Why Wroclaw Medical University ?
• The Wroclaw Medical University is one of the most renowned public medical schools in Poland
• Consists of 5 faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health and Postgraduate Education.
• Total number of chairs and clinics amounts to 164
• 1093 academic professors and teachers work at the Medical University
• about 5700 students
• A huge teaching hospital
• In 2000, the Faculty of Medicine was the first in Poland to receive accreditation for its educational program
• The high educational quality was demonstrated by excellent results of students who passed the State Medical and Dental Examination
• In 2005, the program was reviewed by the State Accreditation Committee and its final report was positive for the Faculty
Wrocław is a city with a rich medical tradition. The first hospital was founded in the 13th century. Medicine was first taught in 1745 by the establishment of the Collegium Medico-Chirurgicum. It was the first medical school in the city. Many famous doctors lived and worked in Wrocław, such as Alois Alzheimer - neurologist and psychiatrist, who presented his findings regarding degeneration of the brain cortex (Alzheimer's Disease), Robert Koch - creator of modern bacteriology (Nobel Prize in 1905), Paul Erlich - pioneer of present chemotherapy (Nobel Prize in 1908).
The process of teaching is realised by a team of highly qualified specialists. The Medical University also performs a wide range of scientific activities and provides the whole region of Lower Silesia with highly specialised medical care.
Describe of Wroclaw
Wroclaw Poland, the capital of Lower Silesia, is rapidly catching the attention of tourists and businessmen alike.It was once described as “the holy blossom of Europe, a beautiful gem among cities”, and has always been a bone of contention, changing hands many times throughout its long history. In the past, Wrocław has belonged to Poles, Czechs, Austrians, Hungarians and Germans. Settlers here have included Walloons, Jews, Italians and Ruthenians. The mixture of many different religions and cultures, while troublesome at times, has also contributed a lot to the city. Wrocław lies in the middle of the Silesian Lowland, where the Oder River branches out to form 12 islands. The city is spanned by more than 100 bridges. Seen from the deck of a tour boat, Wrocław looks like a city on the water.
The heart of Wrocław is the Market Square, one of the most beautiful and largest urban squares in Poland. As in centuries past, it is home to large banks, elegant stores and famous restaurants. Wrocław’s Market Square was built on the crossroads of important transport routes running from the Czech Republic in the south, to the north, and from Western Europe to the East. The wealth of Wrocław’s residents was built on international trade, and the city grew rich from the taxes flowing into its coffers. With over 20,000 residents in the 14th century, Wrocław was among the largest cities of Europe at the time. In 1387 it became a member of the Hanseatic league, the powerful union of northern German, Rheinland, Teutonic, Swedish and Polish towns, which monopolized northern European trade and became a political power. People come to Wrocław for more than just business. Kings, emperors and presidents have been guests at the Under the Golden Sun, Under the Seven Electors and Under the Blue Sun tenement houses located on the Market Square. They have received homage, held political negotiations and borrowed money from the city. Today their former residences are the most beautiful buildings in the Market Square, and the Town Hall is recognised as a gem of Gothic- Renaissance urban architecture.
Reference data : http://www.poland.travel/en-us/cities/wroclaw-a-magical-city/
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History of Wroclaw Medical University
Medicine program
The Faculty of Medicine is the oldest and the largest faculty of Wroclaw Medical University. It was established on November 14, 1945, as one of six faculties of the University of Wroclaw and Technical University. The opening lecture was given by Ludwik Hirszfeld. The scientific staff consisted mainly of professors from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv.
The Wroclaw Medical University was established in 1950, consisting of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy. Since then, 16,068 medical doctors and 4,715 dentists have graduated. On February 12, 1958, the first open heart surgery in Poland was carried out by prof. Wiktor Bross at the Faculty of Medicine, who also on March 31, 1966 performed the first kidney transplant from a living donor. These achievements were significant in European medicine. A great number of prominent scientists conducted research at the Faculty of Medicine, including the following professors: Ludwik Hirszfeld, Zygmunt Albert, Edward Szczeklik, Witold Orłowski, Stefan Ślopek, Hugon and Zofia Kowarzyk.
Two new faculties, the Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Training in 1992 and the Faculty of Dentistry in 2000, were created based on the organisational structure and lecturing staff of the Faculty of Medicine. After these changes, the Faculty of Medicine assumed more educational duties from the University. In 2002, the Faculty received the PE-EN ISO 9001 certificate for its educational and research programs in accordance with standards defined by the Polish Centre for Testing and Certification.
Dentistry programThe Dentistry Unit was established at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Wroclaw and Technical University in Wroclaw on April 13, 1947. In 1950, the school of dentistry became a part of the Wroclaw Medical University. The school consisted of four departments. In 1970–1980, academic dentistry in Wroclaw functioned as the Institute of Dentistry. In December 1981, the school of dentistry was reunited with the Faculty of Medicine. The Faculty of Dentistry was established on November 16, 2000. Prominent Polish scientists conducted research in dentistry in Wrocław, including the following professors: Noemi Wigdorowicz-Makowerowa, Tadeusz Owiński, Adam Masztalerz, Stanisław Potoczek, Bogumił Płonka, Tadeusz Pawela, Ignacy Pietrzycki and many others. In 2003–2006, the scientific and training facilities were moved to a new building. The Faculty regained the right to issue degrees in dental medicine (in the last three years the Faculty has granted 26 degrees). The Faculty, as one of five in Poland, has received the longest possible accreditation from
the State Accreditation Committee. Today, it is one of three independent faculties of dentistry in Poland.
Research
Medicine Program
• the genetic and immunological determinants of neoplastic, autoimmunological, and metabolic diseases and atherosclerosis in adults and children
• the epidemiology of environmental and allergic diseases and nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease
• assessment of anticancer and allergic activities of substances and drugs, studies on the properties of agents modulating multidrug resistance (MDR) and attempts to overcome it
• advances in pain treatment
• a large-scale study on the registration, diagnostics, and treatment of severe sepsis, aimed at creating the basis for a national program for treating severe sepsis
• fundamental and clinical research on the mechanisms of free radicals in health and disease
• novel technical and therapeutic solutions in emergency medicine
• research into occupation- and housing-related health threats, in co-operation with industries in Lower Silesia
• research into the history of the Jan Kazimierz University Faculty of Medicine in Lvov
Dentistry program
• biochemistry of saliva
• the epidemiology of caries, periodontal diseases and functional disturbances of the stomatognathic system
• oral health status in the course of various systemic diseases
• the treatment of patients with craniofacial defective lesions
• the aetiopathogenesis of periodontal diseases
• the diagnostics and treatment of functional disturbances of the masticatory organ
• the surgical treatment of craniofacial malformations
• combined cleft treatment
• experimental research into biomaterials and implants
• biomaterials in plastic surgery and dentistry
• craniofacial bone distraction using distraction devices
How to get here ?
Wroclaw Airport.
Landing in Wroclaw Airport you can take a bus406 to the Dworcowa Street, which takes you to Dworcowa Street. Then you have to change the bus on “Dworcowa” bus stop and take the bus number 145 or 146. With both busses (145, or 146) you can go directly to Skłodowskiej –Curie ("Kliniki" bus stop) street where you have to get off the bus. The ride takes around an hour. The red-brick buildings across the road from “Kliniki” bus stop are your destination.
Please note that you have to buy a ticket to ride. The fare costs 3 PLN/each person. If you are going to change a tram or a bus, you have to buy a new ticket; or choose an option of a time ticket “bilet czasowy” that allows You to make several changes of public transport within a certain, limited time. The available options are: 30 minutes (3 PLN), 60 min (4, 40 PLN), 90 min (6 PLN), 24 hours (11 PLN), 48 hours (20 PLN). All types of tickets may be purchased in a special automatic distributors on board of each bus and tram or on larger bus stops.
In the Airport you can find/hire a taxi (cab). The cost of the ride from the Airport to our university is approximately 50 PLN.
Wrocław Główny train station
You have to find a tram stop (tram number 2) or a bus stop (bus number 145).
Start point is “Dworzec Główny PKP” bus/tram stop and destination point is “Kliniki” bus/tram stop. The ride takes approximately 15 minutes.
Please note that you have to buy a ticket to ride. The fare costs 3 PLN/each person. If you are going to change a tram or a bus, you have to buy a new ticket, or choose a ticket with a limited time option that allows you to make several changes (if needed).
Of course you can always take a taxi which you can find next to the train station. Taxi ride from the train station to our university will cost around 30 PLN.
Travel Information
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By plane
to Warsaw - 1 hour flight
to Copenhagen - 1,5 hour flight
to Frankfurt - 2 hour flight
Strachowice Airport is located south-west of the city, about 10 km from the centre. You can get there by bus or by taxi.
By train
to Warsaw - 5 hours
to Berlin - 6 hours
to Cracow - 4,5 hours
to Prague - 7 hours
The central railway station is situated in the city centre (Józef Piłsudski Street). It has direct connections with all major cities of Poland and several cities of Europe, including Prague, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt/M, Kiev.
By bus
The central bus station is located at the back of the central railway station. It serves intercity lines as well as local ones. Buses of companies transporting passengers to/from all major European cities stop there as well.
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High School Diploma : Chemistry, Biology – mandatory, and Physics or Mathematics - one of them.
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The deadline for application is on July .
the candidate, who is conditionally approved has to provide originals of the following documents :
1.HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND TRANSCRIPT OF GRADES (if not included on the Diploma) – must be translated into English language. The original of High School Diploma (in your language of origin) must be legalized or provided with an apostille in the country of student`s origin (depending on country). The Polish translation has to be done in Poland by a sworn translator approved by the Polish Ministry of Justice. The list of the translators you will obtain in ED office or on a website www.ms.gov.pl .
2.APPLICATION FORM – filled in and signed by the candidate (including personal questionnaire) for admission to studies, stating the chosen field of studies.
3.ENGLISH LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE – that proves a good command of both written and spoken English (e.g. FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL, IELTS), must be certified according to the Regulation of the President of the Council of Ministers dated 16th December 2009 on the qualification procedures in civil services in case when English language is not a mother language of the candidate. Documents confirming language proficiency are listed in Attachment 2 (p. 5 and 6).
4.HEALTH CERTIFICATE - filled and signed by a doctor
5.FOUR (4) RECENT PASSPORT PHOTOS – passport size (35x45 mm) signed on the back.
6.HEPATITIS B – confirmation of vaccination against it.
7.INSURANCE POLICY – in case of illness or accidents covering the whole period of studies in Poland or European Card of Health Insurance, or declaration of obtaining an insurance policy from the National Health Fund immediately after the beginning of studies,
8.VISA – a valid resident visa or Temporary Stay Card which entitles to stay on the territory of the Polish Republic. EU citizens can apply for Temporary Stay Card in Poland, during the first two months in Poland.
9.PROOF OF PAYMENT – all candidates have their own individual bank account number created by the Online Registration System and listed in the Certification of Enrollment. The payment must be done onto this individual account. Do not forget to write ED or English Division as well as your full name on your bank money order.The deadline for submission of the documents is on August 31st 2016 .
Legalization (authentication) of documents :
Please note that the procedure is different depending on country of origin.
Pre course
Optional pre-courses of biology, chemistry and physics take place in September every year in the number of 3 weeks in total (September 7th - September 25th). The total amount of 2100 PLN should be paid by 31st August to the account individually assigned to a student. Additional cost of books including access to e-learning platform, that will be helpful during first year of study is around 1000 PLN (paid in Wroclaw).
An intensive course of Polish language being run during September in the number of approx.40 hours takes place at the Department of Foreign Languages of Wroclaw Medical University.
Syllabus for chemistry, biology, physics
Chemistry:
International system of units. Matter and properties. Elements, compounds and mixtures. Periodic Table. Isotopes. Symbols and formulas. Chemical equations. Atoms, molecules. Mass unit. Laws of chemical combination. Avoggadro's number and the mole. Ideal Gas Laws. Writing empirical and structural formulas - acids, bases and salts. Balancing chemical reactions. Calculations based on chemical equations. Stoichiometry. Molar concentration - calculations. Ionisation reactions, reactions between ions. Oxidation number. Redox reactions - balancing. Alkanes naming, structural isomers, reactions. Alkynes. Aromatic compounds. Benzene, nitration. Ortho, meta, para-isomerism. Alcohols, reactions, oxidation. Phenols. Aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids, derivates - esters and amides. Carbohydrates - fructose, glucose, sucrose. Lipids. Fatty acids. Triglycerides - formation and hydrolysis. Proteins, nucleic acids - general view.
Biology:
Cells, structure and function, cell divisions. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Mendel's laws, segregation and independent assortment. Alleles, homozygotes, heterozygotes. Genotype and phenotype. Molecular basis of heredity. DNA, replication, genetic code. RNA. Protein synthesis. Reproduction and development. External and internal fertilisation; cleavage, blastula formation, gastrulation, neurulation. Classification and characteristics of the main taxonomic groups of animals, with special attention to Chordates, Vertebrates and Mammals.
Physics:
Speed, velocity and acceleration. Force and momentum, Newton Laws of motion. Work, energy and power. Behaviour of gases: pressure, Boyle, Charles, Universal Gas Laws. Heat: capacity, transfer, temperature. Waves: reflection, refraction, diffraction. Refraction of light, lenses, eye. Sound. Electric current, charge, potential difference, resistance. Electromagnetic induction. Atomic structure, electron beams, X-rays, radioactivity. Communication systems.
Transfer student
Candidates from other medical universities in Poland or abroad who have attended program of medicine or dentistry studies in English language before can apply for transfer to the 6-year medical program or 5-year dentistry program at the WMU only within the same faculty. Please note that the transfer may take place only at the beginning of the academic year, once the student has completed the previous academic year and has met all the requisites operative at the university the student is leaving. Transfer to the Faculty of Dentistry or Medicine is basically possible to the 3rd year of studies.
The candidates are expected to submit the following documents before the 15th of August prior to the beginning of the prospective academic year:
1. filled in application form as well as a request for a transfer
2. original college transcript of records from the University the student is leaving
3. High School Diploma (original) plus apostille (both with Polish translation)
4. Original high school diploma (or its copy certified by a notary) of a sufficiently high standard must be legalized by a Polish consulate (or other institution authorized to this procedure) in the country of student`s origin as the equivalent to Polish secondary school certificate. Students with diploma from the countries which are members of the Hague Conference on Private Law must receive an apostille on the original high school diploma (www.hcch.net). The diploma must be then submitted to the Department of Education in Poland (Kuratorium Oswiaty) in order to be recognized as equivalent to the Polish high school diploma.
5. certificate from Polish Embassy or other authorized institution stating that this diploma entitles its owner to continue higher education at university level (unless such statement is provided on the diploma)
6. Students holding IB or EB high school diploma do not need to have apostille and certificate indicated in pkt 6.
7. Medical Health Certificate form filled in by the applicant's physician
8. English language certificate that proves a good command of both written and spoken English (FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL) or any other document of reasonable proficiency in English
9. photocopy of the applicant's passport
10. birth certificate (authenticated copy)
11. 4 recent passport photographs passport size signed on the back (NO HEAD COVER, PLEASE)
Accommodation:
The University has its own dormitory and will offer you a place in a double room on arrival in the Students` Hostel "Jubilatka" at a monthly cost of 450 PLN (Polish zloty). This price includes the use of pillows, blankets, linen, cost of gas and electricity, change of linen each month, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
Rooms are equipped with:
•bed
•overbed shelves
•2 chairs
•wardrobe
•table
•desk
•access to the internet
•wash basin
•shower
•bed sheets, a blanket and a pillow
•bedside lamp
•refrigerator
•blinds
Bathrooms and toilets are available on each floor. A kitchen is also available on each floor equipped with a gas cooker and a sink. Kitchen utensils are not provided. There is also a laundry in the hostel available for the students.
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