Veterinary Medicine in English (long-cycle Master’s)

About the course

A 5.5-year (11-semester) long-cycle Master’s degree in veterinary medicine taught in English at SGGW’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Warsaw.

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. SGGW asks for completed secondary education with a diploma recognised in the EU. It ranks only Polish matura, IB and European Baccalaureate holders on Biology and Chemistry results; holders of other certificates, such as the Leaving Cert, sit SGGW’s entrance exam.
• Entrance exam: SGGW describes it as ‘an exam checking special predispositions to undertake studies and checking language skills at B2 level’. It does not publish the subjects, format or dates.
• English: B2 level required. For EU/EFTA nationals, SGGW accepts a school certificate issued in Ireland confirming English-medium education, as well as IELTS (5.5 or higher), TOEFL iBT (72 or higher) and other listed certificates.

Working in Ireland afterwards

Veterinary degrees from EU member states listed in Annex V (point 5.4.2) of Directive 2005/36/EC are recognised qualifications you can register with at the Veterinary Council of Ireland, which in effect means automatic recognition. You still need to apply to the VCI to register before you can practise. Check the VCI’s list of recognised qualifications to confirm your specific degree is on it.

How to apply

1. Contact IMS and SGGWSGGW names International Medicine Studies (info@ims-medstudy.com) as the recruiter for this programme. Ask for the 2027 application deadline and exam dates, and check the SGGW IRK recruitment system.
2. Prepare documentsHave your passport and Leaving Certificate results ready. Your Irish school certificate can serve as proof of B2 English, or use a recognised test such as IELTS 5.5 or higher.
3. Sit the entrance examTake SGGW’s exam, which tests your aptitude for the studies and your English at B2 level. Dates for 2027 are not yet published.
4. Accept and enrolIf offered a place, pay the first-semester fee (5,450 euro at 2026/27 rates) and enrol for the winter semester starting in autumn 2027.

Costs

• SGGW’s official fee page for 2026/27 lists Veterinary Medicine (long-cycle, 11 semesters) at 10,900 euro a year, paid as 5,450 euro a semester. It appears in the table for ‘students who are Polish citizens and foreigners in studies conducted in a foreign language’, so the fee applies to EU students, including Irish students, as is usual for English-language programmes. Fees for 2027/28 are not yet published. SGGW does not publish an application or entrance exam fee for this programme on its fee page.

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