Welcome to the Medical University of Bialystok
The Medical University of Bialystok is a prestigious and distinct centre of excellence and potential. The University staff members offer high standard of teaching and are an opinion- forming milieu in the region. The ratio of 116 professors and 100 doktor habilitowany degree holders to 786 university teachers is one of the highest and earns the University one of the top places in the tertiary education rankings in Poland.
In July 2012, in the first edition of a contest announced by the Polish Ministry of Higher Education, the Centre for Innovative Research of the Medical University of Bialystok was awarded the status of the Leading National Research Centre 2012-2017 (Krajowy Naukowy Ośrodek Wiodący-KNOW). This prestigious award was granted to only 5 other research centres in Poland. In April 2013, the Centre for Innovative Research of the Medical University of Bialystok won The Podlaskie Region Brand of the Year 2012 Award (Podlaska Marka Roku 2012).
On 30 September 2013, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the results of assessing scientific potential of over 960 research units in Poland. The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine was awarded a prestigious category A+ as the best research unit from among all units assessed in the field of life sciences. The Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry and Division of Medical Education in English received category A and was rated as the best research unit among faculties of medicine. The Faculty of Health Sciences also received category A and was rated high in the ranking. In 2011, ‘Perspektywy’ magazine and ‘Rzeczpospolita’ daily newspaper awarded our Alma Mater the titles of ‘The School of the Highest Scientific Efficiency’ and ‘The Breeding Ground for Staff 2011’.
A total of 4600 students are enrolled in fourteen courses, including 266 students taught in English.
The learning opportunities are being constantly enhanced to suit the needs of the continuously developing job market. Our University has two unique courses to offer: Speech Therapy with Phonoaudiology, and Radiography and Medical Imaging (Master’s degree level).
The University publishes two academic journals inscribed on the ISI Master Journal List – Advances in Medical Sciences and Progress in Health Sciences.
