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 have graduated from a secondary school abroad and who are applying for admission to the first cycle degree program in nursing is based on a grade for biology obtained in the course of secondary education and a successful verification of the application documents.

For candidates who have completed secondary school in Poland and are applying for admission to studies in nursing, the order of placing on the ranking list is determined by the grade on the secondary school leaving certificate (the so-called „new secondary school leaving certificate”) obtained in biology on the basic or extended level, converted to the basic level. The condition for admission  to the first-cycle degree program in English for the main fields of study of “nursing” is the obtainment of the minimum number of points necessary for admission to the first year of full-time studies in the recruitment process in the Medical University of Silesia, in the Polish language curriculum.

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:

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.

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: