Current Accreditations
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Pomeranian Medical University took 12th place in the 24th Ranking of Universities 2023 prepared by PERSPEKTYWY Education Foundation.
The ranking is based on 29 indicators grouped into seven criteria: Prestige (12%), Alumni’s position on the job market (12%), Innovation (8%), Scientific potential (15%), Scientific effectiveness (28%), Teaching and learning (10%) and Internationalization (15%).
Regarding the abovementioned criteria - Pomeranian Medical University took 1st place for Scientific effectiveness and 3rd place for Scientific potential.
MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
Pomeranian Medical University took 6th place in the Ranking of Medicine Faculties and 9th place in the Ranking of Dentistry Faculties in 2023.
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. 575/2017 of 26 October 2017
Re: assessment carried out at the Faculty of Medicine - the uniform master degree studies at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
§ 1
Pursuant to provisions of clause 48a item 4 and clause 52 item 1, the act of 27 July 2005, Law on Higher Education (Journal of Laws of 2012, vol. 572 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.
§ 2
The Presidium of the Polish Accreditation Committee state the Faculty of Medicine, the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, meets requirements for the teaching staff, curriculum inclusive of education effects, and organization requirements for conducting the uniform master degree studies. The quality of teaching satisfies the adopted criteria thus forming grounds for the positive assessment.
The quality criteria: the education concept and its consistence with the strategy and mission of the University, curriculum and opportunities for achieving education goals, internal education quality assessment control system, the teaching staff, education infrastructure, student-oriented care and support provided in order to facilitate learning and achieving education goals have been assessed as fully met.
The criterion of the internationalization of the teaching process has been assesses as distinctive, and the one of the co-operation with social-economic environment during the education process - as satisfactory.
§ 3
The next assessment of the activities of the entity described in § 1 shall be carried out in academic year 2023/2024.
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
§ 1
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.
§ 2
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.
