Entrance Examination & Interview
In addition to sending application documents, candidates to the English-language Programs are required to attend an entrance examination/interview with the University representatives.
Science quiz & interview in natural sciences
Applicants for the MD and DDS programs are required to take an internal, one-best-answer, 60-question quiz in natural sciences.
TOPICS FOR WRITTEN TEST AND INTERVIEW: click here to open PDF file
“Permitted Aids” Section below specifies rules for online tests.
The following criteria will be taken into account:
- knowledge and reasoning in the natural sciences with the main focus on the human body,
- self-introduction/motivation/interpersonal skills/professionalism,
- voluntary work/experience in health services,
- English language proficiency.
PUMS entrance examination for medicine and dentistry is comprised of 2 parts: written science quiz and oral examination/interview with professors from the school.
Written science quiz – 60’
Oral examination ~ 20-40′
Please have your official photo ID document (passport or national ID) ready for both parts.
In-person examination and open day sessions in 2025:
March
March 15 – Johannesburg, RSA
March 27-28 – Bangkok, Thailand
April
April 5 – Chicago, IL, USA
April 8 – Poznan, Poland
April 25 – Toronto, ON, Canada
April 27 – New York, NY, USA
May
May 10 – Kristiansand, Norway
May 11 – Oslo, Norway
May 13 – Poznan, Poland
May 21 – New Delhi, India
May 24 – Bangkok, Thailand
May 24 – Orlando, FL, USA
May 26 – Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 28 – Vancouver, BC, Canada
June
June 7-8 – Dubai, UAE
June 14 – Stockholm, Sweden
June 15 – Oslo, Norway
June 16-18 – Bangkok, Thailand
June 17 – Poznan, Poland
June 21-22 – Chicago, IL, USA
June 28 – Munich, Germany
July
July 2-3 – London, UK
July 5-6 – Dublin, Ireland
July 15 – Poznan, Poland
July 18 – Chicago, IL, USA
July 20 – New York, NY, USA
July 22 – Toronto, ON, Canada
Medicine
Dentistry
Study and review the following topics in biology, chemistry and physics on high school leaving level: PUMS Topics for Test Interview
The recommended books covering this material are:
- Chemistry. An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. Pearson Education,
- Biology. Neil A Campbell Jane B Reece,
- D.C. Giancoli, Physics, Principles with applications.
Practice quizzes are available to every aplicant via our on-line application portal applicant.ump.edu.pl after paying the processing fee of 85 PLN. Each time you load up the quiz it randomly draws questions from a large pool of our old exam questions.
Only the following aids are allowed – will be provided by the exam proctors on the day of the exam:
- calculator,
- periodic table of elements,
- physics formulas.
The following actions are prohibited during an examination session and will be reason to end exam with a fail result:
- using any extra electronic devices or headphones,
- using books, notes or other written aids,
- talking,
- leaving the monitored area (no toilet breaks are allowed).
If your examination session was disqualified due to an apparent infringement of the regulations resulting in a fail grade, you have the right to appeal the decision and add your explanations to the issue on the third working day from the date of the examination at the latest by e-mail to admissions@ump.edu.pl. Each appeal will be reviewed and reassessed. You will receive a final judgment on the issue within one week.