Physiotherapy
UNIFIED MASTER’S 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: PHYSIOTHERAPY
Degree: MASTER
Length of studies: 5 years (10 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 Physiotherapy. 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 Physiotherapy, 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 Physiotherapy.
The program comprises theoretical knowledge and practical skills, needed for a practitioner in Physiotherapy. Students take this opportunity to extend their general and specialist knowledge of medical, biological and social sciences.
Studies in the area of Physiotherapy are a way to gain skills of one of the most versatile and comprehensive medical occupations. Graduates are welcome not only in public and private health care establishments but may also seek employment in education, sheltered workshops, hospices, social care, nursing homes, sports centres, health resorts, spa & wellness centres and fitness studios.
Physiotherapy has now been among the fastest developing disciplines of contemporary medicine. Growing requirements for prophylactic and health promoting activities, as well as promising outcomes of physiotherapeutic treatment, have their effect in boosting the demand for graduates of this particular faculty on the market.
Our graduates are ready to take positions in:
- hospitals,
- private and public rehabilitation centres,
- spa & wellness centres,
- health care establishments,
- government bodies and local institutions working in the area of physiotherapy and health care,
- as providers of rehabilitation equipment,
- R & D organizations,
- organizations established to provide counselling and educate in the area of medical sciences,
- sports centres.
Recruitment of candidates who have completed their secondary education abroad and are applying for admission to uniform Master’s studies in Physiotherapy is based on the biology grade obtained during secondary education, as well as the successful verification of the application documents.
For candidates who have completed secondary school in Poland and are applying for admission to Physiotherapy studies, 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.
A condition for admission to the uniform Master’s studies in Physiotherapy is achieving the minimum number of points required for admission to the first year of full-time studies in the recruitment process at the Medical University of Silesia under the Polish-language curriculum.
- 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.