Current Accreditations
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
In the Perspektywy 2025 Ranking of Academic Universities — which evaluates Polish higher-education institutions with the right to confer doctoral degrees — PUM ranked 23rd out of 101 universities evaluated across the entire country. This places PUM among the top quarter of all academic universities in Poland.
PUM was 2nd among medical universities for Scientific effectiveness, and 4th for Scientific potential — indicators that reflect research productivity and excellence relative to peers.
In criterion-specific indicators such as Publications, PUM achieved 4th place among all 101 academic universities in Poland, highlighting robust publishing activity.
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin as a state university is acting accordingly the restricted norms and education requirements. PUM’s activities are externally assessed at least once every 5 years by the Polish Accreditation Committee.
Polish Accreditation Committee is a full member of:
- Central and East European Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA – since January 2002,
- European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) – since December 2005 r.;
- International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) – since May 2007 r.;
- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)- since January 2009 r.;PKA also signed bilateral agreements with:
- ANECA (Spain),
- NVAO (Netherlands);
- ÖAR (Austria);
- ANQA (Armenia);
- SKVC (Lithuania);
- FIBAA (Germany).
- NEAA (Bulgaria),
- CSR (Slovakia),
- AQAS (Germany).
In 2012 U.S. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) performed a review which proved that standards and processes used to accredit medical schools in Poland are comparable to those used to accredit medical schools in U.S. That decision was validated in 2017, as an outcome of the subsequent evaluation procedure.
PUM Faculty of Medicine
The Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee
Resolution No. 22/2025 of 23 January 2025
Re: assessment carried out at the Faculty of Medicine - the uniform master degree studies at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Pursuant to provisions of article 245 clause 1 item 2 and article 258 clause 1 item 3, the act of 20 July 2018, Law on Higher Education (Journal of Laws of 2024, vol. 1571 as amended), The Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee having reviewed a report produced by the Evaluation Team and University’s position as well as following a report produced by the Section of Medical, Health and Culture Sciences regarding the assessment of the Faculty of Medicine - the uniform master degree studies, the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, hereby give a positive assessment.
The next assessment of the activities of the entity described in § 1 shall be carried out in academic year 2030/2031.
PUM Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
The Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee
Resolution No. 362/2021 of 20 May 2021
Re: assessment carried out at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Pursuant to provisions of article 245 clause 1 item 2 and article 258 clause 1 item 3, the act of 20 July 2018, Law on Higher Education (Journal of Laws of 2021, vol. 478 as amended), The Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee having reviewed a report produced by The Evaluation Team and University’s position as well as following a report produced by the Section of Medical, Health and Culture Sciences regarding the assessment of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, hereby give a positive assessment.
The next assessment of the activities of the entity described in § 1 shall be carried out in academic year 2026/2027.
World Federation for Medical Education
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The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research
It is an organization that maintains official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) which represents medical education and the education and training of doctors around the world.
WFME maintains a free catalog of global medical study programs. The catalog combines information previously contained in: WHO World Catalog, International Medical Book Catalog (IMED) and Avicenna Catalogs.
The world catalog's entry confirms that a medical school exists, but does not imply recognition, accreditation or support from the WFME or FAIMER World Catalog.
https://www.faimer.org/resources/world-directory.html
https://search.wdoms.org/home/SchoolDetail/F0001095
Best Global Universities Rankings
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin ranks 572 out of 1 000 universities for clinical medicine.
