Transfer students (English Division Dentistry)

Admission criteria for transfer students - § 51 of Studies Regulations of the Wroclaw Medical University valid from the academic year 2025/2026 :

1.    A student of another university, including a foreign university or a branch, may apply for transfer, while maintaining the field of study, form and level of education, after completing at least the first year of study, if they have fulfilled all obligations arising from the regulations in force at the university they are leaving. The transfer may only take place at the beginning of a new academic year, provided that the admission rules in force in the given academic year at the Wroclaw Medical University are met.
2.    A student of another university, including a foreign university or a branch, who intends to transfer to the University is required to submit to the Dean's Office of the relevant Faculty or the Dean's Office of the Branch to which the transfer is to take place:
1)    transfer request; 
2)    a photocopy of the student's index or periodic achievement card certified as a true copy by the home university;
3)    a certificate of the average grade from exams passed in previous years of study;
4)    a certificate of the course of studies, including grades and ECTS credits, signed by the Dean of the relevant Faculty or the Dean of the Branch or a person authorised to sign;
5)    a photocopy of the secondary school leaving certificate, with the originals available for inspection;
6)    written declarations of no disciplinary penalties and that no disciplinary proceedings are pending against the student;
7)    information from the National Criminal Register to the extent provided for in the Act on counteracting threats of sexual offences and protecting minors (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1304);
8)    certificate confirming the current status of the student signed by the Dean or an authorised person;
in the case of documents drawn up in a language other than Polish, they must be submitted in a version translated into Polish by a sworn translator.
3.    The documents referred to in section 2 shall be submitted to the relevant Dean's Office of the relevant Faculty or the Dean's Office of the Branch between 1 August and 14 August of the academic year preceding the academic year in which the studies are planned to commence. The Dean or the Dean of the Branch may consider applications submitted after the deadline in particularly justified cases of force majeure. 
4.    The Dean or Dean of the Branch, acting with the authorisation of the Rector, may accept the application referred to in section 2, provided that:
1)    all obligations arising from the regulations in force at the university which the student is leaving have been fulfilled;
2)    in the case of transfer within the fields of study of medicine and dentistry – there are free places in relation to the limit for a given academic year, specified by the Minister of Health on the basis of Article 444 section 2 of the Act of 20 July 2018 on Higher Education and Science;
3)    obtaining no less than 60 ECTS credits for each year of study.
5.    When considering applications, the Dean or the Dean of the Branch shall take into account, for example: 
1)    the average grade point average referred to in section 2, item 3;
2)    the student's academic achievements;
3)    the number of differences in the study programmes; 
4)    unexpected circumstances.
6.    The Dean or the Dean of the Branch, acting on the authorisation of the Rector, when deciding (in the form of an administrative decision) on entry to the list of students, shall specify, in particular, the differences in the programme to be compensated for during the academic year. 
7.    Failure to make up for the differences in the programme within the specified time limit shall result in the need to repeat the term or year.
8.    At the student's application, the Dean of the relevant Faculty or the Dean of the Branch may transfer the student's previous achievements. The application should be accompanied by documentation of the course of study with the number of ECTS credits obtained and the syllabus with the specified learning outcomes for individual subjects.
9.    Students transferring courses completed at a university other than the Wroclaw Medical University, including foreign universities, with assigned ECTS credits, shall have these courses credited to their achievements expressed in ECTS credits awarded at the Wroclaw Medical University.
 

**** IMPORTANT: Students who apply for a transfer to the 3rd year are obliged to pass an exam in Preclinical dentistry" which includes subjects from 1 st and 2nd year (Dental Modeling, Ergonomics, Physiology of the Masticatory System, Dental Materials, Preclinical Restorative Dentistry, Preclinical Endodontics, Preclinical Dental Surgery, Preclinical Prosthodontics, Preclinical Periodontology).

Incomplete documents will not be considered.

All documents must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator 

All the above documents should be sent to the email address:
dominika.debowa@umw.edu.pl