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APTITUDE TEST

Our enrolling students of all the three faculties need to get their aptitude test certified in a Health Record Booklet. To expedite the process, we encourage everyone to undertake the following medical examinations in advance, bring the test results with them, and present the documents at the Occupational Health Service (see below).

• Complete blood + urine test

• Hepatitis B antibody titer

• Hepatitis C antibody titer

• Chest X-Ray

Please download the relevant documents and fill them out:

Medical Check up:

• Medical history questionnaire

• Statement on health

• GP’s statement

• Work Health and Safety Policy

The aptitude test is completed when the Health Record Booklet is filled out by the Occupational Health Service. (Availability only on weekdays at 1085 Budapest, Stáhly utca 9., 3rd floor, room 310 – Szent Rókus Clinical Building)

The latest deadline for completing the Health Record Booklet is the last day of the training term before the examination period. (Please note that students are not allowed to register for any summer practices until their Health Record Booklet is completed.)

Should you have any further questions please contact your registrar.

Book an appointment

Radiology:
1082 Budapest, Korányi Sándor utca 2.
Main entrance: 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

For laboratory tests, please choose the location:

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Please be informed that appointments for the laboratory tests and chest X-ray starting from the 21st of June are already visible and should be booked via the Neptun system.

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✔ In case you have not yet been vaccinated, please make sure to take your
2 negative PCR test results (in a printed form) with you for the examinations!

Keep in mind that at least 48 hours have to be between the time of the tests.

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Registration is available for one week, and the new period opens on Wednesdays when the current one is closed.

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Let us hereby relay the message of the Medical Imaging Centre, regarding the professional rules and examination method of the X-rays, needed to complete your aptitude test.

During chest X-ray, all objects must be removed from the patient’s body, especially metals (jewellery, piercings, lingerie clasps, braces). The removal of lingerie, jewellery and textured upper body garments (frilled, crumpled, adorned with clasps jewels or staples) is needed in order to receive a diagnostic picture quality for the X-ray.

If students do not wish to participate in X-raying without any concealing garment, we ask that they please bring a simple and plain cotton t-shirt, which they can change into in the dressing room.

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COVID RELATED INFORMATION

Rector – Chancellor – Clinical Centre President Directive RKE/1/2022. (pdf)

PRIVACY NOTICE on data processing by all organisational units of Semmelweis University regarding holders of Covid-19 immunity cards, individuals’ vaccination and/or their having contracted, and recovered from, the Covid-19 infection not more than three months ago (pdf)

Rector-chancellor Order No. E/21/2020. (XI.26.) regarding the action plan for epidemiological standby at Semmelweis University – excerpt – §10/A. (pdf)
(effective from 10 December, 2020)

RE/1/2021. (I.07.) Directive of the Rector and the Chairman of the Clinical Center regarding the use of COVID-19 quick tests for ensuring safe patient care and clinical education (pdf)
(effective from 8 January, 2021)

Directive E/21/2020. (XI.26.) of the Rector and the Chancellor of Semmelweis University on the plan of actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (pdf)

Letter of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (pdf)
(effective from 10 December, 2020)

Letter of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (pdf)

List of Departments regarding COVID testing requirement (pdf)
(effective from 27 November, 2020)

Rector’s letter regarding the RULES of STUDY from 16th of November, 2020

• Faculty of General Medicine (pdf)

• Faculty of Dentistry (pdf)

• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (pdf)

UPDATE regarding QUARANTINE EXEMPTION (pdf)
3 November 2020

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A POSITIVE PCR TEST RESULT
According to the National Public Health Center’s policy valid from 21 September 2020

ETHICS GUIDELINES DURING THE EPIDEMIC

• Privacy Policy: Regarding the personal data processed in the course of administrative proceedings conducted for the purpose to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease (pdf)
• Power of attorney (pdf)
  (additional documents for being relieved from quarantine)

Procedures regarding the rules of entering Hungary and special medical examination for Hungarian students with dual citizenship, for non-Hungarian students and for students of foreign higher education institutions
(effective from 2 September, 2020)

STATE SECRETARIAT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING Sectoral Recommendations for Organizing Higher Education During the State of Health Crisis
(effective from 1 September, 2020)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASURES INFORMATION
(updated 12 August, 2020)

ELECTIVE SUBJECT

NEW ELECTIVE SUBJECTS!

SUMMARIZED LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (pdf)

Please be informed that the ones highlited with blue are the new elective subjects for 2020/2021 spring semester. 

Information for 2021/2022 autumn semester on INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE

Attandance sheets separated by groups (please keep in mind that these group numbers are for Medical students. You can join any group, which fits to your schedule).

DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS

• General information (pdf)

• GROUPS 1 & 2 (pdf)

• GROUPS 3 & 4 (pdf)

• GROUPS 5 & 6 (pdf)

• GROUPS 7 & 8 (pdf)

• GROUPS 9 & 10 (pdf)

• GROUPS 11 & 12 (pdf)

• GROUPS 13 & 14 (pdf)

• GROUP 15 & 18 (pdf)

• GROUP 16 & 20 (pdf)

• GROUP 17 & 19 (pdf)

Detailed information of:

NETWORK, MANAGEMENT, CAREER BUILDING – CONDITIONS, SUPPORT AND BATTERIES

A new elective course shared for International and Hungarian students.

The Center for Education of International Studies launches a program series, which welcomes and merges Hungarian and International students at Semmelweis University. As a flagship, this new elective course introduces you into the world of networking and management; topics and skills, which you will likely need in your future academic and private life.

• This 2-credit elective course is available at NEPTUN, open for the 2020 spring semester;
• Code: AOSMAG732_1A;
• the course is held in the Semmelweis Salon, an exquisite venue of our university;
• a total of 90 students can register for this program (30 English, 30 German and 30 Hungarian students);
• the course is open for 3–5 year students.

We warmly welcome our students for this course.

Prof. Alán Alpár MD, PhD, DSc
Vice-Rector for International Studies
Semmelweis University

Detailed information of:

BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY

A new elective course shared for International and Hungarian students.

• 2-credit elective course, available at NEPTUN, open for the 2020 spring semester;
• Code: AOSKAR637_1A / AOSKAR637_1M;
• Language: English;
• A total of 75 students can register for this program (25 English, 25 German and 25 Hungarian students).

Detailed information of:

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY – please check subject description here (pdf)

A new elective course shared for International and Hungarian students.

The course is intended to provide up-to-date and extended knowledge based on the latest literature for practically all medical students, especially those planning to be cardiologists or internists in order to meet a predictable future requirement of a strongly established knowledge related to the electrophysiological background and ion channel dependent pathomechanisms of severe, often lethal heart diseases and to facilitate their better understanding of the corresponding scientific literature.

• This 2-credit elective course is available at NEPTUN, open for the 2020 spring semester;
• Code: AOVELT694_1M;
• Language: English;
• A total of 90 students can register for this program (30 English, 30 German and 30 Hungarian students);
• the course is open for 2–4 year students of the Faculty of Medicine.

INFORMATION on events/discounts

MOL Limo discount for Semmelweis citizens (pfd)

Graduation information (pdf)
(8 June, 2021)

SEMMELWEIS CARD – information (pdf)

INFORMATION FOR GRADUATED INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN GRADUATES (pdf)

HEALTH INSURANCE

A basic health insurance for Hungary is a prerequisite for registration at the University.

A special insurance is provided for our students, and its fee is included in the tuition fee. The service includes an English speaking call center, GP-service and treatment at the Polyclinics and Clinics of Semmelweis University. As long as you pay your tuition fee each semester and you are a registered active student, this insurance is automatically renewed until the end of your studies. The Hungarian health insurance provided by the University is only valid from the date of enrolling at the University.

The health insurance is automatically suspended, if the student registers for a passive semester.

Generali Assistance phone every day 0-24 hours: +36-1-465-3784
In case of accident or emergency please call: 112

We would like to draw your attention to some information about the University insurance:

• the insurance is valid when your semester status is active and your tuition fee is settled – once you receive a “fulfilled” indicator in Neptun for the tuition fee
• in case of any medical problems, you should call the Call Center (24/7) on the phone number +36 1 465 3784 which you can find on the insurance card
• the Call Center can make an appointment with a general practitioner immediately, and in case of specialist appointments, the request will be forwarded to the Semmelweis Egészségügyi Kft. where the colleagues will contact the student by e-mail as soon as an appointment is available
• in 90% of cases the first step is always the GP
• if you cannot make it to the appointment, please always cancel it in time, do not take the opportunity away from someone else or make the doctors wait in vain
• please pay attention to exclusions that are not covered by the insurance: aptitude test, screening tests, vaccinations, driving licence, pre-existing medical conditions (which you already had before signing up for insurance), etc.
• emergency care must always be paid for, because there is no time to organise it
• whenever you buy something that you want to submit to the insurer for reimbursement later, you must always include an invoice – the invoice must include your name and address, a receipt is not enough and you cannot ask for an invoice retrospectively
• for more information on the details of the insurance, please check the
  Product Information (pdf)

BOOKING for Cash Payment Services

LOCATION:
Main Cashier’s of Semmelweis University
1085 Budapest, Üllői út 26.

Please download and take the filled out banknote register with you for cash payment. (xls)

You can book an appointment for Main Cashier here:

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STUDENT CARD

How to obtain a new student card

To obtain a new student card, you must first have an official photo taken and provide your official signature at Központi Okmányiroda (Central Document Office).

Address: 1133 Budapest, Visegrádi utca 110-112.

Opening hours:
Monday: 8:00 – 20:00
Tuesday: 8:00 – 20:00
Wednesday: 8:00 – 20:00
Thursday: 8:00 – 20:00
Friday: 8:00 – 20:00
Saturday: 8.00 – 14.00
Sunday: 8.00 – 14.00

You must take your residence permit and passport with you to the Központi Okmányiroda.

• There you will be given a NEK (Nemzeti Egységes Kártyarendszer) data sheet. This form has a 16-character identification number in the upper right corner.

• Log in to your Neptun site, go to ’Administration’ and click on ’Student Card request’ in the drop-down list. A smileywill warn you not to add the hyphens when typing in your 16 character NEK identifier into the yellow text box!

• Click on the grey tab ’Add new’ and type your 16 character NEK identifier into the blank called ’NEK azonosító’

• then choose ’Demand type’. Check that your permanent (home) address is correct and appears in the ’Street, number’ text box.

• Write your addresses on the NEK datasheet (temporary and home) if it is not in the Neptun.

• Please bring the NEK datasheet to the Directorate of International Studies – Division of English Language Programs during opening hours.

• If the above has been completed, we will begin to process the student card application. The plastic card takes about 6 months to be produced after being ordered from the Directorate of International Studies – Division of English Language Programs. You will need to use the temporary, A4-format certificate until you receive your official card.

• You have to renew your temporary certificate every 2 months.

Student Card Information (pdf)

T.A. (Teaching Assistant) APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

Please note that the application deadline is the 9th of July, 2021 for the upcoming academic year (2021/2022).

Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations – Part III. Student Standards – Chapter III.4.
Remuneration and Benefits Policy – T.A. related segment (pdf)

Application form for Teaching Assistant (pdf)

Please check the link(s) below to gather more information about the criteria of the application: 

TRANSFER INFORMATION

Students of another medical university in Hungary may apply for a transfer to a corresponding training at Semmelweis University.

For those who wish to transfer from an ongoing medical, dental or pharmaceutical science training abroad, the regular recruitment procedure rather than ‘transfer’ is recommended due to the usually vast difference between the curricula. For further details, we suggest to check our yearly updated Academic Bulletin.
Transfer of credits for equivalent subjects is possible after admission by recruitment. See Article 17 [Transfer] in our Study and Examination Regulations.

Transfer applications can be submitted online via SEMAPHOR system from early May.

The deadline of the application is June 15th of each year. Students are eligible if the conditions for dismissal are not met in the previous establishment.

Decision about transfer applications is made by the committee competent in educational and examinational affairs in the light of the student’s academic achievement and other parameters The number of admitted transfer students is limited by the available capacity of each faculty. If admission by transfer is refused, the student may commence studies at Semmelweis University only after a successful admission through a regular recruitment procedure. If the transfer student does not have a continuous legal relationship until his/her registration at Semmelweis University, then the decision on the transfer application is annulled by the committee competent in educational and examinational affairs in accordance with Article 57 (6) of the Act on National Higher Education.

Additional remarks

Semmelweis University
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty Council

Decree of the Faculty Council
at the Faculty of Dentistry
of Semmelweis University,
45/2020. (XII.09.)
of the 2020/21 academic year,

Regarding transfer regulations.

At the Faculty of Dentistry of Semmelweis University, the Faculty Council regulates transfer as per the following: students who have successfully transferred from another institution may only commence their studies at the Faculty from 3rd year if they have completed or successfully received exemption of all 1st and 2nd year subjects. This provision is applicable for all dentistry students of the Hungarian, English and German language programs alike, except for applicants who already possess a diploma of general medicine.

INFORMATION on the procedure for reviewing applications for student transfer to Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine (pdf)

For further information regarding our transfer procedure, please contact Ms. Sarolta Kokavecz.

ARCHIVE

Teaching methods (online/in person) of subjects for the 2020/21/2 semester for the students of the Faculty of Dentistry (pdf)

Rector’s letter regarding the RULES of STUDY from 11th of November, 2020

• • • Faculty of General Medicine

      Dear Students,

      we wish to inform you that due to the pandemic situation, from November 11, 2020 lectures and practices for medical students will be held as follows. Years 1-3: Lectures will be held online whilst practices and seminars are to be attended in person. Years 4-5 and year 6: personal presence is mandatory to ensure the practice-based education in frame of the block system.

      Dr. Béla Merkely, rector

    • Faculty of Dentistry

      Dear Students,

      we wish to inform you that due to the pandemic situation, from November 11, 2020 lectures and practices for dentistry  students will be held as follows. Lectures will be held online whilst practices require personal attendance. This regulation applies for all dentistry students (years 1-5).

      Dr. Béla Merkely, rector

    • Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

      Dear Students,

      we wish to inform you that due to the pandemic situation, from November 11, 2020 lectures and practices for pharmacy  students will be held as follows. For all pharmacy students (years 1-5) lectures and seminars will be held online. Practices for students in years 1-2 will be held online until November 13. From November 16, certain practices and seminars will require personal presence. Practices taught by ELTE (like general and inorganic chemistry practices, analytical chemistry practices) will be continued online. Practices for students in years 3-5 require personal attendance.

      Dr. Béla Merkely, rector

Opening ceremony of the 2020/2021, 250th anniversary academic year (youtube link)

Procedures regarding the rules of entering Hungary and special medical examination for non-Hungarian students and higher education staff
(effective from 24 August, 2020) – This is no longer in effect!

INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN GRADUATES, 2020

Update information on PCR screening

Dear Students,

Based on the request of the vice-rector Dr. Péter Hermann, we hereby inform you, that students, who have not left Hungary since the beginning of the emergency situation, do not need to present a negative PCR test result in order to attend the exams.