Medical University of Lublin has its origins in the year 1944 in Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The University gained its autonomy in 1950. As the years passed, new departments were added such as the Department of Dentistry in 1973.

The University maintains lively international scientific contacts in cooperation Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark

Denmark

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; Ziekenhuis-Tilburg Hospital (Netherlands

Netherlands

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), and Lvov Medical University located in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, among others.

Notable people

Professor Tadeusz Krwawicz (Poland) In 1961, developed the first cryoprobe for intracapsular cataract extraction. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18655467

The cancer researcher and alleged pseudoscientist Stanislaw Burzynski

Stanislaw Burzynski

Stanislaw Rajmund Burzynski is a biochemist and a physician. He is founder, president and chairman of Burzynski Research Institute Inc. , based in Houston and Stafford, Texas...

 claims to have his PhD from Lublin and is listed as a graduate on the university's website.

Hope Medical Institute

• in 2001 The English Language Division of the Medical facility was formed. This Branch of the university is responsible for designing and implementing a curricula in the medical program for students in the English Language program. This was accomplished through an agreement with Hope Medical Institute (HMI). HMI is a For-profit school
  For-Profit School
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  , based in Newport News, Virginia
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  , that places United States
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   and Canadian students in Medical programs at various locations in Poland. These Locations include Silesia
  Silesia
  Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
  
   and Lublin.
• The Programs consists of four year and six year programs. After completion of the required coursework in Poland, students are then given the option of pursuing a Clerkship (medicine) in either Poland or various locations in the USA. In addition successful completion of the United States Medical Licensing Exam USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 are done during the clerkship. After completion of all the required work, students then apply for the National Resident Matching Program
  National Resident Matching Program
  The National Resident Matching Program is a United States-based non-profit non-governmental organization created in 1952 to help match medical school students with residency programs...
  
   starting September 1 in order to obtain Residency (medicine)
  Residency (medicine)
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   in the USA.

External links

• Medical University of Lublin (in Polish
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  )
• Medical University of Lublin (in English
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  )
• Sister school from Taiwan
  Taiwan
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  :Taipei Medical University
• Hope Medical Institute
• National Residency Matching Program
• United States Medical Licensing Exam