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Admission requirements vary depending on your primary country of citizenship. Please select one of the categories below to see the requirements applying to your citizenship.
NOTE: If you are a dual (multiple) citizen, including Polish, you must follow the admission path for Polish citizens, regardless of your country of residence or birth or the country where you completed secondary education.
Admission requirements applicable to the 2025/26 intake:
POLISH CITIZENS:
Details regarding the admission process can be found in the Resolution no. 45 of 25 June 2024 (file below) and on the website: ADMISSION DETAILS FOR POLISH CITIZENS
The above admission rules for Polish citizens are based on the following:
Resolution no.45. of 25 June 2024 admission rules for academic year 2025/2026 (in Polish)
Resolution-no 45 of 25 June 2024 annex no. 6 Faculty of Medicine (in Polish)
The information and requirements below apply to candidates whose primary country of citizenship is other than Poland. Recruitment of non-Polish citizens is managed by the Centre for Medical Education in English. For detailed information concerning admission to a specific programme, please visit the page dedicated to this programme (access through home page).
Application period:
- 1st intake session: 1 April – 21 May 2025
- 2nd intake session: 2 June – 25 June 2025
- 3rd intake session: 7 July – 23 July 2025
- 4th intake session: 4 August – 27 August 2025
IMPORTANT: Please mind that if you don’t finalise your application within the deadline for a specific session, it will not automatically move to the next session! The system is designed in such a way that your application in that session will be closed and you will have to create a new one when the next session opens.
For example: You start submitting your application during Session 1, but you don’t upload all the documents and/or pay the application fee within the deadline for that session. As a result, your application is closed and you have to start a new one when Session 2 opens.
Recruitment process – step by step:
- you register in the online admission system: Internetowa Rejestracja Kandydatów – IRK (www.irk.umk.pl) – we recommend following our video guide to the system;
- you submit the required documents through your personal candidate account;
- if your documents are approved by the Qualification Commission, you take the online written test in English;
- if you pass the written test (min. 50% of correct answers), you are invited for the admision interview (if you fail the test, your admission process ends at this point);
- your test and interview results are summed up;
- if you receive a minimum number of points required, you become admitted.
Required documents:
- your upper secondary school leaving certificate or diploma which:
- is validated (legalised) or affixed with apostille,
- gives the right to apply to all types of higher education institutions in the country where it was issued and is equal to the Polish upper secondary school leaving certificate,
- includes the following subjects: (1) Biology and (2) Chemistry or Physics;
- a document confirming your right to apply to all types of higher education institutions in your home country – if this is not stated in your secondary school leaving certificate: Eligibility_statement_-_template_
- a valid medical certificate confirming your ability to take up studies: Medical_certificate_-_template_ (1
- a valid passport.
Recruitment fee:
There is an application processing fee: PLN 85. Payment instruction will be provided in the online admission system. Payment is necessary in order for the application to be processed.
The written test:
The test will be a multiple-choice test (1 correct answer per each question), consisting of 50 questions: 30 in biology, 12 in chemistry, and 8 in physics. Each correct answer is awarded 1 point, so the total number of points to be obtained is 50. You need to obtain at least 25 points in the test in order to go through to the next stage of the admission process – the interview. If you receive 24 points or less, the admission process ends for you and you cannot get admission.
The test is held online, using a dedicated testing platform. You will get access to the platform on the day of the test. Please note that the platform uses an anti-cheating tool (proctoring software) which will automatically disqualify you if you switch from the test platform to e.g. browser.
The interview:
The interview includes questions concerning knowledge in the field of natural and exact sciences (biology, chemistry, physics) at the level of secondary school (max. 25 pts.), as well as motivation to study the selected programme (max. 25 pts.). It also aims to check the candidate’s proficiency in English (max. 25 pts.). The total number of points which can be obtained during the interview is 75. The interview is conducted online.
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The result:
Your overall candidate score is calculated using the formula: W = W1/2 + W2
Where: W – total score, W1 – score for the written test, W2 – score for the interview.
In order to become admitted, you need to obtain no less than 70 points in total (W ≥ 70).
After admission:
If your secondary school diploma was not issued by any of the EU/EFTA/OECD countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the USA) it needs to be officially recognized in Poland by province education superintendent (kurator oświaty).
The administrative procedure managed by kurator oświaty should be finished before the end of 1st semester of studies.
The admission rules for non-Polish citizens are based on the following:
Resolution no. 46 of 25 June 2024 – annex 6 – Faculty of Medicine
Order no.82.2025 on the documents required from foreign nationals EN 2025_26