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Who we are?

The Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG) is a modern academic centre recognisable on a national and international scale. It has been providing high quality education in all medical professions and conducting world-class scientific research.

The MUG has been acknowledged as the member of an elite group of the best 10 Polish universities awarded in the prestigious Excellence Initiative – Research University competition.

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It is one of only a few Polish universities to be recognised in four major academic rankings, i.e. Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), QS World University Rankings, THE World University Rankings, and U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings. Following the path of sustainable development, the MUG has also been featured in the prestigious THE Impact Rankings. The University also places great importance on supporting students and fostering the integration of its international community, which is a vital part of the academia. Key MUG facilities include the Centre of Medical Simulations, Sport Centre, and the buildings of the Invasive and Non-Invasive Medicine Centres, which form a unique medical and scientific complex on an European scale. On 8th October 2025, a new building for the University Dental Centre was officially commissioned, serving as a scientific, research, and teaching base. It will be followed by the immediate completion of the Paediatric Medicine Centre.

MUG IN NUMBERS

6931

overall number of students

595

International students

1342

academic teachers

8

programmes in English

212

Professors

18

programmes in Polish
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Why the MUG?

We are a top-tier university, as confirmed by national and international rakings:


  • the best medical university in Poland*;
  • we steadily gain higher positions in international rakings such as*;
  • we are one of the most internationalised university in the Pomeranian region.

While studying and developing your scientific passions, you can:
 


  • acquire knowledge from high-class specialists;
  • learn and work in a friendly atmosphere and modern educational and clinical infrastructure;
  • benefit from the Welcome Point, a friendly space where foreign students can receive necessary help in facing numerous problems related to living in Poland, Gdańsk, and starting their studies at our University;
  • take advantage of the largest medical collection library in the Pomeranian Voivodeship;
  • combine knowledge with practice in numerous simulation and multimedia laboratories, including the Centre of Medical Simulations, which consists of 21 simulation rooms, a nursing skills simulation laboratory, and a psyhical examination simulation laboratory, and a dental simulation laboratory;
  • maintain fitness at the Sports Centre on futsal, handball, basketball, and volleyball courts, as well as in aerobics, squash, Asian martial arts, and wrestling halls

*according to the 2025 edition od the Perspektywy Education Foundation ranking

Contact

University Admissions Office


Lokalizacja - adres Al. Zwycięstwa 41/42
80-210 Gdańsk

Officer for Recruitment of Polish-Speaking Students


Telefon - numer telefonu (+48) 58 349 13 91
Telefon - numer telefonu (+48) 58 349 13 97

Officer for Recruitment of English-Speaking Students


Telefon - numer telefonu (+48) 58 349 13 90