Medicine at the Medical University of Bialystok (MUB) is a six-year (12-semester) long-cycle programme taught in English by the English Division. It suits students who want to learn medicine in small groups within an international community, with hands-on clinical training from the early years.
The programme starts with the theoretical medical sciences – among others anatomy, physiology, microbiology, immunology, clinical genetics, pharmacology and medical ethics. Clinical subjects follow, including internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, oncology and neurology. The sixth year is practical clinical teaching in hospital wards and clinics, with rotations in the main clinical fields, emergency medicine, family medicine and a speciality of your choice.
Practical classes and research take place in:
Each year ends with a summer placement in hospital wards, outpatient clinics or emergency medical services.
Placements include nursing practice (4 weeks), family medicine (3 weeks), emergency care (1 week), internal medicine (4 weeks), and two weeks each of intensive care, general surgery, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology.
Before the first year, all students take a mandatory three-week pre-course that revises biology (16 hours), chemistry (32 hours) and physics (30 hours), gives you basic fluency in Polish (18 hours) and strengthens your English medical and science terminology.
Studies at a glance
Graduates are prepared to work in public and private healthcare facilities, research institutions and research and development centres. MUB also runs a four-year PhD programme in English, and you can begin your doctoral studies while still completing your MD.
Did you know? MUB is headquartered in an eighteenth-century Baroque palace known as the “Versailles of the North”.
As of the 2027/28 admissions, based on the programme pages at umb.edu.pl.
