How to apply - some basic information

Here you wil find information on the student recruitment, tests and interviews in 2011.

Find Application form, Health certificate form and application guide in English for the universities here:

Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan

Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz

Both universities have obligatory admission interviews for all applicants. The interviews are held by professors from each university, in cooperation with the Scandinavian Director of Admissions, Mr. Thor Kristian Hanisch of Agder Vitenskapsakademi.

The interviews focus mainly on issues within the fields of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. You will usually also be questioned about issues such as work experience and experience from voluntary work, sports and other leisure time activities. We recommend that you prepare for the interview also by reflecting on your motivation and personal qualifications for studying and for entering the profession in question.

From 2010, PUMS Poznan has also introduced a written multiple choice test which you need to complete before the interview, (the same day). The test consists of questions from the fields of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Most applicants prepare for the interview by reading (again) their high school books in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Since the test and interview are held in English, it is an advantage for you if you also try to prepare for the interview by reading Biology, Chemistry and Physics books in English, or at least try to get to know some basic English concepts.

For optimal preparation for the test and interview, PUMS Poznan offers this list of recommended (but not obligatory) books for preparation for the interview:

Physics:
D.C. Giancoli, Physics, Principles with applications, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-6722411-6

Medical Chemistry:
Karen C. Timberlake: General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. Structures of life. ISBN 0-321-04283-2, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 2002

Biology:
Neil A. Campbell and Jane B. Reece: Biology. 7th Edition. ISBN 10: 080537146X / 0-8053-7146-X, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company Inc., 2004

Familiarizing with the above books will enable the non-native speaker candidates to get to know specialist English vocabulary from Physics, Biology and Chemistry.