Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

address: ul. Fredry 10 61-701 Poznań
phone: +48 61 854 60 00
fax: +48 61 847 74 89
e-mail: pums@ump.edu.pl
internet: www.pums.ump.edu.pl

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) is one of the best and largest medical universities in Poland with 90 years of academic experience and with great potential for development. Our University is a leading medical school in Poland. It is a major educational, research and clinical center. Clinical teaching and research are mainly based on cooperation with 6 clinical hospitals. Altogether, there are more than 9200 students studying currently at the University, among which there are 989 students of the English Language Programs.
Admissions. As far as Programs in the English language are concerned, the University admits students to the following Programs:

• 4-year MD Program – since 1993;
• 6-year MD Program – since 1995;
• 5-year DDS Program – since 2001;
• 5-year Pharmacy Program – since 2004, replaced in 2009 by the 6-year Pharm.D. Program;
• 3-year BSc Physiotherapy Program – since 2009.

The total number of academic teachers employed in Medical Faculties I and II which conduct medical studies in Polish and English language amounts to 750. There are among them: 104 professors, 115 assistant professors, 139 adjuncts, 181 assistants with PhD degree, 117 assistants without PhD degree, 83 senior lecturers, 10 lecturers and 1 instructor. Most of them (565 persons) are medical doctors, 94 persons represent sciences, 91 are dentists. They have scientific degrees of philosophy doctor, doctor habilitatus or scientific titles of professor in medicine or dentistry.

The University continuously seeks to develop learning process and teaching techniques. Therefore, it broadens the cooperation with foreign institutions and universities in terms of joint research, joint participation in international programs and research projects as well as in joint publications and scientific conferences, exchange of students and teachers. PUMS cooperates with many foreign institutions from the whole world, including Universities in Rennes and Nancy (France), Berlin, Halle, Kiel, Nürnberg, Mainz, Munchen Regensburg (Germany), Linkoping (Sweden), Oslo University College and Agder University College (Norway), Perugia (Italy), University of Illinois in Chicago, Indiana University in Bloomington, Widener University, Chester Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania (USA), The University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

Poznan University of Medical Sciences began the careful planning of an exciting new medical curriculum. In this curriculum, students are given specific subject matter and clinical objectives and outcomes by the faculty. Consequently, expectations and evaluations for students both in the basic sciences and in the clinics are made very clear. In addition, students will be instructed in communication skills, professionalism, interpretation and use of the scientific literature, diagnostic and treatment skills, rapport building with patients, sensitivity to moral, ethical, cultural, and social issues and life-long learning skills. Students will also receive training in problem based learning through extensive use of clinical vignettes in their basic sciences. The implementation of this curriculum, to be put into place in the near future, will make our Medical School a unique institution for students looking for a strong academic program where academic and clinical expectations are clearly defined.

English programs are accredited, among other institutions, by the US Department of Education, Educational Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), National Board of Medical Examiners, loan institutions in the USA, Canada and Scandinavia. In 2008 our University was granted accreditation by the Medical Board of California.

Many University staff members serve on the boards of professional and scientific associations and are invited to act as advisers by the WHO and IAEA. MD and PhD degrees awarded at the University enjoy wide international recognition. At present more than 1200 graduates of the University practice or research abroad. Many of them are outstanding clinical specialists and heads of hospital departments in Europe, North America, South Africa and elsewhere. Last year a team led by dr Maria Siemionow, a graduate and professor of surgery of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, performed a landmark face transplant in Cleveland Clinic, USA.

Study programmes

Fields of study in Polish

Facts & figures

• Established in 1919
• 1186 academic staff members
• 8170 students (77% women)
• 989 foreign students

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