Medicine and Dentistry, unified master’s

About the course

A 5-year (10-semester) dentistry degree taught in English at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, with clinical departments in Zabrze and nearby cities, leading to the professional title of dentist. Students practise on phantoms in the Medical Simulation Centre in Zabrze, and work with patients starts in the third year.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university converts Leaving Certificate grades to points (H1 = 100, H2 = 89, H3 = 79, H4 = 69, H5 = 59, H6 = 49, H7 = 39, H8 = 0; the Ordinary Level table uses the same values). It ranks applicants on Biology (compulsory) plus one of Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics, all taken at extended (advanced) level, which the Ireland table matches to Higher Level. You need at least 100 points in total across the two subjects, including at least 40 in Biology (so H6 or better in Biology). The Rector may lower this threshold if places are not filled. The Leaving Certificate does not need NAWA recognition.
• You only sit an entrance exam if your certificate is missing the required subjects. It is held remotely on MS Teams at high-school level, covers Biology (compulsory) plus Chemistry or Physics, is marked 0-100 per subject, and can be taken only once per admission process.
• English at B2 level or higher is required. For EU citizens, the rules accept a certificate of graduation from a school where English was the language of instruction, as well as language certificates.

Working in Ireland afterwards

A dental degree from an EU member state that is listed in the EU Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC, as amended) can be recognised automatically by the Dental Council of Ireland. To get this, you provide a certificate from your home country’s competent authority confirming the degree meets the Directive’s minimum training conditions, plus proof of English-language proficiency. EU dental degrees that do not qualify for automatic recognition may instead be assessed under the Directive.

How to apply

1. Register onlineCreate an account on apply.sum.edu.pl and choose Medicine and Dentistry. For 2026 entry, registration ran from 1 Apr to 15 Aug.
2. Upload documents and pay the feeUpload scans of your Leaving Certificate (with apostille), passport, photo and proof of English, and pay the 85 PLN application fee. In 2026 the document deadline was 21 Aug. Leaving Certificate results come out in late August, so ask admissions how to submit them in time.
3. Check the ranking listWith only 36 places, admission depends on where your converted Biology plus Chemistry, Physics or Maths points place you on the ranking list, which you check by candidate number.
4. Send originals and enrolIf you qualify, post the hand-signed application form and original or notarised documents to the Admission Office (before 1 Oct in 2026) and pay tuition in PLN.

Costs

• 68,400 PLN a year (34,200 PLN per semester), shown by the university as about 16,020 euro. All payments are accepted only in Polish zloty, so the euro amount changes with the exchange rate. The fee table lists one fee for the English-taught programme, with no separate lower fee for EU students. There is also a one-off application fee of 85 PLN (100 PLN if you need to sit the entrance exam). These are the 2026/27 figures. The 2027/28 fee has not been published.

At a glance