Entrance Examination & Interview

Introduction

PUMS entrance examination for medicine and dentistry is comprised of 2 parts: written science quiz and oral examination/interview with professors from the school, while the examination for pharmacy and physiotherapy programs is just limited to the latter.

Written science quiz - 60’

The quiz will be administered via the school’s distance learning platform OLAT at https://olat.ump.edu.pl . Login credentials are the same as for self-assessment quizzes available from your on-line application. 

In order to make sure that the exam is secure we will be using additional on-line proctoring software called Proctor Exam.

Oral examination ~ 20-40'

This part will be administered with the use of Microsoft Teams software as a videoconference between you and our professors. Video and audio connection will be required - so please allow for your device and the app to use your microphone and camera. A link to join the meeting will be e-mailed to you in advance. A paid Teams account is not required - you can access the meeting from your browser or MS Teams client - clicking on the invitation link will guide you through this.

Please have your official photo ID document (passport or national ID) ready for both parts.

Examination calendar

How to prepare for the exam

Study and review the following topics in biology, chemistry and physics on high school leaving level: https://pums.ump.edu.pl/images/attachment/PUMS_Topics-for-Test-Interview.pdf

The recommended books covering this material are:

• D.C. Giancoli, Physics, Principles with applications,
• Chemistry. An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. Pearson Education,
• Biology. Neil A Campbell Jane B Reece.

Practice quizzes are available to every aplicant via our on-line application portal applicant.ump.edu.pl after paying the processing fee of 85 PLN. Each time you load up the quiz it randomly draws questions from a large pool of our old exam questions.

Permitted aids

Only the following aids are allowed:

• on-line calculator (https://www.online-calculator.com/full-screen-calculator/ ),
• physics formulas (https://www.concepts-of-physics.com/pdf/physics-formulas.pdf ),
• periodic table of elements (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/periodic-table/png/Periodic_Table_of_Elements_w_Chemical_Group_Block_PubChem.png ),
• pen and paper (blank piece of paper).

Please add the above links to Chrome browser bookmarks. You will only be permitted to visit the testing page, as well as these three links listed above in your browser once the exam starts. Any other browser addresses or app use are prohibited - will be noted and will be reason to end exam with a fail result.

Prohibited actions

The following actions are prohibited during an examination session and will be reason to end exam with a fail result:

• using any extra electronic devices or headphones (headphones are allowed only for the interview part),

• using books, notes or other written aids,

• talking or singing (written part),

• leaving the monitored area (no toilet breaks are allowed),

• browsing internet for non-authorized pages or using any other apps beside chrome browser on your computer,

• presence of anyone else in the room,

• any form of screen capture, recording or copying the contents of the test or interview.

Requirements / Pre-exam checklist

•  Check the exact time and date of your exam and interview in your time zone and save the date.

•  Make sure in advance that you have what you need for the exam:

               -a well-lit room where you can take the exam alone without disturbances,

               -a desktop computer or laptop with functioning camera and microphone with strong internet connection,

               -a smartphone or tablet with a functioning camera that will need a wi-fi connection,

               -for the quiz you will also need chrome browser installed on your computer  - during the pre-test check your browser will download the Proctor Exam addon, and your smartphone/tablet will download the Proctor Exam app,

               -for the interview you will need to connect to a Microsoft Teams meeting (teleconference) using a link we will provide – this will require either using your internet browser or downloading free MS Teams client app - registering an account there will not be necessary.

• Make a test MS Teams meeting connection that will prompt to download the necessary software, if you have not used Teams before – you can use this link for a test meeting we have created just for this purpose: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTU0MDYzZmQtZTkyNi00N2MxLThiNzItNDNhOGE2YWE5YmU3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ee0e923b-5730-4331-a9ea-ac4acb2cd86d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2283891bc0-ddfa-4806-90e6-6aa472043248%22%7d

• Make sure you have no problems logging in to our e-learning platform and that you remember your login and password, as this will be the medium of delivery of the entrance examination at https://olat.ump.edu.pl/ . Your credentials were provided in your on-line application.

• Review the rules and format of our on-line proctoring system, including room and technical requirements at https://proctorexam.com/test-taker-support/ .

• Check your mailbox for test registration e-mail and instructions from Proctor Exam (~2 weeks in advance).

• Check your mailbox for your interview meeting link for MS Teams from our admission staff (~2 weeks in advance).

• Perform a requirements check with Proctor Exam, following instructions from the exam registration e-mail (2 days in advance at the latest).

• It’s go time!

Troubleshooting

1) In case of technical problems during Proctor Exam session, please use the “Tech support” feature available in the bottom-right corner of your exam screen.

2) For problems logging in to University OLAT platform, please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

3) If for some well grounded reason you are unable to continue with the test, please get in contact with us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reschedule your exam.

4) In case of emergency (e.g. being unable to connect on time for your interview or OLAT account), please message our whatsapp admissions coordinator at +48 609 031 274.

Privacy policy

By taking this on-line examination, you give your consent to the following:

The on-line proctoring service ProctorExam and Poznan University of Medical Sciences will:

- Collect and store data including, but not limited to, examinee’s name, email, phone number, driver’s license, national ID or  passport, and photo, for the sole purpose of administering secure and fair on-line examinations.

- Take and store notes as to an examinee’s behavior observed during an exam.

- Record examinee’s actions and behavior via webcam and screen capture technology (such recordings will be stored on secured servers).

In case there are no incidents and irregularities reported, examinees’ personal data, including all back-ups of personal data, will be deleted within a week after their test administration. In case of a breach of security the above mentioned data will be stored until the issue reported is handled, but no later than by the end of the application process at PUMS for respective academic year.

https://proctorexam.com/privacy-and-data-security/ 

Appealing an infringement decision

If your examination session was disqualified due to an apparent infringement of the regulations resulting in a fail grade, you have the right to appeal the decision and add your explanations to the issue on the third working day from the date of the examination at the latest by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Each appeal will be reviewed together with the recording of your examination session, and reassessed. You will receive a final judgment on the issue within one week.