Wrocław Medical University

Wrocław Medical University
Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu
Latin: Universitas Medica Vratislaviensis
TypePublic
Established1950 (1950)
AccreditationPolish Accreditation Committee (PKA)
Academic affiliations
  • AMEE
  • EUA
  • IROs Forum
RectorPiotr Ponikowski
Students6,411 (12.2023)
Location, ,
51°06′32″N 17°04′08″E / 51.10889°N 17.06889°E / 51.10889; 17.06889
ColoursGold, Black
Websitewww.umw.edu.pl
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World901-1000 (2024)
CWUR World893 (2024)
CWTS World742 (2024)
THE World501-600 (2025)
Global – Life sciences and medicine
THE Clinical and Health301-400 (2025)

Wrocław Medical University (Polish: Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu, Latin: Universitas Medicus Vratislaviensis) is an institution of higher medical education in Wrocław, Poland.

It consists of six faculties: Medicine, Medicine and Dentistry, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery, and Physiotherapy. There are nearly 200 chairs, departments, and clinics. Altogether, about 6,400 students study there, and 300 PhD students.

Wrocław Medical University has 22 international agreements of cooperation signed with other universities abroad. There is a wide exchange of students and teaching staff within the framework of the Socrates and Erasmus programmes of the European Union, especially with France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and England.