Veterinary Medicine, uniform master’s studies in English (DVM)

About the course

A 5.5-year (11-semester) full-time veterinary degree taught in English by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s English Division, leading to the DVM. The faculty states it has been EAEVE-accredited since 2005.

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. You need a school-leaving certificate that qualifies you for university study in the country that issued it. Applicants with non-Polish certificates are selected by interview, not by grades.
• Admission is by online entrance interviews in Biology and Chemistry, held in English. IB and EB diploma holders are exempt from the interviews.
• English: CEFR B2 minimum (e.g. IELTS, Cambridge FCE/CAE/CPE, TOEFL or TELC), required only if your secondary education was not in English. Confirm with admissions if you were taught through Irish.

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. Register on IRKCreate an account on the UWM IRK portal and choose Veterinary Medicine in English for certificates obtained outside Poland. For 2026, Phase 1 ran from 20 Apr to 24 Jun and Phase 2 from 27 Aug to 1 Sep.
2. Pay the fee and submit documentsPay the recruitment fee and upload your school-leaving certificate, plus proof of English if your schooling was not in English.
3. Online interviewTake the online interview in Biology and Chemistry, in English, on the date the faculty gives for your phase.
4. Accept and enrolIf you get an offer, confirm by paying the first semester’s tuition (22,000 PLN for 2026/27) by the stated deadline. Then submit your original documents and complete enrolment before the course starts in October.

Costs

• 22,000 PLN per semester for the 2026/27 intake, which is 44,000 PLN (roughly 10,300 euro) a year. EU students pay it too, as this is a fee-paying English-language programme. You also pay a recruitment (application) fee when you register, but the pages we checked do not give the amount.

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