Pecs / Hungary

Founded at
University-1923, English med program-1984

Staff
4 seniors in Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 55 Doctor of Sceinces, 300 PhD.

Student number
125 enrollment (2006)

Teaching setting
21 basic sciences and preclinic department, 31 clinical department, 1 teaching hospital
Total bed number : 1.350
Inpatient/year :
Outpatient/year :

International recognition
EU, California Medical Board approval

Affiliation
No

Duration
6 years

Class size

Admission
High school graduation
BS/BA/medicine related professional demanded. Exemption of 1st year is possible.
Exam and interview (Bio, Chem)

Tuition fee
$14.000/year

Reduction/Scholarship/Loan/Award
No

Transfer
Yes

Premed
No, but there are two 4-week summer programs in August, one is to refresh Bio Chem, Phys, and one another, English.

Representative
Available

My personal comment about website
Weak info, mediocre design

My personal comment on school

Szeged / Hungary

Founded at
University-1921 (with roots back to 1881), English med program-1984

Staff
479 total full-time, 205 prof., over 3.000 total employee

Student number

Teaching setting
51 departments
Total bed number :
Inpatient/year :
Outpatient/year :

International recognition
EU, California Medical Board approval

Affiliation
No

Duration
6 years

Class size

Admission
High school graduation.
IB, BS, GCE are exempted from exam (requirements are in website).
For others exam is in written and oral (Bio, Chem, Phys, English).
There are 7 exams from April to August, and one may take max. any 2 of them.

Tuition fee
For 1st to 5th years, $13.900/year
For 6th year, $6.950, since this year takes 37 weeks, in case of full year, tuition increases

Reduction/Scholarship/Loan/Award
Varying reductions, if exempted from some of the lectures (details in school's website).
Transfer
Yes

Premed
1 curricular year(8 months) of Bio, Chem, Phys, Medical English, Hungarian.

Representative
Available

My personal comment about website
Weak info, good design

My personal comment on school

Debrecen / Hungary

Founded at
University-1538, English med program-1987, Premed-?

Staff
330 instructors

Student number
30.000 University total
2.000-2.500? English program

Teaching setting
22 departments of basic sciences, 25-18? clinical departments, network of 10 teaching hospitals
Total bed number : over 1,800 in school hospital, 1,400 in affiliated Kenezy Gyula hospital
Inpatient/year : 91.727 (in 2009)
Outpatient/year : 865,036 (in 2009)

International recognition
EU, California Medical Board approval, UK, Israel, Iran, Norway, (with test requirement) India

Affiliation
Wyckoff Heights - USA
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center - Tel Aviv / Israel
Ramban Medical Center -  Northern Israel / Israel
Hadassah Medical Center - Jarusalem / Israel

Duration
6 years

Class size

Admission
High school graduation, written exam and oral interview/exam (Bio, Chem, Phys)
BS/BA degrees in bio-related fields in English may be exempted.

Tuition fee
$14.500/year with two installments, $13.500/year with one installment

Reduction/Scholarship/Loan/Award
For US citizens Direct Loan

Transfer

Premed
1 curricular year of Bio, Chem, Phys, English, Hungarian, Latin.
No exam, after premed students are directly passing to med school.

USMLE preperation course
Available, Kaplan USMLE Step-1 preperation center
Tuition : $3.400-4.400 (promotion fees: $3.060-3.960)
Duration : 7 weeks

Representative
Available

My personal comment about website
Satisfactory info, good design

My personal comment on school

Semmelweis / Hungary

Founded at
University-1635, English med program-1987, Premed-1990

Staff
...

Student number
3.200 Native/English programs' total
1.420 English program

Teaching setting
...

Total bed number : 2.100
Inpatient/year : 108.000
Outpatient/year : 1.800.000

International recognition
EU, California Medical Board approval, MCCEE & MCCQE (Canada)

Affiliation
New York Medical College, which is affiliated with Wechester Medical Center, St.Vincent Catholic Medical Center, plus 20 hospitals in that region.
(This is available mainly for US citizens, only a limited amount of non-US citizens may benefit.)

Duration
6 years

Class size

Admission
High school graduation, written exam (Bio, Chem, Phys) an interview

Tuition fee
$8.200/semestre

Reduction/Scholarship/Loan/Award
After 1st year, 10% reduction for 4.51 and over GPA, 15% reduction for 5.00
6th year, 80% reduction depending on performance.

Transfer
Yes

Premed
1 curricular year of Bio, Chem, Phys, General/Medical English, Hungarian. After exam, 95% have seat in English med program.

Representative

My personal comment about website
Satisfactory info, good design

My personal comment on school