Conditions for Student Transfer

Conditions and requirements for student transfer and enrolment deadlines

Students from other schools of medicine in English language (LINK) may transfer to the study of Medical Studies in English if there is compatibility between the curricula and programs for obtaining the professional title of doctor of medicine.

Requirements for the transfer of students from other schools of medicine, apart from the compatibility between the curricula and programs, are as follows:

  • passed examinations and met other requirements for regular enrollment in a higher year of study at the school from which the student is transferring,
  • knowledge of English language for Medical Studies in English program,
  • justification of the transfer,
  • grade point average at least 3.5 or 8

Students who want to transfer to School of Medicine, University of Mostar, must submit following scanned documents by email, and originals or verified copies personally or via post. All listed documents bellow must be in English or Croatian language language:

  • copy of the Student’s Record Book,
  • Certificate from the faculty/school that they are a full-time student at that faculty/school and that they have met the requirements for enrollment in a higher year of study,
  • grade transcript with grade point average and ECTS,
  • official study curriculum in printed or electronic form, which must correspond to the study curriculum under which the applicant studied
  • certified copies of previously acquired educational documents if they have an impact on the total higher education obtained, and a certificate of their recognition in the case  of foreign educational documents
  • proof of residence
  • a document proving the change of name and/or surname
  • statement of the applicant’s consent to check information on acquired education
  • other evidence from which one can gain insight into the duration and other conditions of education and the rights granted by the educational document.

Course Curriculum

Medical Statistics (2023. /2024.)

Students of schools of medicine can only transfer to the studies of Medicine in English Language and shall not exercise the right to transfer to the first and sixth year of study at the School of Medicine of the University of Mostar. The transfer can only be made after the first year of study has been completed.

In order to transfer to the second year of study of Medicine in Medical Studies in English, or to the higher years, the student must have studied and passed the following subjects:

  • Anatomy
  • Medical Biology

For the transfer to the third year of studies or to the higher years, the student, in addition to the previously mentioned subjects, must have studied and passed the following subjects:

  • Medical Physiology,
  • Histology and Embryology,
  • Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry,
  • Medical Physics and Biophysics

      For the transfer to the fourth year of study and or to the higher years, the student, in Addition to the previously mentioned subjects, must have attended and passed the following subjects:

  • Pathology,
  • Pathophysiology,
  • Pharmacology and
  • Medical Microbiology and Parasitology

An application for the transfer of students is submitted from September 1st to 10th of the current year for protocol in the Secretary’s Office. An application for the transfer to Medical Studies in English can also be submitted before enrolling in the summer semester of the current academic year.

IMPORTANT: For more details please read the Decision on Amendments to the Articles 65-70 of the Rulebook on the Integrated Studies at the School of Medicine of the University of Mostar (link)