University of Pécs Medical School (POTE formerly)

Our Medical School operates as part of the University of Pécs, but as an independent medical university it is one of the medical institutions with the longest past in our country, and its recent history dates back to the Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University.Medical training began in 1367 with the foundation of the University of Pécs. Although the storms of history temporarily suspended undergraduate education, however, based on the data revealed, higher level education in health sciences was continuously present in Pécs even during the years of interruption. The resurgence of undergraduate medical training is closely linked to the Trianon events. Due to Trianon, the Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University of Bratislava founded in 1912 moved to Pécs in 1923, following a short detour to Budapest. After our settling down, medical training soon began, which continued after 1951 at the independent Medical University of Pécs. Since the merger of 2000 we have been operating as the University of Pécs Medical School.Pécs is the centre of South Transdanubia, with nearly 160,000 inhabitants, its wonderful values, monuments, its unique cultural central role, the local patriotism of the townspeople who want to develop, and its cross-border attraction, it is one of the most intimate and liveable settlements in the country. Our Medical School is the only medical, dental and pharmaceutical training institution in Transdanubia, one of the prominent medical schools in Hungary, where we teach medicine in Hungarian, English and German. Our teaching capital has always been of special skill and strongly attached to our institution. Many of them have become key personalities in Hungarian medical education and medicine.In recent decades, our Medical School has undergone tremendous changes, and its development has remained unchanged in recent times. We are proud of what we have in our present. The number of our students has risen sharply, and they come from over sixty countries.