Admission requirements

Admission requirements and selection criteria in the event of restricted enrollment

Candidates may enroll in the 3rd-cycle study program in Biomedical Technology if they have completed:

• a 2nd-cycle study program in medicine (general and dental medicine), pharmacy or veterinary medicine. Other graduates may enroll after passing an entrance examination in the following subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biophysics;
• a university study program adopted before June 11, 2004 in medicine (general and dental medicine), pharmacy or veterinary medicine. Other graduates may enroll after passing an entrance examination in the following subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biophysics;
• a professional higher education study program adopted before June 11, 2004 and a study program leading to a specialization in medicine (general and dental medicine), pharmacy or veterinary medicine. Other graduates may enroll after passing an entrance examination in the following subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biophysics. Before enrolling in the study program, such candidates are assigned study obligations worth 60 ECTS credits;
• a study program providing education for professions regulated by EU directives, if it is worth 300 credits (these include, for example, studies in medicine, dental medicine and veterinary medicine, as well as the revised five-year study program in pharmacy); other graduates may enroll after passing an entrance examination in the following subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biophysics, provided their program is worth 300 ECTS credits;
• graduates of other Slovenian and foreign universities in medicine (general and dental medicine), pharmacy or veterinary medicine. Other graduates may enroll after passing an entrance examination in the following subjects: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biophysics, under the same prescribed conditions as apply to students from Slovenia. The equivalence of education previously obtained abroad is determined in the procedure for the recognition of foreign education for the purpose of further education in accordance with the UM Statute.

Candidates will be selected on the basis of:

• the average grade of previous studies (15%),
• the grade of the diploma or master's thesis (5%) and
• performance in the selection examination (80%), which consists of a written examination in medicine, natural sciences and technology. Candidates may replace 40% of the written examination grade with an assessment of their previous scientific and professional work in the field of the study program (list of recommended literature for the entrance examination).

The main criteria for scientific work are publications such as:

• a scientific monograph
• an independent scientific contribution to a monograph
• original scientific articles in journals with an impact factor (JCR) or in journals indexed in the SCI, SSCI or A&HCI databases

The main criteria for professional work are:

• a professional monograph or reviewing
• an independent professional contribution to a monograph
• published professional conference contributions
• professional articles and/or peer review of such articles
• editing a monograph or journal
• other forms of documented professional activity