Pharmacy (Master of Science in Pharmacy), long-cycle

About the course

A long-cycle master’s degree in pharmacy taught in English at Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, with extensive hands-on work in fully equipped pharmaceutical laboratories. The programme page describes 11 semesters, with the final semester a 6-month work placement in a pharmacy (2025/26 study plan).

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. Your school-leaving certificate (or its supplement) must include Biology and either Chemistry or Physics, and it must make you eligible for higher education in your home country. You also need an apostille and Polish recognition of the certificate (through a provincial education superintendent or NAWA) by 30 September.
• There is no written test. After your documents are approved you are invited to an oral admission interview in English, marked out of 100: 50 for secondary-school science knowledge, 25 for motivation and 25 for English. You need at least 60 points.
• English: proof of English at B2 level or higher is required, in line with the Polish ministerial regulation of 30 July 2025.

Working in Ireland afterwards

A pharmacy degree from an EU/EEA member state that fully meets the Directive 2005/36/EC minimum training requirements (Article 44) can be recognised automatically. If you started your studies before the Directive’s reference date, you also need 3 consecutive years of professional experience within the last 5 years. Recognition is step one and PSI registration is step two: recognition alone does not let you practise, and you must also prove competence in English. EU law allows countries to limit EU-qualified pharmacists from running newly opened pharmacies, and we could not confirm on the PSI website whether Ireland does this. If you plan to be the supervising or superintendent pharmacist in a pharmacy, check with the PSI.

How to apply

1. Register on IRKCreate an account on the university’s IRK portal, choose Pharmacy and pay the PLN 85 application fee. In the 2026 cycle, registration ran from 16 April to 31 August.
2. Prepare documentsUpload your Leaving Certificate results (showing Biology and Chemistry or Physics), B2 English proof, passport and a medical certificate. Get an apostille on your certificate and arrange Polish recognition of it by 30 September.
3. Oral interviewYou are given an individual date for the English interview on science, motivation and English. The pass mark is 60 out of 100, and results come within 7 working days.
4. Enrol and payPay the first semester’s fee by 30 September; the academic year opens on 1 October in Bydgoszcz.

Costs

• PLN 17,000 per semester for 2026/27 (PLN 34,000 a year, roughly EUR 8,000 at about 4.25 PLN to the euro). Fees are due by 30 September (winter semester) and 15 February (summer semester). The university says all students, Polish and international, pay the same tuition fee, so EU students pay it too. There is also a PLN 85 (about EUR 20) application processing fee. Fees for 2027/28 were not yet published.

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