- Erasmus+ mobility for outgoing students- Currently there is no application period!
- Calls for application for a scholarship- Currently there is no application period!
- Pannónia Scholarship Program- New call for applications!
- Other exchange possibilities (USA,Thailand,Brazil,Jordan,China) - Currently there is no application period, exception for China submission deadline 22 november 2024!
- DAAD Scholarships for Students -Currently there is no application period!
- Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) - Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- International exchange programmes for Outgoing Students - Currently there is no application period!
- Other mobility programs - New applications!
- Dean’s Order No. 1/2024 (II.19.) of the University of Pécs Medical School on the scholarship framework for students participating in the mobility programmes of the Medical School - Currently there is no application period!
ERASMUS+ MOBILITY FOR OUTGOING STUDENTS
ERASMUS+ STUDENT MOBILITY FOR SELF ORGANIZED TRAINEESHIPS IN THE 2ND SEMESTER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
Currently there is no application period!
The Medical School of the University of Pécs are calling for applications for participating in the Erasmus+ Student Mobility for self-organized traineeships in the Academic Year 2023/2024. The winner students get the possibility to do practices at the universities of the program countries within the frame of the Erasmus+ program. The aim of the mobility can be a practice combined with the student’s study. The foreign practice has to be accepted by the sending institution and included in the student's progress in Hungary (with the number of credits awarded at UP). The Faculty can olny accept the traineeship if the practice place complies with the accreditalional rules of UPMS.
- Duration of mobility abroad: min. 63 days - max. 90 days (3 months)
- Number of hours per week of the traineeship: min. 30 hours/week
- The mobility must take place between: 01.03.2024- 31.07.2024.
- Currency of the grant: HUF
Please note, that the Learning Agreement signed by the three parties (student, receiving institution, sending institution) must be uploaded to Mobility Online surface at least 1 month before the departure date. Otherwise the Erasmus+ internship cannot take place!
Please see the application notice and guide for further details.
Further information on the application can be obtained personally or via email at the Office for International Relations and Erasmus Programme from the Faculty Erasmus Coordinator, Dóra Éltető. (Theoretical block, 1st floor). Contact: erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu Tel: 72 / 536-358)
ERASMUS+ STUDENT MOBILITY FOR STUDIES IN THE 2ND SEMESTER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
Currently there is no application period!
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity here.
Mobility programs for Students in PhD Programme
Erasmus+ Short-term doctoral mobility in the 2nd semester of the Academic Year 2023/2024
Currently there is no application period!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for participating in the Erasmus+ Short-term doctoral mobility in the Academic Year 2023/2024
The aim of the call for applications:
is to enable research, educational, linguistic and cultural experiences in a higher education institution in another country. Mobility should facilitate the student's academic/research career and personal development.
Erasmus+ students who are successful in their application will have the opportunity to
take part in a mobility programme to one of our partner universities in the European Union.
The aim of mobility is to research and to support the preparation of a dissertation. Mobility can only take place if the mobility abroad is accepted by the sending institution.
The possible duration of short-term mobility abroad is between 5 and 30 days.
The mobility must take place between: 01.03.2024- 19.07.2024.
Currency of the mobility: HUF
Method and deadline for submitting the application:
Applications are accepted continuously throughout the academic year, but the application deadline is 1-1,5 months before departure, at least until 14 June, 2024 on the Mobility Online interface.
In line with Faculty regulations, applications can be submitted online at Application surface for short-term mobilities
If you have questions, please contact the Office for International Relations and Erasmus Programme: erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu , +3672/536-358.
Applications that are incomplete, do not satisfy the conditions, are illegible or submitted after the expiry of the deadline cannot be accepted.
LEARNING AGREEMENT FOR PHD STUDENTS
Students who do not receive travel support can opt for green travel. In this case, they will receive a single contribution of 50 EUR as a top-up amount to the individual support and up to 4 days of additional individual support to cover travel days for a return trip, if relevant.
Calls for application for scholarship
Currently there is no application period!
In accordance with the Dean's Instruction No. 1/2024 (II.19) of the University of Pécs Medical School (hereinafter referred to as the Faculty), the Committee on International Affairs calls for applications for the support of international student internships abroad up to the available fund, in order to adapt international good practices and to promote the international aspirations of the Faculty and international student mobility. The Faculty's international relations are extensive and it has several professionally recognised partners in countries with a higher cost of living. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide scholarships to students who have been granted a spot in one of the Faculty's mobility programmes and who have demonstrated outstanding professional performance, even if their financial circumstances are limited.
Students who have been awarded a place at one of the following institutions may apply for the scholarship:
- Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College, New York, USA
- Prince of Songkla University Medical School, Thailand
- Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USA
- Hungarian Medical Association of America (HMAA) exchange programmes
- The Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA
- UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA
- Dent Neurological Institute, Buffalo, USA
Amount of the grant: 200.000, HUF/month (for the duration of the mobility)
More detailed information regarding the application:
Pannónia Scholarship Program
Student Mobility for Traineeship
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for participating in the Pannónia Scholarship Program Student Mobility for Traineeship for the academic year 2024/2025
The object of the call for applications:
The purpose of the call is to offer traineeships at companies or organizations in another program country, lasting a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 months. The aim is to assist in acquiring the skills necessary in the community labor market and to understand the economic and social culture of the host country. Within the framework of the Pannonia Scholarship Program, successful applicants have the opportunity to complete traineeships at universities, teaching hospitals, and other accredited practice places in the program country. The mobility can only take place if the foreign traineeship is accepted by the sending institution and credited to the student's progress at the Faculty. The traineeship shall only be accepted if the practice place complies with the rules of accreditation of the Faculty.
Duration of traineeship: min. 2 months (63 days) – max. 4 months (120 days)
Period of traineeship: from September 1, 2024
Currency of the scholarship: HUF
Scholarship financing: 90% pre-10% post-financing (after submission of the mandatory documentation)
Certificate of the Registrar's Office - (for General Medicine students only)*
Statement of the course director - (for Dentistry/Biotechnology students only)*
*Instruction for filling out the forms:
If you are a General Medicine student, please download the above „Certificate of the Registrar’s Office”, fill out the yellow parts with your data as well as the practice details and then send it to your administrative officer at the Registrar’s Office for signature/stamp. Once you have the signed document, you should upload it along with your other documents on the Mobility Online website.
If you are a Dentistry/Biotechnology student, please download the above „Statement of the course director”, fill out the yellow parts with your data as well as the practice details and then send it to the course director of the practice for signature/stamp. Once you have the signed document, you should upload it along with your other documents on the Mobility Online website.
Student Mobility for Traineeship after graduation
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for participating in the Pannónia Scholarship Program Student Mobility for Traineeship after graduation for the academic year 2024/2025
The object of the call for applications:
The purpose of the call is to offer traineeships at companies or organizations in another program country, lasting a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 months. The aim is to assist in acquiring the skills necessary in the community labor market and to understand the economic and social culture of the host country. Within the framework of the Pannonia Scholarship Program, successful applicants have the opportunity to complete traineeships at universities, teaching hospitals, and other practice places in the program country.
Students participating in traineeships abroad under the Pannónia Scholarship Program establish an active student status during the application period and begin their professional traineeship after obtaining their degree.
Duration of traineeship: min. 2 months (63 days) – max. 4 months (120 days)
Period of traineeship: from September 1, 2024
Currency of the scholarship: HUF
Scholarship financing: 80% pre- 20% post-financing (after submission of the mandatory documentation)
International Exchange Programmes for Outgoing Students
Information on accredited practice places
According to the rules, the following departments of hospitals are considered to be accredited:
- In the EU, Norway, Switzerland, the USA and Canada, the clinics of the state-accredited universities.
- In the EU, Norway, Switzerland, the USA and Canada, the accredited teaching hospitals.
- The list of foreign accredited practice places is available on the website of the Registrar's Office.
- Outside the EU, Norway, Switzerland, the USA and Canada only the hospitals accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC or MAB) are to be accepted. The constantly updated list is available on the website of the Registrar’s Office
Other exchange possibilities (USA, Thailand, Brazil, Jordan, China)
Summer clinical trainiship at Xinxiang Medical University, China
New call for application!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for present 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year general medicine students for a four-week clinical internship of their choice in July or in August 2025 (5 spots) at Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
With this exchange program parties provide a unique opportunity for students to gain experiences and make new professional contacts to promote their position at the labor market after graduation.
Applicants can choose to spend their internship at the following departments: cardiology, neurology, oncology or neurosurgery. In addition to the above listed options, further departments are a question of discussion, please contact the Office for International Relations before submitting your application. Departments at the host institution are subject to availability, the host institution can confirm the department for selected applicants after the selection process.
There is no tuition fee to be paid, however all the following expenses must be entirely sponsored by the applicant:
- round trip airline tickets, other costs of travel
- accommodation
- health insurance
- other personal expenses during the stay
Applications must be sent to the Office for International Relations via e-mail to erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu by the deadline.
Application deadline: 22th November (Friday) 2024, 10.00 am
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity
6th year internship in Amman, Jordan
Currently there is no application period!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for present 5th year general medicine students for a four-week internship of their choice in summer, 2025 at The King Hussein Medical Center in Amman, Jordan.
With this exchange program parties provide a unique opportunity for Jordanian students to gain experiences and make new professional contacts to promote their position at the labor market in their home country after graduation.
Based on the cooperation agreement between the University of Pécs Medical School and the Jordanian Royal Medical Services, the internship possibility is available for students with Jordanian or Hungarian nationality exclusively.
Departments at the host institution are subject to availability, the host institution can confirm the department for selected applicants after the selection process.
There is no tuition fee to be paid, however all the following expenses must be entirely sponsored by the applicant:
- round trip airline tickets, other costs of travel
- accommodation
- health insurance
- other personal expenses during the stay
Applications must be sent to the Office for International Relations via e-mail to erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu by the deadline.
Application deadline: 15th November (Friday) 2024, 10.00 am
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity
Sixth-year internship at Weill Cornell Medicine
Currently there is no application period!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for present 5th year medical students to carry out a four-week internship at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York (http://weill.cornell.edu/international/). The traineeship opportunity is for final (6th) year internships in 2025.
The purpose of the Program is to facilitate students’ experience and knowledge in a cutting-edge environment of a US medical university. With this program the parties provide broad medical knowledge to young physicians who are entering the health care system (1 spot).
Please note that there will be an oral interview in 2024 November to test your command of English. Your expected language knowledge should be at least B2 level. Applicants will be informed about the details of the interview via email.
Applications must be sent to the Office for International Relations via e-mail to erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu by the deadline.
Application deadline: 15th November (Friday) 2024, 10.00 am
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity
Summer clinical traineeship in 2024 Thailand (for 3rd, 4th, and 5th year general medicine students)
Currently there is no application period!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications of 3rd, 4th, and 5th year general medicine students for a four-week internship of their choice all year round at Prince of Songkla University Medical School in Thailand.
With this exchange program parties provide a unique opportunity for students (4 spots).
There is no tuition fee to be paid, and the host institution bears the costs of accommodation and lunch for the selected undergraduate applicants. However, please note that the following expenses must be entirely sponsored by the applicant:
- round trip airline tickets
- health insurance
- other personal expenses during the stay
Applications must be sent to the Office for International Relations via e-mail to erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu by the deadline.
Application deadline: 15th November (Friday) 2024, 10.00 am
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity
Study programme at Evangelical University of Goiás- UniEvangélica, Anápolis, Brazil
Currently there is no application period!
The University of Pécs Medical School calls for applications for medical students from 3rd year and above to carry out a half year study programme at Evangelical University of Goiás- UniEvangélica, Anápolis, Brazil for the fall semester of the academic year 2025/2026.
The purpose of the Program is to facilitate students’ experience and knowledge in a cutting-edge environment of a Brazil medical university. With this program the parties provide broad medical knowledge to young physicians who are entering their home country’s health care system.
Please note that the program costs have to be mainly sponsored by successful candidates participating in the English and German (1 spot) as well as the Hungarian programs (1 spot).
Exchange students will remain enrolled as full-time students of their home institution throughout the exchange period and will continue to pay tuition fees to the home institution. Exchange students will be exempt from paying tuition fees at the host institution.
Please note that there will be an oral interview in 2024 November to test your command of English! Your expected language knowledge should be at least B2 level. Applicants will be informed about the details of the interview via email.
Applications must be sent to the Office for International Relations via e-mail to erasmusoffice@aok.pte.hu by the deadline.
Application deadline: 15th November (Friday) 2024, 10.00 am
Requesting certificate of demonstrator activity
Scholarships for Students provided by the University of Pécs
You can find the available destinations of the spring semester of 2023/2024 and the autumn semester of 2024/2025 to apply for on the following website: https://mobilitas.pte.hu/osztondijak/hallgatoi/tengeren_tuli
Within the recently announced Pannonia Scholarship Programme, there are opportunities to travel to a number of partner universities outside Europe.
Information is available on the website https://mobilitas.pte.hu/pannonia_program#
For non-European partners, there are two application stages:
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PTE application via the Mobility Online platform until 14 March 2024
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The PTE online application form is available on the PTE website. The deadlines vary from partner to partner (March to May)
For information on the application conditions and deadlines for exchange partners, please visit https://mobilitas.pte.hu/osztondijak/hallgatoi/tengeren_tuli
The student selected by the Faculty Committee will be nominated by the International Directorate to the partner.
In case of questions about the preparation of applications, please contact Mr. Gábor Czéh at one of the following contact details:
Mr. Gábor Czéh, international credit mobility coordinator
PTE International Office
Telephone: + 3672/501-509, e-mail: czeh.gabor@pte.hu
Scholarships or tuition-free study opportunities announced annually by PTE's inter-university contracts, which are available in the following countries:
USA, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Brazil
We would like to draw students' attention to the fact that the website of the partner universities includes the list of courses offered by them!
IMPORTANT! For opportunities in the United States the TOEFL and IELTS language exams are required. You can find more information on these:
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) -
Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO)
Visiting Student Learning Opportunities
The AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunities™ (VSLO™) program enables medical and public health students to pursue short-term learning opportunities in locations away from their home institutions. Program participants include medical and public health students and institutions in the U.S. and around the globe. For further details please consult AAMC-VSLO
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) created an iCollaborative collection of resources related to educational innovations, policies, and best practices within the health professions that support teaching and learning. Please scroll down to search the page for relevant courses. Clinical Teaching and Learning Experiences without Physical Patient Contact is a collection searchable by competency domain and by learner audience. Webinars on various topics are also available on the site.
In addition to the iCollaborative collection, MedEdPORTAL, AAMC’s online journal of teaching and learning resources has indexed resources developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.mededportal.org/virtual. At present, the following types of resources are included:
- Self-Directed Modules That Can Be Used to Supplement Clinical Teaching and Learning
- Self-Directed Modules That Can Be Used to Supplement Preclinical Teaching and Learning
- Interactive Sessions That Can Be Conducted Via Videoconference
- Standardized Patient Cases That Can Potentially Be Cone Via Videoconference for Communication Skills
Webinars, seminars and other events promoted by VSLO:
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Bellagio Global Health Conference -
Bellagio Global Health Education Initiative (BGHEI), a group of international inter-professional global health educators, is inviting colleagues and students to join their upcoming "open" half-day conference, which will include a diverse and insightful set of speakers. You will find the agenda and the Zoom link below.
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Yale Institute for Global Health launched a Global Health Conversation Series available at Yale IGH sight.
The YIGH series is a moderated forum for the Yale community and alumni to listen to and learn from some of today’s pivotal decision-makers in the world of global health and the COVID-19 pandemic. The events were open to the public.
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AAP webinar series available for VSLO members
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has launched a webinar series, Global Health Practice in the time of COVID: Finding Effectiveness in Your Personal & Professional World.
The series, designed for global health trainees and educators, answer important questions on how to optimize global health training and educational partnerships during the pandemic. Previous webinars are available on AAP’s YouTube channel.
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Virtual seminars on Global Climate Change are hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine. The links for zoom-meetings are accessible in their flyer.
DAAD Scholarships for Students
DAAD scholarships for study and research in Germany
Currently there is no application period!
Since 1925 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has established itself as one of the biggest organisations that encourage international exchange. DAAD membership numberes more than 230 higher education institutions and 120 student bodies.
The DAAD is a joint organisation of Germany’s higher education institutions and is responsible for promoting international academic relations, primarily through the exchange of students, academics and researchers. Its programmes are generally open to all disciplines and all countries and equally benefit foreigners and Germans.
For more information please visit the official DAAD website.
Other mobility programs
EDUC - Gap year
The EDUC Association is pleased to announce it's new physical mobility program for PTE BA/Bsc, MA/Msc students.
- As a student, would you like to study and gain new experiences at an EDUC university in France for 4-5 months?
- Do you have at least a B2 level of French?
- Would you like to listen to courses other than the subject of your major?
The Gap Year program offers these! We are waiting for your application!
GO STYRIA RESEARCH GRANT summer semester 2024
Go Styria is open for master and doctoral students as well as Post Docs interested in a short term research stay in the context of their master, doctoral thesis or Post-Doc research.
Candidates selected for the program will be given the opportunity for a research period at the University of Graz in order to then continue and conclude their studies / research at their home universities.
Details on the program call are available on the program website
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 November 2023, 1pm CET
Dean’s Order No. 1/2024 (II.19.) of the University of Pécs Medical School on the scholarship framework for students participating in the mobility programmes of the Medical School
In line with the University of Pécs Medical School's strategy, the Medical School attaches great importance to the international experience of its students, and therefore intends to create a scholarship framework in order to make the participation in mobility programmes available to a wider range of students. The Medical School has numerous professionally outstanding exchange partners, where the support for students is justified by the high living costs. Therefore, the Medical School intends to provide support to students, who have successfully applied for a Faculty mobility programme, by setting up a scholarship scheme based on social circumstances and academic excellence.