HISTORY
The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice (WNMK) was established under the Ordinance of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of June 16, 1975 transforming one Faculty of Medicine of the Silesian Medical Academy into two faculties: the Faculty of Medical Sciences based in Katowice and the Faculty of Medical Sciences based in Zabrze. In the same year, the first recruitment of students for the medical faculty took place. The Clinical Teaching Team in Tychy was incorporated into the WNMK and for its needs the Central Teaching Hospital in Katowice-Ligota was transferred in 1974. This decision significantly supplemented the academic clinical facilities, previously based mainly on the City Hospital No. 4 in Katowice, which in 1960 was transformed into a Clinical Hospital. Important events in the development of the clinical infrastructure serving the growing teaching needs of WNMK were the commissioning in 1977 of the first Polish Institute of Ophthalmology in Katowice (since 1989 functioning as a department and clinic on the premises of a new clinical hospital) and the Upper Silesian Medical Center in Katowice - Ochojec, which is the seat of dynamically developing Chairs and clinics of cardiology and cardiosurgery, since 1986 in the structure of the Upper Silesian Center of Cardiology. In the years 1990 - 2001 WNMK had a Nursing Department, which was eventually incorporated into the Department of Care and Health Education.
In the initial period of the faculty's activity, an urgent need was to recruit, for the needs of WNMK, research and teaching staff as well as to provide an appropriate teaching infrastructure and research base. A significant improvement in this respect, and at the same time a factor conducive to the consolidation of the department, was the commissioning of the first complex housing medical theory departments and the administration of the Military University of Lodz (building C1 in Katowice-Ligota, 1978), with, among others, Chairs and Departments of Normal Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Pathomorphology, General Medical Biology. In the following years, not without obstacles related to financial difficulties, further complexes of medical theory plants were put into operation (buildings C2 and C3 in Katowice - Ligota). Thus, teaching facilities were created, housing not only 15 departments and departments of the theory of medicine, but also lecture halls, a library, dean's office and faculty administration rooms. In the following years, units representing the area of medical theory were gradually modernized, improving both the teaching infrastructure and the instruments for conducting scientific research. In 2005, the Experimental Medicine Center was incorporated into the structure of the Faculty as an experimental and breeding unit. A very significant event was the opening, in 2012, of the first in Poland and one of the most modern in Europe Medical Teaching and Simulation Center, where selected classes in the medical education program are conducted. At the same time, in the first twenty years of WNMK's operation, the clinical units in Katowice were consolidated and the modernization programs in these units were continued.
The structure of the WNMK today was largely shaped at the end of the 20th century. It is also a period of dynamic development of activity in the field of teaching, research and clinical activities. WNMK achieved a high position on the map of Polish academic medicine. WNMK employees joined the activities of domestic and international scientific communities.
FACULTIES
The Faculty's base is constituted by the Medical Theory Institutes located on the Katowice-Ligota campus, which includes: 11 Chairs and 7 Departments, the Foreign Language Center, the Center for Research on Educational Effects, Doctoral Studies and the Center of Experimental Medicine. There is also a Medical Education and Simulation Center on the campus - the most modern medical education center in Poland. The clinical base of the Faculty consists of 5 clinical hospitals of the Medical University of Silesia located in Katowice, including mainly: University Clinical Center prof. K. Gibiński located in Katowice Ligota at 14 Medyków Street and in Katowice at 35 Ceglana Street (www.uck.katowice.pl), Independent Public Clinical Hospital for them. Andrzej Mielęcki (www.spskm.katowice.pl), Independent Public Clinical Hospital - Upper Silesian Medical Center for them. prof. Leszek Giec (www.gcm.pl), Independent Public Clinical Hospital - Upper Silesian Children's Health Center (www.gczd.katowice.pl). The Faculty also uses units based on the so-called "Foreign base" located at the Hospital of Dr. Urbanowicz and Dr. Kośny in Chorzów and in the Provincial Specialist Hospital st. Barbara in Sosnowiec.
681 people are employed at the Faculty of Medicine in Katowice, including: 342 academic teachers (45 professors, 65 habilitated doctors, 232 doctors and masters), 142 scientific and technical employees, 40 administrative employees, 152 service employees and 5 library service employees.
TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES
The main research trends are the use of stem cells in cardiology, neurology, studies of the hormonal activity of adipose tissue and its therapeutic modification, physiological experiments on the processes of neuroregeneration, and the use of cell culture in pharmacology and experimental nephrology.
Significant advances are also made in neurosurgery, cardiosurgery, and ophthalmology and orthopedics. It is worth mentioning the cutting-edge research in the field of obesity and diabetes, as well as other endocrine diseases in children and adolescents.
Faculty: MEDICINE
Degree: MD
Program: International/European
Length of studies: 6 years (12 semesters)
Number of ECTS: 360
Accreditations & Recognition:
Medical program in English language is offered at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice since 1996. It meets education standards established by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland.
The University is supervised by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
We offer two types of medical program – European and International. Candidates can apply for admission twice a year – in fall semester (European and International programs) and in spring semester (International program). We accept applications from both foreign candidates as well as from Polish citizens.
Graduates from both programs obtain MD diploma and medical degree equivalent to those obtained by all graduates from Polish medical universities.
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. After the successful verification of the online application, 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.
7. NOTE: If the University Admission Committee does not receive the required documents before the deadline candidate’s application will be withdrawn from the system.
8. Once the University Admission Committee verifies your documents, you will be notified about furhter procedures.
9. Upon completion of qualification procedure, candidate's number will be added to the ranking list.
NOTE: Candidates may be required to attend the entrance examination as specified in § 4 of Conditions and recruitment procedure for studies pursued in English at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice in the academic year 2022/2023 (Terms and procedures of admission 2022-2023)
10. Ranking list will be published on the website once the qualification procedure is completed for all candidates.
Candidates may apply for admission to our English language medical program on individual bases directly to the university or may use the services of the following recruiting agencies:
Study Regulations of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
Regulations of Student Dormitory of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
Upon satisfactory verification of the Electronic Application Form (which must be completed through July 31, 2022) 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. NOTE: In case of not submitting above mentioned documents by the prescribed deadline (August 16, 2022) candidate will not be subjected to the qualification procedure.
Qualification is based on results from the secondary school leaving examination or final examination in the subjects (advanced/extended level) covered by the recruitment procedure:
- biology – mandatory,
- chemistry OR physics OR mathematics.
Scores of abovementioned subjects will be recalculated to points as per Attachment No. 1 to the Terms and conditions, the mode and deadlines of commencement and completion of recruitment procedure for specific fields of study pursued in Polish at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice in the academic year 2022/2023. Sum of these points determines candidate’s position on the rank list
NOTE: above mentioned applies to the following certificates:
European Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate and school-leaving certificate or secondary school leaving certificate issued in a Member State of the European Union (EU), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area – or the Swiss Confederation.
In case candidate’s leaving certificate lacks required subject/subjects or certificate is issued by other than abovementioned country, candidate will be required to attempt an oral entrance exam in English language as per the date indicated in the Application Form.
Candidates are required to apply through Electronic Application Form to which scan copies of the following documents must be attached:
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. NOTE: In case of not submitting above mentioned documents by the prescribed deadline candidate will not be subjected to the qualification procedure.
In case candidate’s leaving certificate lacks required subject/ subjects or certificate is issued by other country than mentioned in Terms and procedures, candidate will be required to attempt an oral entrance exam in English language as per the date indicated in the Application Form.
During the entrance exam candidate’s knowledge (on Polish high school level) will be evaluated in the following fields of study:
Entrance exam will be conducted using remote method through MS Teams platform. Make sure your computer settings allow your webcam, microphone, and speakers/headphones work on Teams application, In special cases, Examination Committee may conduct the exam at the University location.
Final result obtained in the entrance exam is given in points and determines candidate’s position on the rank list.
Each candidate can attempt the entrance exam only once during one 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. Points based on school leaving certificate or obtained in the entrance exam will determine candidate’s position in the ranking list. Ranking list will be announced on the website once the qualification procedure is completed for all candidates. IMPORTANT NOTE: please use your candidate number to monitor your position in the ranking list.
Fall Admission
Registration in the system – until July 31, 2022
Delivery of documents to the Dean's Office – August 16, 2022
Entrance exams – August 29 - September 8, 2022 (with the possibility of additionally September 9, 2022)
Spring Admission
Registration in the system – October 17 - November 30, 2022
Delivery of documents to the Dean's Office – December 16, 2022
Entrance exams – January 9 - 13, 2023
The amount of tuition fees for students starting education in the academic year 2022/2023
Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice program:
ADMISSION FEE - 85 PLN
Tuition fees for English language program commencing from the academic year 2022/2023 are available at our website:
Ranking list will be published on the website once the qualification procedure is completed for all candidates
Candidates may apply for admission to our English language medical program on individual bases directly to the university or may use the services of the following recruiting agencies:
Candidates from Scandinavian countries, Spain, Israel, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg can submit their application to:
Adam Kiełpiński Tolles Consulting
Candidates from UK, USA, Middle East countries, Korea and African countries can submit their application to:
Candidates from South Asia countries (India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan) and countries of the Middle East region of Asia can submit their application to:
Candidates from the countries of the Middle East and India can submit their application to:
Candidates from the countries of the Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Saudi arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and UK can submit their application to:
ADMISSION LIMITS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
| MEDICINE | 160 |
ADMISSION LIMITS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
| MEDICINE | 130 |
ADMISSION LIMITS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
| MEDICINE | 160 |
RULES FOR TRANSFER
to higher study levels /English language program/
NOTE: Pertains only to students currently enrolled in medical program at other medical schools/universities
1. Based on the Act of Higher Education and Science of July 20, 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) student can be admitted through transfer from another university or from foreign university.
2. Candidates applying for transfer to the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice are required to submit their documents according to the following deadlines:
- for International program: from July 1st to August 31st / from January 1st to January 31st
- for European program: from July 1st to August 31st
Documents submitted after this deadline will not be considered and will be returned to applicant.
3. Transfer to the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice can be considered only upon completion of the full year of study at previous university and to the same major and form of study as attended at previous university.
4. Students applying for transfer should submit the following documents:
5. Only hard copies and original documents are acceptable in the transfer procedure.
Opening hours:
Monday: 8:30-2:00
Tuesday: 8:30-2:00
Wednesday: 8:30-2:00
Thursday: 8:30-2:00
Friday: closed
Q: For who the qualification procedure is open?
A: The qualification procedure for studies for fields of study pursued in English is open to candidates who have graduated from secondary school and have obtained a certificate entitling them to take up higher education in the country in which the certificate was issued.
Q: What language are the classes conducted in?
A: All classes are conducted in English.
Q: What is the recruitment fee and what does it apply to?
A: It is a fee related to the recruitment procedure for the field of study you are applying for. This amount is determined by the ordinance of the Minister.
Q: What is the amount of the recruitment fee?
A: Recruitment fee is 85 PLN.
Q: Can I get a refund of the enrollment fee?
A: The University will only refund the enrollment fee if:
Q: What are the current tuition fees?
A: List of tuition fees is available at our website Tuition & Fees
Q: How many times a year is recruitment for studies pursued in English?
A: Recruitment for studies pursued in English International program is conducted twice a year: fall semester and spring semester; European program - once a year: fall semester.
Q: Which determines the acceptance of documents for the qualification procedure?
A: Acceptance of documents for the qualification procedure is determined by the date of their receipt by the University. Documents submitted or received after the deadline set by the University Recruitment Committee will not be considered.
Q: What minimum IELTS score is required?
A: According to Polish regulation minimum IELTS score is at least 6.0.
Q: What size and type of photo is required?
A: A color photo is required in the following format: 35 mm / 45 mm, min. 300 DPI.
Q: I would like to transfer from another university and continue my studies at the Medical University of Silesia In Katowice. What conditions do I have to meet?
A: Information on the conditions for transferring is available at our website: Rules for transfer.
Q: Can I prepare for the entrance exam from the database of questions?
A: In order to prepare for the entrance exam please review the following SYLLABUS.
Q: Can I submit documents in a language other than Polish or English?
A: The documents originally issued in a language other than Polish or English should be accompanied by a sworn translation into English.
Q: Where and when I have to submit the documents?
A: Candidates applying for admission to studies pursued in English submit the documents in person at the place and time designated by the University Recruitment Committee or by post.
