Nursing at the Medical University of Bialystok (MUB) is a three-year, full-time first-cycle programme taught in English and leading to a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. It is meant for students who want to learn to care for patients independently, with plenty of practice in simulated clinical settings before working with real patients.
Courses in the programme are grouped into six areas, from science foundations to work with patients:
Practical sessions take place in the Nursing Simulation Centre. Its 12 rooms reflect the real working conditions of nurses: four technical skills labs and two nursing and midwifery skills labs for basic and advanced procedures, plus high-fidelity rooms for adult care (internal medicine, surgical-internal medicine and surgery), a paediatric care room, an operating theatre and an intensive care unit.
You start on training manikins and anatomical models, then move on to patient simulators – from newborns and children to elderly patients – and learn to assess a patient’s condition, make decisions and work as part of a team. Two debriefing rooms, one of which doubles as a virtual reality lab, are used to discuss each simulation, and most rooms are equipped for OSCE examinations.
All classes are held in English. Before the first year, every student completes a mandatory three-week pre-course that revises biology (16 hours), chemistry (32 hours) and physics (30 hours). It also includes 18 hours of Polish for basic everyday fluency and helps you improve your English medical and science terminology.
Studies at a glance
Graduates are prepared to work independently as nurses: to recognise patients’ needs, plan and provide nursing care, carry out preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation services in line with regulations, and cooperate with other members of the healthcare team. You are also prepared to continue with second-cycle (master’s) studies.
Did you know? The entire MUB campus has bilingual Polish-English signage, and the campus, teaching buildings and two clinical hospitals are all in the city centre, within walking distance of each other.
As of the 2027/28 admissions, based on the programme pages at umb.edu.pl.
