MD Medicine "English Program" (Lekarz)

About the course

A six-year, full-time long-cycle medical degree taught in English at the Faculty of Medicine in Szczecin, leading to the MD (Lekarz) qualification. The 2026/27 intake started on 1 October 2026.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university does not publish a specific Irish Leaving Certificate grade requirement. It looks at Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics: one must have been studied at advanced level (at least 2 school years) and another at basic level (at least 1 school year), and your final grades in two of these required subjects must be passing grades. Your certificate must not contain any failing grade. Admissions staff enter your grades in the required subjects and calculate an average for ranking. Irish students applying before their results are out must send a stamped, signed statement from their school showing predicted grades. Contact admissions to confirm how Higher and Ordinary Level are treated.
• You do not sit the entrance exam if your secondary school certificate comes from an EU, OECD or EFTA country, so Irish applicants are ranked on grades. The exam, a 10-minute online test of 10 Biology and 10 Chemistry questions, is only for other applicants. The university does not mention an interview.
• English: you need proof at B2 level or above, for example IELTS 5.5 to 6.5, TOEFL iBT 72 or Cambridge FCE. A secondary diploma from an EU school taught entirely in English is also on the accepted list. School English grades and being a native speaker do not count on their own. Ask admissions whether they accept your Leaving Certificate 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. Check your subjectsMake sure you are taking at least two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, and ask your school for a stamped, signed statement of predicted grades.
2. Apply onlineRegister on apply.pum.edu.pl during the application window (25 May to 20 July in 2026). Upload your school documents and grading scale, your passport and photo, proof of English, and proof that you paid the EUR 85 fee.
3. Accept your offerRanking lists and offers came out from late July in 2026. Confirm your place within 7 days and pay the EUR 600 pre-courses fee.
4. Send hard copiesGet your hard-copy documents to the university by the deadline the Recruitment Committee gives you. Documents count only when they arrive. Leaving Cert holders may be enrolled conditionally, with one semester to complete their documents.

Costs

• EUR 14,500 a year in Years 1 to 3, EUR 14,000 a year in Years 4 and 5 and EUR 10,000 in Year 6 (2026/27 fee list), paid in two instalments due by 1 October and 1 February. There is also a non-refundable EUR 85 application fee and a non-refundable EUR 600 fee for accepted candidates, which covers online pre-courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The fee list gives no reduced rate for EU students, so expect to pay the full tuition.

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