Useful Information for Incoming Students
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FRESHMEN Survival Guide prepared by EPSU
Orientation week
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all the 1st year incoming students arriving to Poznan to start their studies at PUMS! Together with the English Programs’ Student Union we have prepared a series of information and social events for the week of September 8 to 14. Orientation Week Schedule
Fo students who arrive early, our residential advisor team will be hosting a number of helpful meetings and activities on September 1 to 7 – detailed schedule is available at Pre-Orientation Events schedule.
The distance learning pre-study course at Poznan University of Medical Sciences usually begins 2 weeks before the orientation week.
The main aim of the course is to revise students’ knowledge in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and to introduce new subject areas in these particular courses, which contribute to the medical studies that the newcomers undertake.
The course will be administered on August 25 – September 12, 2025. Online access will be e-mailed to all admitted students in August.
Please note that students are advised to have access to the Internet once a day every day throughout the duration of the course.
Regular in-person classes start on September 15, 2025.
Class schedule will be available in the VISUS student platform at https://uczelnia.ump.edu.pl/sso/logowanie.aspx in the AKSON module.
| Accommodation | Dormitory: $200-850 USD |
| 1-bedroom appartment rent: $650-1200 USD | |
| Food/groceries | Groceries: $150-300 USD |
| Daily meals: $20-50 USD | |
| Transport | Monthly pass: $25 USD |
| Single ticket: $1-2 USD | |
| Healthcare | Monthly insurance: $20 USD |
| Private doctore visit (outside of insurance): $25-100 USD | |
| Leisure/utilities | Cinema ticket: $10 USD |
| Cellphone plan + internet: $20-50 USD | |
| Total | $800-1600 USD / month |
Dorm assignments for incoming students are prepared with the use of individual surveys available in our online application system. Please make sure you have submitted your survey in order to obtain a room assignment. The assignment information will be e-mailed to you at the beginning of August.
The earliest move-in date is August 25.
Books required and recommened for 1st year courses will be listed in course syllabi, during introductory classes, and in a peer-to-peer review during the orientation week. We recommend to hold with purchasing any books until that time.
Tuition and dormitory fees
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As mandated by the Polish law, all medical and dental students are required to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B.
Students who have not been vaccinated by the time of the start of classes are required to do so (after your arrival in Poznan) e.g. at the Outpatients Clinic, 39 Przybyszewskiego Str. (next to Eskulap Dormitory) by December 31.
The vaccination procedure and the necessary medical checkup are free of charge, but you will have to cover the price of the vaccines.
Students who have already been vaccinated are asked to present the certificate (copy of vaccination records) directly to the doctor at the Outpatients Clinic at 39 Przybyszewskiego Str. (next to Eskulap Dormitory) by December 31.
Check out our info section on health insurance and visa here.