Nursing
FIRST CYCLE DEGREE
The School of Health Sciences in Katowice was established in 2001, based on the previously existing Department of Nursing (affiliated with the School of Medicine in Katowice).
The School of Health Sciences in Katowice holds an accreditation of the State Accreditation Committee, the Accreditation Committee for Polish University Medical Schools and the National Council for Accreditation of Nursing and Midwifery Schools.
Nursing, Midwifery, and Physiotherapy curricula are designed for secondary school graduates. They are based on the requirements obligatory for higher medical education institutions in Poland and stay in accordance with the European Union standards.
Nursing, Midwifery, and Physiotherapy studies in Poland meet European requirements and are conducted according to the Bolognese system.
First-degree study graduates are prepared to undertake the second-degree studies and post-graduate training.
Teaching curricula of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy courses include two groups of subjects:
group I – theoretical subjects such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, embryology and genetics, physical examination, biochemistry and biophysics, microbiology and parasitology, public health, pharmacology, radiology, psychology, sociology, pedagogy and law.
group II – general and specialist nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy subjects (depending on the faculty of study), for example: philosophy and ethics, health promotion, primary care, gynaecology and gynaecological care, neonatology and neonatal care, paediatrics and paediatric nursing, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, anaesthesia and life-threatening conditions, rehabilitation and dietetics, manual therapy, kinesiotherapy, lymphatic massage
Faculty: NURSING, FIRST CYCLE DEGREE
Degree: BACHELOR
Length of studies: 3 years (6 semesters)
For many years, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, has been offering specialized academic programs ensuring highest qualifications in the area of Nursing. Knowledge and experience of our graduates have been recognized both home and abroad. Lectures and practical exercises are designed in such a way as to incorporate the up to date knowledge in the fields of general medicine and practical Nursing, also highlighting the specific nature of healthcare profession. Practical skills are taught by academic teachers exhibiting their extensive professional experience and significant scientific achievements. Offered programs are in line with the recent trends and always keep pace with the state of the art developments in the field of Nursing.
Students of the faculty of Nursing gain general knowledge in the area of medical sciences, specific knowledge of nursing, and skills to:
- promote and protect health and prevent diseases,
- use the up to date knowledge to ensure the highest safety and healthcare standards,
- provide comprehensive and individual-oriented care of the patient, including the disabled and terminal patients,
- organize their own work,
- establish cooperation patterns within healthcare teams and to enhance and support local community initiatives promoting health.
Studies at the faculty of Nursing provide theoretical and practical background to practice the profession of a nurse. Students gain both general and specialist knowledge in the area of medical, biological and social sciences.
The program complies with the EU educational standards.
Our graduates are prepared to provide direct care of healthy children and adults in outpatient clinics, educational organizations, in general and industrial health care establishments, provide care for patients in primary health care units, as well as on environmental, specialist and domestic basis, in hospital wards, sanatoria, specialist clinics, emergency departments, social care homes, nursing homes and medical centres.
Graduates are entitled to obtain the license to practice the profession of a nurse throughout the territory of the Republic of Poland and the EU member states.
Recruitment of candidates who graduated from a secondary school abroad and are applying for admission to the first-cycle degree program in Nursing is based on the biology grade obtained during their secondary education, as well as the successful verification of their application documents.
For candidates who have completed secondary school in Poland and are applying for admission to the Nursing program, placement on the ranking list is determined by the grade in biology on the secondary school leaving certificate, obtained at either the basic or extended level and converted to the basic level.
- Register and create an account on SUM’s platform.
- Follow the instructions and submit your application via the platform.
- Attach scanned copies of all required documents to your application.
- Pay the application fee of 85/100* PLN to the SUM bank account.
- 100 PLN applies to candidates qualified on the basis of an entrance examination conducted by the University.
- After submitting the application, you will be notified via your University online account or email regarding the status of your application.
- Once the University Admission Committee verifies your documents, you will be informed about the further procedures.
- Upon completion of the qualification procedure, the candidate’s number will be added to the ranking list.
- Note: Candidates may be required to attend the entrance examination, as specified in Conditions and procedure of recruitment for studies conducted in English at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
- The ranking lists will be published on the University website once a sufficient number of candidates have completed the application procedure.
- After satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form, the candidate is required to submit the printed and signed Application Form, along with the original or notarized copies of all attached documents, to the University’s mailing address or present them in person upon arrival, before the beginning of the academic year.
- Original or notarized copy of the high school diploma
- Identification document (to be presented for verification)
- Scanned ID/passport photo (resolution: 300 DPI)
- Certificate confirming English language proficiency
- Receipt of the registration fee payment in the amount of 85/100 PLN* (transferred to this account number) (*100 PLN applies to candidates qualified on the basis of an entrance examination conducted by the University).
- Apostille – required if the high school/college diploma was issued in a country that is a signatory to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, which waives the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents.
- NAWA recognition statement confirming the recognition of the high school/college diploma. This applies in the case of documents not recognized in Poland by operation of law, issued in a country with which the Republic of Poland has not signed a mutual educational document recognition agreement, or documents from a country with which Poland has such an agreement but the specific document is not covered by it.
All documents must be issued in English language. If the original document is issued in another language, a sworn translation into English is required.
After satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form, the candidate is required to submit the printed and signed Application Form, along with the original or notarized copies of all attached documents, to the University’s mailing address or to present them in person upon arrival, before the beginning of the academic year.
If a candidate’s school-leaving certificate does not include the required subject(s), or if the certificate was issued in a country other than those listed in the Terms and procedures, the candidate will be required to take an oral entrance exam in English language on a date chosen from the available time slots published for candidates.
During the entrance exam, the candidate’s knowledge at the Polish high-school level will be assessed in the following subjects:
- biology (mandatory)
The entrance exam will be conducted remotely via the MS Teams platform. Please ensure that your computer settings allow your webcam, microphone, and speakers/headphones to function properly in the Teams application.
Final result obtained in the entrance exam is given in points and determines candidate’s position on the rank list.
Each candidate can take the entrance exam only once during a single admission process.
In order to prepare for the entrance exam please review the following SYLLABUS.
Candidates will be admitted to the English-language medical program based on a ranking list. Each candidate’s position on the list will be determined by the number of points earned either from the school-leaving certificate or from the entrance examination.
The ranking list will be published on the university website once the qualification process for all candidates has been completed.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Use your candidate number to track your position on the ranking list.
Nursing
SECOND CYCLE DEGREE
The School of Health Sciences in Katowice was established in 2001, based on the previously existing Department of Nursing (affiliated with the School of Medicine in Katowice).
The School of Health Sciences in Katowice holds an accreditation of the State Accreditation Committee, the Accreditation Committee for Polish University Medical Schools and the National Council for Accreditation of Nursing and Midwifery Schools.
Nursing, Midwifery, and Physiotherapy curricula are designed for secondary school graduates. They are based on the requirements obligatory for higher medical education institutions in Poland and stay in accordance with the European Union standards.
Nursing, Midwifery, and Physiotherapy studies in Poland meet European requirements and are conducted according to the Bolognese system.
First-degree study graduates are prepared to undertake the second-degree studies and post-graduate training.
Teaching curricula of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy courses include two groups of subjects:
group I – theoretical subjects such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, embryology and genetics, physical examination, biochemistry and biophysics, microbiology and parasitology, public health, pharmacology, radiology, psychology, sociology, pedagogy and law.
group II – general and specialist nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy subjects (depending on the faculty of study), for example: philosophy and ethics, health promotion, primary care, gynaecology and gynaecological care, neonatology and neonatal care, paediatrics and paediatric nursing, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, anaesthesia and life-threatening conditions, rehabilitation and dietetics, manual therapy, kinesiotherapy, lymphatic massage.
Faculty: NURSING, SECOND CYCLE DEGREE
Degree: MASTER
Length of studies: 2 years (4 semesters)
For many years, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, has been offering specialized academic programs ensuring highest qualifications in the area of Nursing. Knowledge and experience of our graduates have been recognized both home and abroad. Lectures and practical exercises are designed in such a way as to incorporate the up to date knowledge in the fields of general medicine and practical Nursing, also highlighting the specific nature of healthcare profession. Practical skills are taught by academic teachers exhibiting their extensive professional experience and significant scientific achievements. Offered programs are in line with the recent trends and always keep pace with the state of the art developments in the field of Nursing.
Students of the faculty of Nursing gain general knowledge in the area of medical sciences, specific knowledge of nursing, and skills to:
- promote and protect health and prevent diseases,
- use the up to date knowledge to ensure the highest safety and healthcare standards,
- provide comprehensive and individual-oriented care of the patient, including the disabled and terminal patients,
- organize their own work,
- establish cooperation patterns within healthcare teams and to enhance and support local community initiatives promoting health.
Studies at the faculty of Nursing provide theoretical and practical background to practice the profession of a nurse. Students gain both general and specialist knowledge in the area of medical, biological and social sciences.
The program complies with the EU educational standards.
Our graduates are prepared to provide direct care of healthy children and adults in outpatient clinics, educational organizations, in general and industrial health care establishments, provide care for patients in primary health care units, as well as on environmental, specialist and domestic basis, in hospital wards, sanatoria, specialist clinics, emergency departments, social care homes, nursing homes and medical centres.
Graduates are entitled to obtain the license to practice the profession of a nurse throughout the territory of the Republic of Poland and the EU member states.
Candidates for the second-cycle degree program in nursing should possess a diploma of the completion of the first-cycle degree program in nursing, respectively. The qualification procedure for the abovementioned fields of study is based on the grade point average obtained during the whole period of the studies (the grade point average is calculated as the arithmetic average of all grades for examinations and credits completing a given subject obtained during the entire course of the studies).
1. Register and make an account on SUM’s platform.
2. Follow the instructions and submit the application via the platform.
3. Attach scanned documents to the application.
4. Pay the application fee of 85 PLN.
5. Once the application is submitted, you will be notified through the University’s online account or your email address regarding the status of the application.
6. Once the University Admission Committee verifies your documents, the candidate’s number will be added to the ranking list.
7. If you will see on the ranking list the candidate’s number with the mark next to it, and if it says’ Pass’ then you have gotten accepted into SUM and CONGRATULATIONS!
8. Candidate is required to send/post the printed & signed application form with original or notarised copies of all required documents to the University’s mailing address before the start of the academic year 2023/2024 (before October 2, 2023).
Candidates are required to apply through Electronic Application Form to which scan copies of the following documents must be attached:
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- original or notarized copy of high school diploma,
- original or notarized copy of first cycle degree diploma
- identification document (to be presented for verification),
- scanned ID/passport photo (resolution: 300 DPI),
- certificate documenting English language fluency level,
- receipt of registration fee payment in the amount of 85 PLN (transferred to this account number),
- health certificate confirming no objections to take up studies in respective fields – applies to candidates who were successfully admitted to the study program by the University Admission Committee,
- Apostille – in case when the high school/college diploma was issued by an institution operating in the educational system of a Hague Convention Contracting country, as of October 5th, 1961, which waives the requirement of legalization of foreign government documents,
- certificate issued by the Polish Superintendent of Education stating an approval of high school/college diploma – in case of documents not recognized in Poland by operation of law, issued in a country with which Republic of Poland did not sign a mutual educational. document recognition contract, or a document from a country with which Poland has the above-mentioned contract but the document is not covered in it, NOTE: this certificate is to be obtained only after arrival to Katowice.
All documents must be issued in English language. If the original document is issued in another language, a sworn translation into English is required.
Upon satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form candidate is required to submit printed and signed Application Form with original or notarized copies of all attached documents to the University mailing address, as per the automated e-mail message to be received from the University Admission Committee.