University of Debrecen
Medical and Health Science Center
Hungary, Europe

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The history of higher education in Debrecen goes back to the 16th century. In 1918 the Faculty of Medicine was established within the framework of the University of Debrecen.

The Medical School of the University of Debrecen is Central Europe’s first campus medical school. Furthermore, by conducting educational and research work at a high level, teaching and educating the young at a high standard of professional and scientific activity and being open to modernization, the University contributes to scientific and cultural development, to the enrichment of universal and national values and to the international dissemination of our cultural achievements.

Recently the University of Debrecen has become the dominant educational centre of the Eastern Hungarian region enrolling 25.000 students each year.

• General Medicine
• Dentistry
• Pharmacy

General Medicine (Six years integrated MD program):

Medical studies take six years (twelve semesters). For foreign students the language of instruction is English. However, foreign students are required to learn Hungarian in order to be able to communicate with patients from the third year on.

During the first two years the curriculum focuses on theoretical aspects of medicine that lay the foundation for subsequent medical studies. In the 3rd year, disciplines exploring the theoretical foundations of diseases are offered together with preliminaries of internal medicine and surgery. In the 4th and 5th years the training in pharmacology begins and that of various clinical subjects progresses. During the final i.e. 6th year students take their final examinations in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, neurology and pediatrics.

Each final exam is preceded by a two- or three-month internship period. Students in the final year are supposed to submit a thesis on which they start working as early as in the fourth year.

The last academic year is concluded with a comprehensive final state examination when would-be medical doctors have to prove their competence in the most important practical and theoretical aspects of general medicine. Students having passed all examinations and having an accepted thesis are granted an M.D. degree.

Dentistry (Five years integrated DMD program):

Dental studies take five years (ten semesters). The five-year program at Debrecen has been carefully structured and designed to ensure a high standard of knowledge, skills and responsibility of dental surgeons.

During the 1st year a thorough understanding of the basic medical sciences such as Biophysics, Biochemistry and Genetics is gained and in the second year the program broadens to encompass Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Neurobiology, Behavioural Sciences in topics, which are relevant to the Practice of Dentistry.

Even in the first and second years special dental subjects (Odontology, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Materials and Techniques) are taught. In the 3rd year disciplines exploring the theoretical foundations of diseases such as Pathology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology are studied with the related aspects to Oral Biology and Oral Sciences.

In the same year Propedeutics to Clinical Dentistry introduces various dental procedures and techniques, involved in the clinical treatment of patients by laboratory demonstrations an din the phantom headroom.

In the 4the year students begin the treatment of patients in the Clinical Practice Unit and other special clinical departments. They are introduced to all clinical dental fields (Restorative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Paedodontics and Orthodontics). During the 4th and 5th years, students take responsibility to treat their own patients in small group practice classes under the close supervision of staff members. Parallel to the dental courses, other clinical medical sciences are also included within the curriculum.

By the end of the 5th year dental students are required to submit their thesis and take a final examination. Students having passed all examinations and having an accepted thesis they are granted a D.M.D. degree.

Pharmacy:

Pharmacy studies take 5 years (ten semesters). The main goal of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to improve education and to promote the creation of new courses and educational structures in order to rationalize training, and approach the access of the European Union to various fields, including pharmacy education, of the health sciences. The primary mission of Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Debrecen, is to serve the pharmaceutical health care needs of Hungary and foreign countries by educating pharmacists to be able to provide contemporary as well as innovative pharmacy services.

The Faculty of Pharmacy will offer a dynamic curriculum, which will include a broad base of both didactic and experiential components, enabling the graduate to develop practice skills that will enable him or her to function effectively and efficiently in a changing and challenging health care environment all over the world. Consistent with this mission, contribution to the body of pharmaceutical knowledge through scholarly activity and service are also important goals.

By the end of the 5th year pharmacy students are required to submit their thesis and take a final examination. Students having passed all examinations and having an accepted thesis they are granted a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

The Faculty of Pharmacy of Debrecen University has a dual admission program for undergraduate studies, and for a select number of highly motivated, qualified students interested in pursuing both undergraduate and professional studies in Pharmacy and health care related education. Candidates must maintain a specified grade point average and achieve acceptable scores during the graduation. This would allow the best students to receive their Ph.D. in Pharmacy within a certain period of time after graduation. This is usually a 3-year period after receiving the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

MSc Public Health:

Public Health study is a 12 months full time training. The aim of the M.Sc. course in Public Health is to train specialists who are capable of monitoring public health problems, and planning, implementing and evaluating interventions to solve them. The objective of the M.Sc. course in Public Health is to equip those who have completed their studies with knowledge and skills for:

• Monitoring the health status of population
• Analyzing the factors influencing the health status of populations
• Exploring and prioritizing health needs and demands
• Planning and organizing services to promote health, prevent and treat diseases based on the needs of the target populations
• Implementing and managing health-promoting and disease-preventing interventions and finally
• Analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of those services and interventions.

Specialists who have completed their studies will have acquired thorough knowledge in epidemiology, health promotion, health care management, and health care policy.

Please note that all these expenses are approximate. Actual costs will depend on individual lifestyles.
Living costs can be reduced by using shared accomodation.

For undergraduate courses:

• a student must have completed secondary school (Class 12th/Inter-II) with satisfactory scores.
• a student must have biology, chemistry and physics subjects in class XI and XII.
• IELTS or TOEFL is NOT required..

For MSc Public Health:

• a student must have a bachelor degree in medicine or dentistry. (MBBS or BDS degree).
• IELTS or TOEFL is NOT required.

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