Transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: Where to Continue Medicine in 2026

Can you transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to another medical university?

Yes. Students at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, can transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to another medical university and continue from the year their academic record supports. Medschool Experts arranges this medical school transfer, reviews each transcript of records individually, and matches the student to an official partner university.

What is the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn and what does it teach in English?

The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie) is a Polish state university founded on 1 September 1999. Its Collegium Medicum teaches a six-year Medicine programme entirely in English, worth 360 ECTS across twelve semesters, and awards the MD degree at the end of it.

The faculty is younger than the university. It was established on 17 July 2007, and the English-language programme admitted its first students on 1 October 2010. The university counted around 15,607 students in December 2023. Olsztyn is the regional capital of Warmia and Mazury in north-eastern Poland.

The curriculum follows the familiar European shape: preclinical years first, clinical rotations in Olsztyn hospitals afterwards. Tuition, living costs and programme length are collected on our page about the Medicine programme at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.

Failed exams at the University of Warmia and Mazury — what are your options?

Students who have failed exams at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, have three realistic options: resit at the same faculty, repeat the academic year, or transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to a medical university whose examination format and pace suit them better. Medschool Experts assesses which of the three is open to you.

A failed exam is a scheduling problem before it is anything else. It costs time, money and confidence, in that order. Anatomy and biochemistry come up often in these conversations, and so does the mismatch between how a student learns and how a faculty examines. That is a fit question, not a verdict on the university.

Thinking about leaving the University of Warmia and Mazury? The alternatives to dropping out of medicine

Dropping out is rarely the only option, and rarely the best one. A student who has passed two or three semesters already holds ECTS credits that another faculty can recognise through advanced standing. Those credits do not evaporate. Before giving up a place in medicine, find out what the transcript is worth elsewhere. We answer that for free.

What happens if you fail a year at the University of Warmia and Mazury?

A student who has failed a year at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, keeps every ECTS credit already earned. Those credits stay on the transcript of records and can be carried into a transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury, which is why a repeated year does not automatically mean a lost year.

The arithmetic is worth doing calmly. Repeating costs another year of tuition and living costs, and delays your working life by twelve months. A transfer sometimes places a student at a comparable point elsewhere without that repetition, and sometimes it does not. Only your record decides. Send it to us.

Why do students transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn?

Students transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, for planning reasons rather than complaints. The five we hear most often are total cost, examination fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a career goal in the United States, and a career goal in Germany. None of them is a judgement on the university or on Polish medical education.

• Cost. Tuition of approximately EUR 12,000 per academic year, plus living costs, adds up across six years.
• Examination fit. Some students keep meeting the same wall in one or two subjects. A faculty with a different format and pace can be the difference between stalling and finishing.
• Personal and organisational circumstances. Difficulties with individual professors, family matters, or other issues that make continuing in one place impractical.
• A career in the United States. Students aiming at USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK and a US residency want a programme built around that path.
• A career in Germany. Some universities prepare particularly well for German practice, including the final practical year in Germany.

Transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury: which universities accept transfer students?

Universities that accept transfer students from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, are the official partner faculties of Medschool Experts in Europe and the Caribbean. Which one fits depends on the goal: a lower total cost, a different examination format, a career in the United States, a career in Germany, or an EU degree.

University of Warmia and Mazury transfer to another university: what changes and what stays

English stays. The preclinical and clinical structure stays, and so does the ECTS system. What changes is the examination culture, the cost base, the clinical rotations and the country whose system you are prepared for. Our full list of partner universities shows the range, and how our placement service works explains what we take off your hands. The Mostar School of Medicine is the only European university that specifically prepares students for the USMLE, covering Step 1 for the preclinical part and Step 2 CK for the clinical part, in small groups with a better teacher-to-student ratio than other European medical schools and only 30 places per year. Medschool Experts places students there reliably without an entrance test, as long as our own quota allows.

How do credits from the University of Warmia and Mazury transfer to another university?

Credits from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, move through the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System. The receiving faculty compares your transcript of records and the syllabus behind it against its own curriculum, subject by subject, and grants advanced standing for everything that matches in content and hours.

ECTS credit transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury: what the receiving faculty looks at

Three things, mainly. Which subjects you have completed, how many ECTS each carries, and whether the taught hours line up with the receiving curriculum. Curriculum mapping is detailed work, because a subject with the same name can sit in a different semester and carry a different weight. We run that comparison against our partner faculties. Nothing is guessed.

Which year can you enter when you transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury?

There is no fixed ceiling when you transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Medschool Experts frequently achieves high placements, often into year four or year five, and reviews every case individually. The aim is always the highest possible entry year with no or minimal loss of time.

Can I transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury without losing a year?

Often, yes. As a rule of thumb, a clean transfer without losing a year means no more than two outstanding exams, and the ECTS attached to them must stay below a maximum. Beyond that the picture gets more complicated, though it rarely becomes impossible. Entry into the final two years is often possible, which is why finishing a full academic year in Olsztyn sometimes works in your favour rather than against it.

Is it cheaper to transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury?

Often, yes. The School of Medicine of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, states tuition of approximately EUR 12,000 per academic year, while the Faculty of Medicine Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina charges EUR 3,500 per year and roughly EUR 7,500 per year including living costs.

Transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to a cheaper university: what the difference looks like

On tuition alone the gap is roughly EUR 8,500 per academic year. Counting living costs, the difference runs to between EUR 9,500 and EUR 11,500 per year. A student with three years still to complete is looking at EUR 28,000 to EUR 35,000 in total.

The zloty figures matter too. The published fee table for 2024/2025 lists 52,000 PLN for the first year, 47,000 PLN for years two to five and 46,000 PLN for the sixth. At the European Central Bank reference rate of 4.3250 zloty to the euro on 11 September 2026, that is about EUR 12,020 and EUR 10,870.

Who helps with a transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury, and how does it work?

Medschool Experts helps with a transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Four steps: a free consultation, a review of your transcript of records and the ECTS behind it, a placement offer from our partner network, and then the switch itself. You stay enrolled in Olsztyn until the new place is confirmed.

That comparison is our job, not yours. What you provide is your transcript of records and a clear description of where you want to end up. Read student stories from transferred medical students for a sense of the rhythm of it.

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Can you transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to Germany?

A transfer from the University of Warmia and Mazury to Germany is usually planned as a route rather than a single move. Students at the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria and at the Faculty of Medicine Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina can complete the final practical year in Germany through Medschool Experts, which puts them in German hospitals before graduation.

For a German career the practical year matters more than most students expect. Language, documentation habits and the first professional contacts are all built there. Both Varna and Foca are set up for it.

What does Poland's EU membership mean for a degree from the University of Warmia and Mazury?

Poland has been a member state of the European Union since 2004, so the MD degree awarded by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is automatically recognised across the EU under Directive 2005/36/EC. A graduate does not need a separate equivalence procedure in another member state to have the qualification accepted.

This matters when choosing a destination. Moving to another EU university, for example the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria, keeps that recognition in place. Moving outside the EU changes the mechanism rather than the outcome, and the question becomes which country you intend to practise in. Graduates aiming for the United States work through USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK either way. We check the picture for your target country before anything is signed.

When should Warmia and Mazury students start planning a transfer?

Earlier than most people do. Warmia and Mazury students who want to change university for the next academic year should speak to Medschool Experts at least one semester ahead, because curriculum mapping and placement both take time. Nothing is committed by asking early, and a free consultation costs you an hour.

Two moments come up repeatedly. The first is after the initial year, once the cost of six years has become real rather than theoretical. The second is the transition into the clinical phase, when a career goal starts to shape everything. Exam season is a third. All three are good times to talk.

And if the answer turns out to be that staying in Olsztyn is the right call, we will say so.