Current Accreditations
Pomeranian Medical University in Rankings: Position, Context, and Meaning
In 2025, Pomeranian Medical University (PUM) in Szczecin, Poland continues to demonstrate strong performance both nationally and internationally. 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.
University rankings serve different audiences:
• Prospective students use rankings to compare programs and institutional quality when choosing where to study.
• Employers and health institutions may refer to rankings as markers of graduate preparedness and institutional strength.
• Policymakers and funders use rankings and performance indicators to guide investment decisions in higher education.
• Universities themselves use ranking data to benchmark performance and identify areas for improvement.
National Rankings — Perspektywy 2025 (Poland)
The Perspektywy University Ranking is one of Poland’s most respected and data-driven academic evaluations, incorporating 29 indicators grouped into seven broad criteria including Prestige, Alumni’s position in the job market, Scientific potential, Scientific effectiveness, Innovation, Teaching and learning, and Internationalization. These complex criteria help assess both the academic quality and real-world impact of universities.
Within the group of Medical Universities in Poland, PUM was ranked 7th out of 9 ranked institutions, sharing that position in a competitive field that includes major medical schools such as the Medical University of Warsaw and Medical University of Gdańsk.
In detailed sub-rankings:
• PUM placed 7th out of 16 universities in the Medicine subject ranking, showing a solid position among all institutions offering medical programs.
• It also performed well in research metrics: 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.
These results indicate PUM has strengths in research output and scientific performance, placing it among Poland’s most effective medical research institutions.
International Rankings — Global Context
Looking beyond national assessments, PUM also appears in several global university rankings:
• According to the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2025, Pomeranian Medical University (PUM) is ranked 27th nationally among Polish universities that made the top 2 000 list. This ranking list includes 40 Polish universities and research institutions that appear in the CWUR global ranking.
• The EduRank.org global rankings place PUM at approximately 2592nd out of 14,131 universities internationally, and 53rd among 127 ranked Polish institutions. EduRank uses research output, citations, reputation, and alumni impact in its methodology, showing that PUM sits within the top half of universities worldwide across a wide array of subjects.
These international positions are significant for several reasons. First, they offer external validation of PUM’s research impact and academic footprint compared not just to Polish peers, but to hundreds of institutions worldwide. Second, being ranked in the top tier globally—even if not in the top hundreds — shows that PUM’s output, visibility, and academic contributions are measurable on a global scale.
Pomeranian Medical University’s 2025 ranking profile — 23rd in Poland overall, top 10 among medical universities, and within the top ~7% of universities worldwide — demonstrates its strong position as a research-oriented institution. Particularly notable are its high placements in scientific effectiveness and scientific potential, suggesting that PUM’s research and academic reputation continue to grow. This performance contributes to a well-rounded, internationally visible institution that appeals to students, researchers, and collaborators both in Poland and abroad.
Sources:
• Perspektywy 2025 Ranking of Academic Universities — full national table and methodology.
• Perspektywy 2025 Medical Universities ranking (9 institutions).
• Medicine subject ranking (16 institutions) — PUM at 7th.
• Perspektywy 2025 Publications & research criteria placements.
• CWUR International University Rankings 2025 — PUM ranked 1485th of 21,462.
• EduRank global rankings — global, regional, and national positions.
https://edurank.org/uni/pomeranian-medical-university-of-szczecin/rankings/
https://cwur.org/2025/pomeranian-medical-university-in-szczecin.
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.
