University of Szeged-Faculty of Medicine | Hungary

The history of the University of Szeged dates back to 1581 when István Báthory, the Prince of Transylvania founded a higher education institution in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) which became prestigious in a short time. Due to its professors well-known all around Europe it provided high standard education and also had the right to confer baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Moreover, it was the only institute for higher education in Hungary at the end of 16th century. Later Maria Theresia entrusted the Piarists to reorganize the institution as a result of which the Faculty of Medicine-Surgery was established in 1775. The University has been training doctors, dentists and pharmacists in English language for many years. Our teaching system is very traditional: we place great emphasis on the theoretical subjects in order to provide a solid basis for the clinical training. The programs are designed to unify the basic and clinical sciences, as it is believed that scientific and professional development cannot be sharply separated but should proceed concurrently throughout the programs. In short, our main mission is to train well-educated professionals.