Study Medicine in Greece

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece offers a 6-Year Undergraduate Medicine Programme.
• The university is a leader in medical education and students are personally supported to achieve the learning outcomes and competencies of the programme.
• Graduates from the undergraduate programme are qualified with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).
• Students applying to the programme are required to sit Biology and Chemistry exams as well as a General Knowledge test.
• Each academic year has two semesters lasting for 15 weeks per semester (winter and spring).
• The programme is structured into three cycles of courses: pre-clinical modules (approximately two years), three years of clinical modules (approximately three years), and one year of clinical practice (approximately one year).
• The pre-clinical modules involve lectures, seminars and laboratories with small group learning and a focus on student input.
• Clinical modules are taught in university and city hospitals via a vertical teaching format that teaches theory alongside medical practice.
• High-level clinical training is completed in the final year and students work closely with patients while learning from consultants.
• Students graduate with extensive competencies in clinical practice and are therefore able to pursue an international medicine career.

• Study Medicine Europe (SME) offers an exclusive opportunity for medicine students studying in Europe to apply and undertake international clinical experience.
• After application, SME matches the student to a clinical rotation that aligns with their university’s medicine curriculum modules in medical settings in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland and Australia.
• To apply, students must submit the following to SME:
  • Preferences for the clinical placement (location, department and duration of rotation) and their professional CV.
  • Official authorisation documentation of their application from the coordinating Professor of their medicine programme.
• SME can only guarantee a limited number of placements, due to the specificity of matching students and programmes, therefore offers are strictly extended in order of application submission.
• International experience is an invaluable undertaking for any student with clinical training in diverse settings, learning in a global context, and expanding professional networks.

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is ranked in the Top 100 global index of medical schools.
• Founded in 1942, the university currently has over 80 medical departments.
• The university has a faculty of many of the world’s most eminent professors, physicians, surgeons and medical scientists.
• The university is a major force in international medical education and welcomes English-speaking students to learn from leading educators, facilities, researchers and working hospitals.
• Students learn in a range of pre-clinical and clinical settings including hospitals, laboratories, and medical departments.
• It has its own university hospital, associations with six other city-wide hospitals, and students also train in four large academic hospitals.
• Over 30,500 graduates from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki make up the extensive international alumni network.

1. An application which includes the following details: bio, education history and course for which you are applying.
2. A copy of your secondary education results with subjects studied.
3. Personal statement or results of Cambridge Personal Style Questionnaire (CPSQ)
4. Interview
5. Documents from your home country confirming that you are authorised to study in Greece.
6. Two small photos of 4-5cm.

All documents need to be translated into Greek to satisfy state directives.

Students are also required to:

• Sit exams in Biology, Chemistry and General Knowledge

• Greece is a global leader in medical education and offers students the opportunity to study in a stunning, peaceful and progressive country.
• Greek universities have an unprecedented ancient and contemporary history of innovative education grounded in research, practice and entrepreneurialism.
• As Greece is in the EU, all universities are part of the Bologna Process for ECTS credits and students can participate in the Erasmus+ Programme.
• Living in Greece is affordable and the lifestyle is uniquely modern while retaining a traditional Mediterranean culture.
• Students are encouraged to connect socially and establish professional networks based on the exchange of knowledge as well as extensive support for career, studies and employment.