The recent years are characterized by a dynamic development of the Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), which is now the largest medical school in Poland. On 29th May 2000, the Senate resolution provided for the formation of a new Faculty, the Faculty of Health Sciences with three Divisions – Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition. In 2002, the Faculty of Postgraduate Education was established.
The MUW has over nine thousand students and a staff of 1 414 academic teachers, including 120 full professors. The Medical University of Warsaw offers degree courses in eleven principal subject areas and in three specialities. Additionally, it provides post-graduate education (specialty training and refresher courses).
For many years the Medical University of Warsaw has collaborated in research with centres all over the world, including Germany, France, Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands and the USA. There are 16 formal agreements on scientific cooperation which involve exchange of research workers, joint research projects and publications. Research at the MUW is funded by grants from the the Polish Committee for Scientific Research (c. 150 projects annually) while other forms of external funding include the European Union research fund and financial support by other bodies. Many research projects are funded from the MUW’s own resources.
The MUW participates in European exchange programmes for students and research workers, such as the SOCRATES, ERASMUS and CEEPUS programmes. The University is also involved in four thematic ERASMUS networks aimed at supporting innovative approaches and improving the quality of academic education through the development of joint educational projects and methods of teaching in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, including the criteria of teaching quality evaluation.
The Medical University of Warsaw – library
Our University has its own library situated near Anatomy building which contains around 450.000 volumes including scientific journals, CDs and video-cassettes.
Our students have also the possibility to attend to a library of University of Warsaw which is a very new, nice place with a very big garden on its roof.
Departments and Clinics
University has 141 departments and clinics.
Recreation facilities
The University offers a wide range of various activities – sports groups, dance groups, athletic and fitness facilities, swimming pool.
Equipment and facilities
Our hospitals are very modern equipped with diagnostic and treatment equipment. You can find such devices as CAT scans, MRI, PET, DSA. We also have ultrasound equipment, diagnostic laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment for radiation therapy and surgery.
Programs offered by the Medical University of Warsaw
The University offers very extensive and intense educational programs in English on either 6-year program or 4-year program similar to program offered by American Medical Schools.
Opportunities for research and advanced education
The main objective of the Medical University of Warsaw is to provide instruction in medicine, however, there are also opportunities for students to participate in one of the numerous research programs carried out at the University. The research programs are supported by the Polish Committee of Research and International, European as well as American Organizations.
Furthermore, students wishing to focus their attention and ability on a specific topic of medicine have an opportunity to attend a student’s research group. This kind of study is supervised by a tutor (usually a senior professor chosen by a student). The objective of the study is to extend and intensify the students knowledge of a particular discipline.
Affiliation/Agreement Cooperation with foreign universities
The University has research cooperation with many universities in Europe, Asia and North America – such as the National Institute of Health in the USA, Max-Planck-Institute in Germany, Institute Pasteur in France, Harvard Medical College and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
Teaching hospitals
The Medical University of Warsaw has 16 affiliated hospitals where students are trained in almost all fields of medicine like oncology, pediatrics, OB/GYN, ophthalmology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, surgery, transplantation medicine, clinical immunology and many others.
The number of inpatients being under medical treatment in mentioned hospitals is around 200.000 and double as much as outpatients.
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