Transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences: Where to Continue Medicine or Dentistry in 2026

What is Poznan University of Medical Sciences and what does it teach in English?

Poznan University of Medical Sciences, in Polish Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu, is a state medical university in Poznań in western Poland. Its roots go back to the University of Poznań, founded in 1919, whose Medical Faculty was established in 1920. In 1993 it became the first school in Poland to offer full-time studies in English, starting with 14 international students.

Today the English-taught degree programmes run as a six-year medicine course leading to an MD and a five-year dentistry course leading to a DDS. Pharmacy and physiotherapy programmes in English followed after 1993. Our own Poznań location page lists medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, with October as the start of the academic year. Teaching is in English throughout.

Can you transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences to another university?

Yes. Students enrolled at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland can continue their medical or dental studies at another university, and Medschool Experts organises the move. We are the leading specialist for study transfers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, with the world’s largest choice of official partner universities. Each case is reviewed on its own record.

What we do not do is publish a checklist of documents or a set of deadlines, because the right route depends on your transcript, your completed semesters and your target subject. The sensible first step is a conversation. We look at what you have already passed, what is still open, and which of our partner universities can take you at the highest possible year.

Why do students transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences?

Students who leave Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland do so for five recurring reasons, and none of them is a complaint about the university. Cost, exam fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a career goal in the United States, and a career goal in Germany. Most people arrive with one of these and discover a second on the way.

• Total cost. Tuition plus living costs add up over six years, and a more affordable partner university can change the arithmetic substantially.
• Exam fit. Some students pass everything except one or two specific exams. A different exam format and a different pace can settle that. We help with exactly this.
• Personal or organisational reasons. Difficulties with an individual professor, a family situation, or anything else that makes continuing in the same place hard.
• A career in the United States. Some universities are built around the USMLE and United States clinical rotations. Most European ones are not.
• A career in Germany. Certain universities prepare especially well for practising in Germany, including the option of doing the final practical year there.

These are planning questions. Ask them early enough and they have calm answers.

Where can Poznan University of Medical Sciences students transfer to?

Students transferring from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland choose their destination by goal, not by ranking. The five goals below cover almost every case we see in 2026: lower total cost, a better exam fit, a career in the United States, a career in Germany, and a degree that stays inside the European Union. Each one points to a different part of our partner network.

If you want the wider picture for Poland specifically, our guide to study transfers from Poland sets out the same options across several Polish cities. Real paths are easier to judge than abstractions, so the student stories are worth ten minutes of your time.

How much can a Poznan University of Medical Sciences student save by transferring?

Poznan University of Medical Sciences publishes its 2026/2027 tuition in Polish złoty: 71,000 PLN for medicine years one and two, 85,750 PLN for years three to six, and 485,000 PLN for the whole six-year course. Converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 4.3250 PLN per euro on 11 September 2026, a clinical year costs roughly €19,800. A year at Foca costs €3,500.

Read the table as a range, not a promise. Because the Poznań fee is set in złoty, its euro value moves with the exchange rate, and the binding amount is the one the university confirms to you in writing. Living costs in Poznań run at roughly €500 to €750 a month in 2026, which is another €6,000 to €9,000 across a study year. Set a clinical year in Poznań against about €7,500 a year at Foca for tuition and living combined, and the yearly gap lands somewhere near €18,000 to €21,000.

Which year can you enter after leaving Poznan University of Medical Sciences?

There is no fixed cap on the entry year for students transferring from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland. We frequently achieve high placements, often into year four or year five, and every case is reviewed individually. The aim is always the highest possible entry with no loss of time, or as little as the record allows.

The practical rule of thumb is simple. Usually no more than two exams may still be outstanding, and their ECTS must stay under a maximum. Beyond that, what decides the year is your transcript: which semesters are complete, which subjects are recognised by the receiving faculty, and how the curricula line up. That is a document question, and we answer it after we have seen the documents — not before.

How does a transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences work with Medschool Experts?

A transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland runs in four steps with Medschool Experts: a free consultation, a review of your academic record, a concrete placement offer, and the switch itself with a plan behind it. You stay enrolled in Poznań until your new place is confirmed. Nobody asks you to give up a place you already hold.

The consultation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. What it produces is clarity: which universities in our network fit your subject and your goal, what entry year looks realistic, and what it would cost. Our services page explains what we handle from there.

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What does a Polish medical degree mean for recognition, and what changes if you move?

A medical or dental degree awarded in Poland falls under Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications, the framework that governs medical qualifications across the European Union. Our Poznań location page records recognition as automatic across the EU. Licensing itself always runs through the authority of the country where you intend to practise, whichever university awarded your degree.

Moving countries does not erase that logic, it changes which national route you end up on. A degree from an EU university keeps you inside the directive. A degree from outside the EU means a national recognition procedure instead, which is a normal path that thousands of doctors take every year. If your goal is Germany, Foca and Medical University of Varna both allow the final practical year to be completed in Germany through us. If your goal is the United States, Mostar School of Medicine is the only European university preparing specifically for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, in small groups, with a better teacher-to-student ratio than other European medical schools and only 30 places a year. We place students there without an entrance test as long as our own quota allows.

When should Poznan University of Medical Sciences students start planning a transfer?

The best moment to look at a transfer from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland is the semester before you want to move, while your transcript is current and any outstanding exams are still few. Early planning widens the choice of entry year. Late planning narrows it, though it rarely closes it entirely.

In practice that means talking to us as soon as the question is real, even if the decision is not. A conversation in October about a move the following autumn leaves room to sit one more exam, to gather documents calmly, and to compare two or three universities properly. A conversation three weeks before a registration deadline leaves room for one. Start early. It costs nothing to ask.