Where to study medicine? The medicine programme (kierunek lekarski) in Poland
Medicine (kierunek lekarski) is a long-cycle (single-cycle) master’s programme. According to the POL-on register, it is run by 39 institutions – in 30 cities in 16 voivodeships.
Author: Artur Dubiel
Published 6 November 2026
Where medicine is taught
The register lists 48 medicine programmes at 39 institutions: public – 29, private – 9, church – 1. The most programmes are run in the cities: Warszawa (6), Lublin (3), Poznań (3), Toruń (3), Kraków (3).
Medicine is offered not only by medical universities but also by general universities and other institutions. The full list, with city and study profile, is shown on the page Medicine – where to study.
Studying in English
Some institutions also run medicine in English – the register lists 23 such programmes at 17 institutions. We write about English-taught studies in general in the article Studying in English in Poland.
What to look out for
The same programme name at different institutions may mean a different curriculum and profile – general academic or practical. Details, including admission rules, are provided by the institution. An institution’s scientific categories in medical disciplines are shown on its profile page.
Sources
Sources are in Polish. Figures from the register as of 6 November 2026; checked: 2026-11-06.