1. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ ERASMUS Training week, Murcia 07-11.05.2012

2. To study in Poland Poland in short Official name: Republic of Poland /Rzeczpospolita (short form: Poland/ Polska) Location: Central Europe Language: Polish Capital city: Warsaw Major cities: Kraków, Łódź =Lodz, Poznań, Wrocław, Gdańsk Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers Monetary unit: zloty (PLN)

3. To study in Poland Poland is a country of beautiful landscapes. Its’ territory extends across several geographical regions, from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Carpathian Mountains in the south, through the post-glacial lakes districts like the Masurian Great Lakes, lowlands and highlands.

4. Łódź Establishment: First half of 14th century City rights: 1423 Population: around 750 000 In the 19th century Lodz was one of the Europe’s biggest and fastest growing textile industry center. At that time, a new identity of the city - “a promised land” and “a city of many cultures” was created. The city where people of different nationalities and religions shared the same dream of a success.

5. 60 years of Medical Education in Łódź International Relations Office Medical Academy (1950) Military Medical Academy (1958) Medical University of Łódź (2002)

6. The Medical University is one of the biggest state medical university in Poland.  Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry  Faculty of Pharmacy  Faculty of Health Sciences with the Division of Nursing and Midwifery  Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Postgraduate Training  Military Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Studies in English and the Division of Physiotherapy  5 teaching hospitals;  77 departments.  1600 employees, including 180 professors,180 associate professors, over 850 PhD academics  8500 students

7. Medical programs in English for foreign candidates were initiated in the academic year 2003/2004. Year by year the number of applicants interested to pursue medical education at the Medical of Lodz was growing. Only last year over 80 students of medical and dentistry programs have been graduated. Presently almost 300 students from such countries as USA, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, UK, Germany, Nigeria, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia are enrolled at the following programs: 4 year MD 6 year MD 5 year DMD

8. ERASMUS  Medical University joined Erasmus Program in 1999.  40 outgoing students in 2011  25 incoming students in 2011.

9. 1. Medical University of Innsbruck15. Universidad de Barcelona29. F.-A. Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg 2. Universiteit Antwerpen16. Universidad de Murcia30. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 3. Katholike Universiteit Leuven17. Universidad de Malaga31. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice 4. Universitè de Liège18. Universidad de Valladolid32. Universisty of Ljubljana 5. Medical University – Plovdiv19. Universidad Europea de Madrid33. Universita degli studi di Pavia 6. Charles University in Prague20. Universidad de Cadiz34. Universita degli studi di Padova 7. Universiteit Maastricht21. Universidad de Zaragoza35. Kings College University of London 8. University of Nijmegen22. Universidad de Sevilla36. Universidade do Porto 9. Vrije University23. Universidade de Lisboa37. Universita degli studi di Milano 10. Universite de d'Angers24. University of Kuopio38. Universidad de Valencia 11. Universite de Reims25. University of Oulu 39. Marthin-Luther Universitat Halle- Wittenberg 12. Universite Claude Bernard26. Kaunas College 40. Universitatea de medicina si Farmacie Cluj-Napoca 13. Universite Henri Poincare27. Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin41. Semmelweis University 14. Universidad de Miguel Hernandez de Elche 28. Universitat des Saarlandes42. University of Edinburgh 42 Partnership Institutions in 2012

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