA, Canada, Europe and many other countries.

Information about the program

Field of study: Medicine
Language of instruction: English
Duration of the studies: 6-years (12 semesters)
Form of studies: full-time
Cost of studies:
TBA

Rules of candidates registration

1. To start the qualification procedure every candidate has to register with the use of IRK system.
2. The Registration becomes binding when the following conditions are met:

• the candidate has to enter all necessary data and select the field of study he/she wants to register for
• the candidate has to make the payment of recruitment fee and has to receive the University confirmation, that the payment has been credited to the University's bank account
• the candidate has to submit to the University Admission Committee his/her Secondary School Leaving Certificate (High School Diploma). The Certificate has to prove, that the candidate has the right to start the studies at the University level in the country where the Secondary School Leaving Certificate was issued. 
• the candidate has to submit to the University Admission Committee the IB Diploma or EB Diploma or a Certificate of predicted results (applies only to candidates with IB or EB Diploma)

3. In the event of failure to submit the above mentioned documents, the registration will be ineffective and will not have any legal effects. The registration and the application for studies will be left without consideration.

4. The candidate bears the consequences of incorrectly filled fields of the application form as well as not filling them out or providing false information.

5. The candidate is obligated to keep the password to his/her personal IRK account secret. The University is not responsible for the consequences of sharing the password to any third parties, in particular for any changes of entries authorized by this password. 

All further steps including required documents will be announced to the candidates by the Admission Committee. 

Address of the School of Medicine Admission Committee:
Wydział Lekarski Collegium Medicum UWM
Al. Warszawska 30 
10-082 Olsztyn
"Rekrutacja Kierunek lekarski w języku angielskim" 

tel. +48 89 524 64 00
e-mail: medicine.info@uwm.edu.pl

Qualification rules

"Secondary School Leaving Certificate" Candidates

The admission of a Secondary School Leaving Certificate candidates is based on 2-stage procedure:

1. Knowledge Competency Exam in the field of Medical Terminology from BIOLOGY and the choice of CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS. The language of the exam is English.
2. Total amount of points obtained on the Secondary School Leaving Certificate from 3 subjects:

•  BIOLOGY (compulsory)
• CHEMISTRY or MATHEMATICS or PHYSICS or ENGLISH (2 subject chosen by the candidate)

The subject scores are converted according to the UWM announced scale.   

Only those candidates who passed the Knowledge Competency Exam are allowed to enter the 2nd stage of the admission procedure. 

European Baccalaureate (EB) candidates

The admission of an EB candidate is based only on the number of points obtained during the secondary school leaving examination (matriculation), whose result is specified in the EB (minimum score -60 points) is multiplied by the factor of 6.0. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with an EB are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September 22nd, 2023, until 15:00.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme candidates

The admission of an IB Diploma candidate is based only on the number of points obtained during the secondary school leaving examination (matriculation), whose result is specified in the IB diploma (minimum score - 24 points) is multiplied by the factor of 13.33. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with a IB Diploma are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September , 2023, until 15:00.

Candidates with Medical College Admission Test "MCAT"

 The admission of a MCAT candidate is based on the number of points obtained during the MCAT exam (taken not earlier than 2019, minimum score -495 points), whose result is multiplied by the factor of 1.136. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with a MCAT certificate are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September 22nd, 2023, until 15:00.

Candidates with University Clincial Aptitude Test "UKCAT/UCAT"

 The admission of an UCAT candidate is based on the number of points obtained during the UCAT exam (taken not earlier than 2019, minimum score -1980 points), whose result is multiplied by the factor of 0.166. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with an UKCAT/UCAT are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September 22nd, 2023, until 15:00.

Candidates with Graduate Medical School Admissions Test "GAMSAT"

 The admission of a GAMSAT candidate is based on the number of points obtained during the GAMSAT exam (taken not earlier than 2019, minimum score -50 points), whose result is multiplied by the factor of 6.0. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with a GAMSAT are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September 22nd, 2023, until 15:00.

Candidates with National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test"NEET"

 The admission of a NEET candidate is based on the number of points obtained during the NEET exam (taken not earlier than 2019, minimum score -288 points), whose result is multiplied by the factor of 0.833. The converted result shall rank the candidate in the competition (ranking) of the secondary school leaving certificates. Candidates with a NEET are required to submit to the University Admission Committee a statement/certificate of his/her result issued by authorized bodies latest by September 22nd, 2023, until 15:00. 

Candidates admitted to the studies

The candidates that are admitted to the medicine studies will receive the UWM Offer Letters, including all further steps, to confirm their medicine place at School of Medicine.