University of Pécs Admissions Guide
Everything you need to apply to University of Pécs: entrance requirements, application deadlines, tuition and cost of living, and the Pécs Entrance Exam.
At a glance
University of Pécs in brief
- Entrance exam
- Pécs Entrance Exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Interview required
- Yes
- Tuition
- €15,400 / year
- Cost of living
- The most affordable of Hungary's four medical-school cities in our catalogue — a comparable apartment runs around €290 / month
- Application deadline
- 2027/28 window published: 1 November 2026 to 30 June 2027. The exam and interview run every Wednesday from 3 March to 14 July 2027, booked by email at least 2 weeks ahead; applying earlier leaves more seats.
- Subjects tested
- Biology, Chemistry, General English, Medical English
Source: University of Pécs Admissions · Verified 28 Sep 2026
Admission test
Pécs Entrance Exam
University of Pécs requires the Pécs Entrance Exam for admission. Here are the essential figures.
- Total Questions
- 100
- Test Duration
- 100 min
- Main Sections
- 4
- Maximum Score
- 100
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What the exam tests
- Biology
- Chemistry
- General English
- Medical English
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Application
Application requirements
- Entrance exam
- Required
- Biology, Chemistry, General English, Medical English
- In-person or online
- Interview
- Required
- Scholarship
- Separate application required
- Application fee
- €415
Fees
University of Pécs medicine fees for international students
The Medical School quotes Medicine and Dentistry tuition in US dollars, per year, split into a larger first and a smaller second semester. These are the figures on its Tuition Fees & Costs page for students starting in 2027/28; the page gives the same annual fee for each year of study.
General Medicine and Dentistry in English: fees for a 2027/28 start
| Fee | General Medicine (M.D.) | Dentistry (D.M.D.) |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition, per year | USD 16,750 (9,000 first semester + 7,750 second) | USD 17,350 (9,300 + 8,050), dental materials included |
| Application fee | USD 200, once, by 2 July 2027 | USD 200, once, by 2 July 2027 |
| Entrance exam (in Pécs) | USD 250 per sitting | USD 250 per sitting |
| Registration fee | USD 220, with the first semester's tuition | USD 220, with the first semester's tuition |
The exam fee is paid again for each attempt, but the application fee only once. If you sit the exam abroad with one of Pécs's representatives, the exam fee is theirs, not the university's. Fees are paid by card in the DreamApply application profile or by bank transfer. For comparison, the Faculty of Pharmacy charges in euros: Pharmacy (PharmD) €8,400 a year and Biotechnology BSc €7,000 a year, both exempt from the application fee, and Biotechnology MSc €5,500 a semester.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for international students
Admission to General Medicine and Dentistry rests on the entrance exam alone: the Medical School says the decision is "based solely on your performance in the entrance examination", so high-school grades decide nothing once you are eligible to sit it. To apply you need:
- A secondary-school leaving certificate and transcript, with the best possible grades in Biology and Chemistry; if you graduate in 2027, you can apply first and hand the certificate in by enrolment in September 2027
- English at B2 (upper-intermediate); no language certificate is needed, because the exam tests it
- Eligibility for higher education in your home country
- A copy of your passport and a Europass CV with a photo, in English, with the online application
There is no age limit, and a preparatory course is not required, though Pécs runs one. Hungarian is not needed to apply: Medical Hungarian is taught in the programme. Applicants who hold a BA or BSc in a medicine-related field, or have completed at least a year of one, can ask to be exempted from the exam; an IB diploma does not exempt you. The exam itself is 100 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 40 minutes (Biology 20, Chemistry 20, General English 40, Medical English 20) and a 20–30 minute interview with a professor; you can sit it up to three times, once only with Stipendium Hungaricum.
Application timeline
Application deadline and timeline for 2027/28
Pécs has one intake a year, in September, and admits continuously: it says that the earlier you apply, the more places it can offer, so places can fill before the deadline.
University of Pécs General Medicine and Dentistry: 2027/28 timeline
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 1 November 2026 | Applications open, online through DreamApply |
| Every Wednesday, 3 March to 14 July 2027 | Entrance exam and interview in Pécs (mostly online): book by email two weeks ahead and pay the USD 250 exam fee |
| Within a week of the exam | Result |
| 30 June 2027 | Application deadline (USD 200 application fee by 2 July) |
| 7 July 2027 | Last day to pay the exam fee for the final sitting, 14 July |
| September 2027 | Programme starts; school-leaving certificate due by enrolment |
Candidates who apply through a representative abroad, or sit the exam at McDaniel College in Budapest, follow that sitting's own dates.
Curriculum
The six-year General Medicine curriculum
General Medicine is a six-year Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) taught in English, with 180 places a year: ten semesters of pre-clinical and clinical study, then a full year of clinical rotations. Classes average 25 to 30 hours a week, 350 to 420 a semester. The Medical School says its diploma is accepted in every EU country and several others, among them Norway, the USA, Canada and Israel.
General Medicine at Pécs, module by module
| Module | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Basic | The structure and functions of the healthy human body |
| Preclinical | How disease processes form and what they look like, and basic patient examination |
| Clinical | Specific diseases, diagnosis and treatment, taught mostly on the wards |
| Clinical rotation (final year) | A full practical year on the wards, doing medical work under supervision |
Dentistry (D.M.D.) takes the same entrance exam and lasts five years (10 semesters), with 60 places: basic medical and dental sciences in the first two years, then pre-clinical and clinical modules with more patient care, electives and hospital practice.
Scholarships
Scholarships: Stipendium Hungaricum
The main scholarship is Stipendium Hungaricum, the Hungarian government's programme run by Tempus Public Foundation. In Pécs it covers the English-taught General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and both Biotechnology degrees, and it pays: no tuition fee, a monthly HUF 43,700 towards living costs for 12 months a year, a dormitory place or HUF 40,000 a month towards housing, and medical insurance. Hungarian citizens, dual citizens included, cannot apply.
You apply to the scholarship first, then to Pécs as a scholarship applicant, quoting your scholarship ID. Pécs nominates the applicants whose exam is acceptable, but Tempus makes the award, and a Stipendium Hungaricum applicant has one exam attempt instead of three. The Medical School also lists a Scholarship for Christian Young People and a Scholarship Program for the Hungarian Diaspora.
Rankings
Is the University of Pécs good for medicine?
In Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2027, the University of Pécs is in the 1001–1200 band worldwide; in THE's Medical and Health subject table (the 2026 edition, the latest), it is in the 401–500 band. THE counts 16,523 students and 15.6 students per member of staff.
Rankings say little about a medical degree's day-to-day value. The facts Pécs publishes: its M.D. is accepted across the EU and in Norway, the USA, Canada and Israel, and 3,500 students from 67 countries study at the Medical School. It publishes no acceptance rate and no pass mark, so any figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
University of Pécs in THE's World University Rankings
| Edition | World | Medical and Health |
|---|---|---|
| THE 2027 | 1001–1200 | 401–500 (2026 table) |
Community
University of Pécs medicine on Reddit
r/UniversityOfPecs is a Reddit community for applicants and students of the University of Pécs. IvyTest runs it: a place to ask about the entrance exam, the interview, fees, housing and life in Pécs. The university's own admissions pages remain the source for dates and fees.
Sources, read on 15 October 2026: Tuition Fees & Costs · Application and exam fees · Entry requirements · Possibilities for exemption · Online application · About the exam · General Medicine · Dentistry · Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Program · Times Higher Education: University of Pécs
Student life
Living in Pécs as a medical student
Pécs runs a genuinely rolling admissions process — the entrance exam and interview are offered every Wednesday from early March through mid-July, and the university's own guidance says applying earlier leaves more seats available. The medical school has around 3,500 students from some 67 countries.
FAQ
University of Pécs admissions FAQ
Yes. University of Pécs delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
Yes, at all four Hungarian schools in our catalogue. At Semmelweis, Debrecen and Szeged it re-tests science orally in English (at Debrecen, biology and the second subject you chose). At Pécs it is a 20 to 30 minute personal interview with a professor on motivation and medicine-related questions, which per Pécs's own FAQ includes two biology and two chemistry questions.
At three of the four Hungarian schools in our catalogue, yes. Semmelweis, Pécs and Szeged score English as a separate written subject, split into general and medical English. Debrecen doesn't: its written papers are biology plus chemistry or physics, although the whole exam and the oral are held in English.
Not a separate one. Hungary's final exam (záróvizsga) is built into the sixth year of the degree itself, and registration afterwards with the national healthcare register is automatic. A separate specialist exam (szakvizsga) applies only later, for those pursuing specialty practice.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules University of Pécs has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
Yes. University of Pécs-format practice sessions are available inside the simulator and align with the guide section by section.
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