Medicine (Uniform Master’s Studies), taught in English

About the course

A six-year (12-semester, 366 ECTS) course taught in English that leads to the medical doctor qualification. It includes more than 1,200 hours of practical training, including 4-week summer clerkships and 30 weeks of clinical rotations in year 6, and ends with an OSCE practical exam.

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. Its published general rule for school-leaving certificates from EU, OECD or EFTA countries is a result of at least 30% at advanced level, or at least 60% at basic level, in Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
• No entrance exam or interview is described for EU applicants. The online general-knowledge entry exam applies to candidates who do not hold a diploma from an EU country.
• English at B2 level or higher is required. The university accepts officially recognised language certificates and is a LanguageCert exam centre. Check with admissions whether a Leaving Certificate taken through English is accepted as proof.

Working in Ireland afterwards

Because your medical degree comes from an EU/EEA country, the Medical Council of Ireland can recognise it automatically under EU Directive 2005/36/EC, as long as it is listed in Annex V (point 5.1.1). If that listing says the degree must come with an internship or state-exam certificate from your home country, you need to have that too, and you must also show your current professional standing and meet the English-language requirements. Graduates of EU/EEA medical schools may apply to the HSE for Irish intern posts, but only if their home-country degree does not already count as complete training. In older HSE intern guides (e.g., the 2022 guide), only graduates from medical schools in Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Iceland and Slovenia could apply. Graduates from other EEA countries (and Italians holding the ‘abilitante’ degree) were told they are not eligible, because they qualify directly for General registration. Applicants who need no work permit were matched before those who do. Please check the current eligibility list in the HSE intern guide for the year you apply. We could not confirm it for the July 2027 intake because the current HSE guide pages are password-protected.

How to apply

1. Register onlineChoose Medicine on en.uafm.edu.pl and click ‘Apply online’ to create an account on the university’s Extranet portal. 2027 dates are not yet published.
2. Upload documentsProvide your Leaving Certificate results, passport, a biometric photo and proof of English at B2.
3. Pay and get the medical certificatesPay the tuition (PayU or bank transfer) and any fees shown in the Extranet. Get an occupational medical certificate and a sanitary-epidemiological certificate, which are required for Medicine.
4. Enrol in KrakowSubmit your original documents to the Admission Office in person (or through an authorised representative) before the academic year starts in October.

Costs

• EUR 15,000 per year (or EUR 7,650 per semester) for 2026/27. The fee table has no separate EU rate, and the International Regional Scholarship does not reduce the Medicine fee, so Irish students pay the full fee. No separate application or registration fee is listed on the fees page, but check the ‘Fees’ tab in the applicant portal when you register. 2027/28 fees are not yet published.

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