Physiotherapy (Master’s degree, magister), long-cycle

About the course

A 5-year (10-semester) long-cycle master’s degree in physiotherapy taught in English at Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz. Each academic year includes work placements in physiotherapy and kinesitherapy clinics and hospital wards, across two teaching hospitals.

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 65 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

Physiotherapy is not covered by automatic recognition. CORU checks each EU/EEA physiotherapy qualification against its Standards of Proficiency, and you need a letter of recognition before you can apply to join the Physiotherapists Register. If your training does not fully match, CORU can offer a compensation measure: a supervised adaptation period in Ireland or an aptitude test. EU/EEA-qualified physiotherapists with EU rights can also apply through the European Professional Card (EPC) route.

How to apply

1. Register on IRKCreate an account on the university’s IRK portal, choose Physiotherapy 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 65 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 16,000 per semester for 2026/27 (PLN 32,000 a year, roughly EUR 7,500 at about 4.25 PLN to the euro). In the 2026/27 fee table, year 5 is PLN 15,250 per semester. 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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