Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze offers undergraduate programmes for English speaking students at the Dentistry Program. The studies comprise 10 semesters and include theoretical, pre-clinical and clinical courses. The syllabus includes also a summer internship. The programme has been designed to meet all the valid teaching standards. A student is awarded the professional title of a dentist.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze was the only faculty of the Silesian Medical University (formerly the Silesian Medical Academy) until 1971. Established in 1948, by ordinance of the 20th March, 1948, the Council of Ministers established the Medical Academy in Bytom, acting as a state higher academic school with a Faculty of Medicine including within its structures the Division of Dentistry. It became – as the University developed – the basis for establishing its subsequent faculties (including the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice).
The faculties of medicine and dentistry have been accredited by Polish Accreditation Committee (Resolution No. 217/2023 of the 06.04.2023 and Resolution No. 1041/2023 of 23.11.2023).
Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze in numbers
The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze offers undergraduate programmes to Polish speaking students at the faculties of medicine, dentistry and medical rescue.
In the academic year 2024/2025 the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze is attended for about 2.500 students, including 1.624 students of medicine, 734 students of dentistry and 148 students of the medical rescue program.
Until the academic year 2024/2025 the number of our Faculty graduates reached 9.960 physicians, 7.111 dentists (English and Polish Division) and 539 paramedics.
At present, the Faculty comprises 59 Departments (clinical departments and wards) in Zabrze, Bytom, Katowice, Sosnowiec and Tarnowskie Góry, as well as the Department of Doctoral Studies, the Department of Foreign Languages.
Authorities of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
RECTOR OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
OF SILESIA
prof. dr hab. n. med.
Tomasz Szczepański
VICE-RECTOR FOR STUDIES
AND STUDENTS
prof. dr hab. n. med.
Jerzy Stojko
VICE-RECTOR
FOR PROMOTION AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
prof. dr hab. n. med.
Wojciech Wojakowski
VICE-RECTOR
FOR SCIENCE
dr hab. n. med. Oskar Kowalski,
prof. ŚUM
VICE-RECTOR
FOR CLINICAL
MATTERS
dr hab. n. med. Damian Czyżewski,
prof. ŚUM
VICE-RECTOR
FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
prof. dr hab. n. med.
Edward Wylęgała
Authorities of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze
DEAN
prof. dr hab. n. med. i n. o zdr.
Alicja GRZANKA
VICE-DEAN
prof. dr hab. n. med.
Małgorzata SKUCHA-NOWAK
VICE-DEAN
dr hab. n. med.
Joanna ŻYWIEC
VICE-DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
dr hab. n. med.
Andrzej TOMASIK, prof. ŚUM
What makes our University unique is the practical form of didactic classes. Working with the patient starts at third year of studies, preceded by practical experience in medical simulation conditions. The great example of competitive for different academic units didactic base is the Medical Simulation Center in Zabrze. Medical Simulation Center gives students opportunity to get practical skills of their future profession, which is the most important aspect for foreign students.
This center is equipped with modern equipment, phantom rooms with vision tracks for both the medical and dental faculty. The Medical Simulation Center in Zabrze gives students the opportunity to learn a profession in practice. The first “phantom patients” at the Medical Simulation Center begin their actual medical practice.
Medical Simulation Center in Zabrze
Tempting for English-speaking students is very quick contact with a “real patient”. Compared to foreign centers, students of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice start their practical classes very quickly, which is what they care about the most. This is a very big advantage for studying in Zabrze. Students gain practice by learning on the latest equipment with the use of modern technologies, both in dentistry and in general medicine.
University Dental Center
In addition, students have the opportunity to comprehensively diagnose and treat the patient, thanks to the classes introduced in the field of dentistry in the subject of “Integrated dentistry”. This subject allows you to look at the patient through the prism of all areas of dentistry and to choose the appropriate method of treatment, not just “moving” within one field of dentistry. Learning carried out in this way allows the future dentist to be prepared to work with the patient in a comprehensive manner.
For many English-speaking students, studying at the Medical University of Silesia can be a great start to a further scientific career. Belonging to the Student Science Club is a great opportunity to gain scientific achievements. Any research and scientific work can be successfully published in English-language journals, and, moreover, can be presented at STN Conferences in English-language sessions, which are highly scored.