Erasmus+ 2026/2027
🗓️ Academic calendar
MEDICINE – CALENDAR 6MD
DENTISTRY – CALENDAR 5DMD
📄 Application procedure
After you have been nominated by your home University, you need to complete your Application Pack and send it in one email to marta.wiktoria.polak@umed.lodz.plby the deadline.
👉Application deadline.
– For full academic year – June 30, 2026
– For winter/summer semester – June 30, 2026
👉Required documents.
Nominated students find below 2 required documents to filled in, printed and signed by the student and home University:
The required documents must be sent via e-mail with the following documents:
3. Transcript of Records (official record of all courses and grades achieved at your home University);
4. Certificate of Vaccinations against hepatitis B and Health Certificate, which allows you to practice at the hospital;
5. Photo (in PDF File);
6. Copy of visa or residence card (only Non-EU citizens)
(A citizen of a non-EU/EEA country can enter the territory of Poland on the basis of a valid travel document (passport) and a visa (if required). A citizen of a non-EU country has to obtain the visa from the consulate of Poland in his/her country of residence. The short-term visa entitles to stay in Poland up to 3 months, the long-term visa – up to 1 year)
⚠️Remember!
All documents must be delivered before your arrival. Please make sure your Application Pack is complete.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
👉Educational offer.
Medicine:
https://studymed.umed.pl/current-students/timetables/medicine/
Dentistry:
https://studymed.umed.pl/current-students/timetables/dentistry/
👉Learning Agreement.
Prepare your Learning Agreement carefully. Pay attention not only to the program but also to ECTS points.
After receiving your Application Pack, your Learning Agreement will need to be approved.
We will contact you if there are any problems with your Learning Agreement.
Once we have approved your study program and check with updated timetables, we will send it back to you signed.
⚠️Remember!
- You MUST NOT choose and bind together the courses from preclinical years 1st, 2nd, 3rd – with courses from clinical years 4th, 5th;
- Courses from 6th Year will be very limited to participate in and they are available only to the 6th year students;
- To take the final exam of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics or Surgery, you must attend in all sub-courses. If you decide to attend only few sub-courses, you will get a single credit with grade;
- To be able to take the courses from the 5th Year of Dentistry, it requires from you practical preparation (working with patient at your home University).
📌Changes in Learning Agreement are possible:
- in winter semester – only until the end of October;
- in summer semester – until the end of January.
Making changes in Learning Agreement means that you can add/remove courses to/from your LA.
⚠️There is no possibility to change the group you have been assigned to.
Optional private accommodation
https://www.basecampstudent.com/locations/poland/lodz-rewolucji/
https://www.basecampstudent.com/locations/poland/lodz-rembielinskiego/
https://pepehousing.com/accommodation-articles/dormitories/salsa-dormitory-in-lodz
Academic information
👉Language requirement.
All the courses for exchange students are held in English.
Level B2 in English is required.
👉Insurance for EU Citizens.
All Students are obligated to have an European Health Insurance Card which gives possibility to use Public Medical Centres without incurring costs. Other useful information about EHIC You can find on below website: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559
👉Medical University of Lodz obligatory insurance.
After your arrival to Łódź and before the classes will start, all exchange students are obliged to buy insurance from our website https://www.nnw.umed.pl/ following the instruction under the link.
⚠️The copy of the insurance (with policy number) must be sent to me via e-mail within 7 days after your arrival.
👉Buddy Program.
We provide „Buddies” who support exchange students during the first days and throughout their stay, assisting with all organizational and academic matters. Each Erasmus student will be informed about assigned Buddy before the arrival.
WHILE YOU ARE HERE.
In the early days, please visit us in the International Relations Office making an arrangement by e-mail (marta.wiktoria.polak@umed.lodz.pl).
We will arrange a Student Card and Student Badge for you and will try to help you with all issues concerning your stay at our University.
The Department Coordinator will help you with academic issues.
Practical information:
We recommend to acquainted with information about ISIC Card which Students can obtain in the home country.
Legalization of stay – important matters
https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/visas
General information about Poland
https://www.poland.travel/en
General information about Lodz:
https://uml.lodz.pl/en/
Contact person:
Marta Polak
marta.wiktoria.polak@umed.lodz.pl