Jagiellonian University Medical College Admissions Guide
Everything you need to apply to Jagiellonian University Medical College: entrance requirements, application deadlines, tuition and cost of living, and the Jagiellonian University Medicine Entrance Exam.
At a glance
UJ in brief
- Entrance exam
- Jagiellonian University Medicine Entrance Exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Interview required
- No
- Tuition
- €16,000 / year
- Cost of living
- Mid-range among Poland's five medical-school cities in our catalogue.
- Application deadline
- 2026/27: applications ran 23 February to 29 April 2026 (12 noon CEST), with one online exam on 23 May 2026. 2027/28 dates not yet published; confirm on medschool.uj.edu.pl.
- Subjects tested
- Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Logic, Ethics
Source: Jagiellonian University Medical College Admissions · Verified 28 Sep 2026
Admission test
Jagiellonian University Medicine Entrance Exam
Jagiellonian University Medical College requires the Jagiellonian University Medicine Entrance Exam for admission. Here are the essential figures.
- Total Questions
- 100
- Test Duration
- 180 min
- Main Sections
- 4
- Maximum Score
- 100
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What the exam tests
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Mathematics and Logic
- Ethics
4 tested areas · Jagiellonian University Medicine Entrance Exam
Application
Application requirements
- Entrance exam
- Required
- Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Logic, Ethics
- Online (remote), 2026/2027 cycle
- Interview
- Not required
- Scholarship
- Not available
- Application fee
- €24
The campus
Collegium Medicum's Medical Campus in Prokocim
Jagiellonian University Medical College (UJ CM) is bringing its teaching and research together on its Medical Campus in Prokocim, Kraków, planned there since 1959; the model shows its teaching and research buildings. Beside the two university hospitals stand the Medical Library and the Centre for Innovative Medical Education (CIEM) at Medyczna 7, the Faculty of Pharmacy at Medyczna 9, Research Building A, opened in October 2025, and Teaching Building B, still under construction, which will hold student laboratories, simulation rooms and lecture halls for about 2,500 students.
Medical Library and CIEM
Medyczna 7: the Medical Library and the Centre for Innovative Medical Education, with seven high-fidelity simulation rooms (a delivery room, an operating theatre, intensive care and emergency rooms), BLS and ALS labs, a surgical-skills lab and OSCE exam rooms.
Faculty of Pharmacy
The Faculty of Pharmacy's building, at Medyczna 9.
Research Building A
Opened on 21 October 2025: over 11,000 m² on six floors above ground and two below, with 24 research laboratories, a biobank and a PET/MRI imaging centre.
Teaching Building B (under construction)
Joined to Building A by a four-storey link, it will hold student laboratories, simulation and augmented-reality rooms, and lecture and seminar halls for about 2,500 students. About 95% of its shell was complete in August 2026.
Student life
Living in Krakow as a medical student
Jagiellonian University, based in Kraków, is one of Europe's oldest universities and carries a strong historical reputation. It offered 120 places on its Medicine in English programme for 2026/27, and its admission statistics count 558 applicants for 130 places in 2025, or 4.29 per place. Kraków has a large international-student population across its universities.
FAQ
UJ admissions FAQ
Yes. Jagiellonian University Medical College delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
At every Polish school in our catalogue, yes: each runs its own remotely proctored exam (Zoom, Microsoft Teams or a school platform), though a few Gdańsk sittings with recruitment partners were held in person in Norway in 2026. This guide includes the setup checklist and flags which format your target school uses.
No. There's no centralised Polish medical entrance exam. Each university writes, times and delivers its own, and question counts alone range from a 12-question oral exam to a 100-question written paper.
If you want to practise in Poland, or to rely on automatic recognition elsewhere in the EU or the UK's European registration route, yes. The LEK is Poland's mandatory final exam for practising in Poland, and the EU Directive's list of Polish medical qualifications pairs the diploma with the LEK certificate and the postgraduate internship certificate.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules Jagiellonian University Medical College has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
Yes. UJ-format practice sessions are available inside the simulator and align with the guide section by section.
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