What this university is, in practice
Białystok publishes eleven interview dates across 2026 — from 20 January to 20 July, with August sessions if places remain — which is the most flexible interview scheduling in this catalog. It also publishes a fee that rises twice during the degree: €15,100 a year for the first three years, €16,200 for the next two, €16,600 in the final year.
Eleven chances to be interviewed
The published online interview dates for 2026 are 20 January, 23 February, 18 March, 13 April, 28 April, 12 May, 25 May, 10 June, 16 June, 1 July and 20 July, with later August sessions if places remain. Applications run from 1 December 2025 to 31 August 2026.
Nothing else on this site offers anything close. Šafárik gives dentistry applicants two exam rounds, Trakia gives three sittings, Banja Luka two; Białystok gives eleven scheduled opportunities across seven months. For an applicant coordinating exams, school terms and other countries' deadlines, that removes the scheduling conflict entirely — you pick a date that fits rather than building the year around one.
The interview itself is conducted over Zoom and covers two subjects chosen from biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics, plus English and general knowledge. There is a €200 or US$225 application and interview fee, and an optional premedical course at €400 or US$450.
The fee rises twice
The confirmed 2026-2027 schedule is €7,550 per semester for Years I to III, €8,100 per semester for Years IV and V, and €8,300 per semester for Year VI — €15,100, then €16,200, then €16,600 a year. Over six years that totals €94,300.
That is the highest six-year total among the Polish programs profiled here, and the headline does not show it. Białystok advertises €15,100 and Olsztyn €11,529, a difference of €3,571 a year that looks like about €21,400 across a degree. The actual gap is roughly €27,500, because Białystok climbs while Olsztyn falls.
None of this makes the schedule unfair — it is published in full, in advance, which is more than several programs manage. But it does mean the year-one number is the wrong basis for comparison, and an applicant budgeting six years at €15,100 will be short by €3,700.
Priced in euro and dollars
Białystok publishes its fees in both euro and US dollars — €15,100 or US$16,900 for the first year, with the application fee and premedical course quoted in both currencies too.
For a North American applicant that removes exchange risk from the largest cost in the plan, which is a genuine advantage over Olsztyn and Nicolaus Copernicus, whose zloty pricing leaves the currency movement with the student. It is the same arrangement several Hungarian universities use, and it is worth weighing against the higher total rather than treating the two as separate questions.
Forty-five of the 118 European medicine programs with a confirmed fee cost less than Białystok's first-year rate, which sits level with Medical University of Łódź and just under Poland's €15,106 median. Polish is taught and required for clinical patient contact, and the degree runs six years to a Lekarz physician qualification.
Who this suits
Applicants who need to fit an interview around exams or another country's calendar, who prefer a fee quoted in a currency they hold, and who have budgeted the rising schedule rather than six years at the advertised first-year rate.
Return-pathway evidence
The Medical University of Białystok is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as school F0000220. The ECFMG Sponsor Note was present with the graduation-year field including Current on the audit date, and the Canada sponsor note was present with a pass at school level for the MCC check, verified on 2026-06-11. Confirm the exact issued diploma title against the ECFMG Reference Guide for Medical Education Credentials before enrolment. This records the school-level evidence and guarantees nothing about certification, residency, registration, or licensure.
Written from the verified catalog and the official sources linked on this page. Sources last checked 2026-06-11; profile updated 2026-08-11. Approver: EuroMedGuide AI editorial pipeline. Figures quoted here are gated against the catalog by npm run validate:guide-stats.