Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Entrance Exam 2027: Complete Preparation Guide

General and inorganic chemistry first, then organic chemistry and biochemistry, the official guide's own two-part order.

• Matter, measurement and units: classification and properties of matter, elements, compounds and mixtures, homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, physical versus chemical change, SI units, prefixes and unit conversion, density, temperature, units of energy, scientific notation, and molecular weight, formula weight and relative masses
• Atomic structure and the periodic table: protons, neutrons and electrons, atomic number, mass number and nuclear charge, ions, isotopes and average atomic mass, electronic versus nuclear change, radioactivity and ionizing radiation, electron shells, subshells and orbitals, electron configuration notation, valence electrons, metals and non-metals, periodic table layout and trends, and oxidation states
• Chemical bonding and nomenclature: ionic, covalent and coordinate covalent bonds, diatomic molecules, electronegativity and bond polarity, molecular shape and molecular polarity, ionic versus molecular compounds, formulas and names of ionic compounds, the common acids, bases and salts, writing formulas from names, and spotting a wrong formula-name pair
• The mole and stoichiometry: the Avogadro constant and particle counting, moles of atoms, molecules and compounds, gram-mole-particle conversions, molar mass from a chemical formula, percent composition, chemical equations and balancing, the types of reaction, coefficients as mole ratios, mole-mole, mole-gram and gram-gram conversions, limiting quantities in simple cases, and heat in chemical reactions
• Oxidation and reduction: the definitions of oxidation and reduction, electron loss and gain, oxidizing and reducing agents, assigning oxidation numbers, the principles of redox balancing, the equality of electrons lost and gained, and distinguishing redox from acid-base and precipitation reactions
• States of matter and intermolecular forces: gases, liquids and solids, the characteristics of gases, intermolecular forces and hydrogen bonding, the physical properties of liquids, crystalline solids and the classes of solid, structure-property relationships, and boiling and melting point trends
• Solutions, concentration and osmosis: solution terminology, solubility and the factors affecting it, electrolytes and particles in solution, molarity and other concentration expressions, dilution, colligative properties, osmotic pressure, colloids and suspensions, preparing a solution to a target volume and concentration, physiological saline and osmotic swelling or shrinking, and active and fluid transport
• Thermodynamics, kinetics and equilibrium: thermodynamic principles, heat of reaction and enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, reaction rate and activation energy, catalysts and what they do and do not change, the factors affecting rate, reversible reactions, and the equilibrium constant
• Acids, bases and pH: the Arrhenius and Brønsted-Lowry definitions, strong and weak acids and bases, the ionization of water, pH and pOH, acid-base reactions, neutralization stoichiometry and valency-based mole ratios, indicators, salt formation, the pH after dilution of a strong acid, and comparing base strength
• Biogenic elements in medicine: macroelements and microelements, nitrogen chemistry, the biologically relevant ions, soluble and insoluble salts, essential versus toxic elements, and the physiological electrolytes and their biological roles
• Foundations of organic chemistry: carbon bonding and tetravalency, structural and condensed formulas, the functional-group concept, homologous series, R-groups, structural isomerism and stereoisomerism, chirality, geometry around carbon atoms, rotation about single bonds, and writing structures from names
• Hydrocarbons and halogen derivatives: alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, double and triple bonds, geometric isomerism, addition, substitution and elimination, polymerization, hydration of alkenes, saturated versus unsaturated compounds, the biologically significant hydrocarbons, and the properties of halogenated hydrocarbons
• Alcohols, phenols, thiols and ethers: the alcohol functional group, primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, hydrogen bonding in alcohols, alcohol nomenclature, dehydration and oxidation of alcohols, phenols, thiols, and ethers and how they differ from alcohols
• Carbonyl and carboxyl compounds: the carbonyl group, aldehyde and ketone nomenclature and physical properties, oxidation and reduction of aldehydes and ketones, alcohol addition, aldol addition, reactions with nitrogen compounds, carboxylic and dicarboxylic acids, acidity and salt formation, fatty acid salts and soap, esters, thioesters, anhydrides and amides, and esterification and hydrolysis; and amines: their classification, nomenclature, physical properties and basicity
• Saccharides: monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides, stereoisomerism and multiple chiral centres, glucose stereochemistry, Fischer projections, the D- and L-families, intramolecular hemiacetals and hemiketals, Haworth projections, mutarotation, reducing and non-reducing sugars, starch, glycogen and cellulose, and chirality and optical activity
• Lipids and membrane chemistry: waxes, fats and oils, fatty acids, triacylglycerols, saturated and unsaturated lipids, hydrogenation, hydrolysis and digestion, the complex lipids, phospholipids and the lipid bilayer, steroids, why lipids are water-insoluble, and energy yield compared with glucose
• Amino acids, peptides, proteins and nucleic acids: amino-acid structure and classification, the essential amino acids and dietary requirement, stereoisomerism in amino acids, the peptide bond, polypeptides, primary through quaternary structure, protein classification, denaturation and hydrolysis; then DNA composition and primary and secondary structure, RNA composition and types, purines and pyrimidines, base pairing and the number of hydrogen bonds, the genetic code, transcription and translation and their order, codons and anticodons, and ATP as a nucleotide
• Enzymes, vitamins, ATP and hormones: enzyme composition, enzyme classification and nomenclature, the enzyme-substrate complex, substrate specificity, the factors affecting catalysis, enzyme inhibition, coenzymes, vitamins and their coenzyme roles, ATP and energy transfer, and hormone classification and target effects

The official guide's five areas in their own order (cytology, plants, animals, genetics, human biology), capped at the Slovak secondary-school curriculum.

• Cell fundamentals and biomolecules: the basic characteristics of cells, prokaryotic versus eukaryotic organisation, the inorganic cell components and water content, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids in the cell, which molecules store energy, build membranes, form enzymes or carry information, and ATP as a nucleotide
• Biomembranes and transport: membrane composition and macromolecule orientation, the characteristics of the plasma membrane, diffusion and simple diffusion of gases, osmosis, active transport and its ATP requirement, hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic solutions and their effects on plant and animal cells, endocytosis, phagocytosis and pinocytosis, exocytosis, and cell signalling
• Prokaryotes, bacteria and archaea: the bacterial chromosome and plasmids, cell membrane, wall and capsule, flagella and pili, membranous and non-membranous structures, bacteria and archaebacteria, bacterial shapes and classification, conjugation, transformation and transduction, plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance, and human bacterial diseases
• Eukaryotic cell structures: nuclear and extra-nuclear DNA, the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes and their hydrolytic enzymes, vacuoles, ribosomes, and the cytoskeleton with its microtubules, microfilaments and intermediate filaments
• Cellular metabolism and energy: catabolic and anabolic processes, energy exchange in cells, aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, the cell as an energetically autonomous unit, and autotrophy and heterotrophy
• Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis: amitosis versus mitosis, the G0, G1, S, G2 and M phases, cell-cycle checkpoints, regulation of cell division, the stages of mitosis, meiosis I and meiosis II, homologous chromosomes, segregation and spindle formation
• Viruses: virus characteristics and structure, why viruses are not cellular, viral reproduction, the lytic and lysogenic cycles, classification, the diseases viruses cause, and distinguishing viral from bacterial disease
• Plant cells, tissues and organs: plant cell wall composition and function, the plant organelles, meristematic tissue, parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma, the transport tissues and the roles of xylem and phloem, dermal and secretory tissues, roots, stems and leaves, flower, stamen and pistil, fertilization in plants, and vegetative versus generative organs
• Plant metabolism and reproduction: catabolism and anabolism in plants, photosynthesis compared with plant respiration, saprophytism, semiparasitism, parasitism and mixotrophic nutrition, plant nutrition, hormonal regulation of growth, and vegetative and sexual reproduction
• Unicellular organisms and animal diversity: the general characteristics of unicellular organisms, taxonomic division and representative classes, the disease-causing unicellular organisms and the parasites associated with them, life cycles and their stages, and the types of reproduction
• Animal nutrition and gas exchange: metabolism and energy flow, the mechanisms of nutrition, digestion processes and their stages, the evolution of digestive systems, gas exchange with the environment, gas exchange across the animal classes, and structure related to habitat
• Animal circulation and excretion: body fluids, open and closed circulation, blood flow in vessels, blood groups, blood clotting, the evolution of circulation, the evolution of the excretory system, nephron structure and function, and urine secretion and composition
• Animal regulation, movement, immunity and reproduction: direct and indirect hormone effects and the regulation of hormone levels, nervous regulation across the animal classes, neuron structure and function, the vertebrate central nervous system, instincts, reflexes and conditioned reflexes, memory and learning, smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscle, muscle contraction and the role of calcium in the actin-myosin interaction, energy sources and fatigue, the evolution of locomotion, non-specific and specific immunity, passive and active immunisation, sexual reproduction, parthenogenesis, hermaphroditism, animal life cycles, the origin and types of gametes, and isogamy and anisogamy
• Genetic terminology and information flow: structural, regulatory and RNA genes, alleles and multiple alleles, genotype and phenotype, qualitative and quantitative traits, homozygous and heterozygous individuals, autosomes and sex chromosomes, genome and karyotype, DNA replication, transcription and translation as the two steps of gene expression, prokaryotic versus eukaryotic genes, and the human chromosomes and their classification by centromere position
• Mendelian and blood-group inheritance: complete dominance, incomplete or intermediary dominance and codominance, Mendel's laws, monohybrid and dihybrid crosses, backcrossing, recognising phenotype ratios, ABO blood-group inheritance, and the autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive patterns
• Sex-linked inheritance and linkage: chromosomal sex determination, the Drosophila and Abraxas systems, homogametic and heterogametic sex, the human X and Y chromosomes, X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive and Y-linked inheritance, sex-influenced and sex-limited traits, human diseases caused by gonosomal genes, Morgan's rules, complete and incomplete linkage, and recombination
• Mutations and population genetics: chemical, physical and biological mutagens, gene mutations by substitution, insertion and deletion, structural chromosome mutations including deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation, numerical mutations including aneuploidy and polyploidy, human disorders caused by mutations, epistasis and additive effect, the population concept, the Hardy-Weinberg law and genetic equilibrium, autogamy and random mating, selection, migration, genetic drift and mutation, the methods of human genetics, and genetic counselling
• Human skeleton and muscles: bone structure, function and types, bone connections, the bones of the human body, the vertebral column and the number of vertebrae in each group, cartilage and chondrocytes, the types of muscle, muscle systems and innervation, muscle contraction, and the major human muscles
• Human blood, heart and vessels: blood composition, function and volume, the blood cells and their origin, shape and function, sedimentation, haemoglobin types and bilirubin from haemoglobin breakdown, the ABO and Rh systems, clotting and transfusion, heart structure and valves, heart activity and innervation, coronary blood supply, stroke volume and minute volume, arteries, veins and capillaries, blood pressure regulation, lymph production and function, and haemostasis, embolism and thrombosis
• Human respiration and digestion: the airways and lungs, inspiration and expiration, internal and external gas exchange, the regulation of breathing, respiratory reflexes and diseases, the composition and function of the digestive system, the digestive glands and their products, gastric and intestinal juice, digestion of the different food groups, liver function, the defecation reflex, and starvation, malnutrition and obesity
• Vitamins, kidneys and body fluids: vitamin names and roles, deficiency effects, hypovitaminosis and avitaminosis, kidney structure and function, nephron structure, primary and secondary urine, urine composition and amount, the regulation of kidney function, ureters, bladder and urethra, the skin in excretion, and excretion and homeostasis
• Human endocrine and nervous systems: neural and chemical regulation compared, the endocrine glands, the regulation of hormone secretion, the major hormone effects including thyroid-stimulating hormone, glucocorticoids and progesterone, neuron structure, the synaptic junction and neurotransmitters, brain and spinal cord, spinal nerves, the reflex circuit, the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, and higher nervous activity
• Receptors, immunity and reproduction: exteroceptors, interoceptors and proprioceptors, radioreceptors, chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors and photoreceptors, stimulus and adaptation, rods and cones in the retina, the organs and cells of the immune system, innate and acquired immunity, the antibody-producing cells, allergy, the female reproductive organs, the ovarian and uterine cycles, fertilization, pregnancy and prenatal ontogenesis, the male reproductive organs, and spermatogenesis

It's the written admission test the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin uses for its English-taught six-year General Medicine programme: 80 questions in 80 minutes, split exactly 40 Chemistry and 40 Biology, six answer options per question with one correct, one point each and no negative marking, scoring from 0 to 80. There is no interview and no second stage: the written test is the whole selection.

Neither. Slovakia's National Comparative Examination is for the Slovak-language programmes (Art. 4 of the faculty's regulation), not the English one, and Comenius University's faculties do not share a paper: the Bratislava faculty sets its own. This matters more than usual here, because a four-option figure widely quoted for Martin turns out to have been borrowed from Bratislava. JFMED's own official preparation guides show six options on every question, so preparation built on four-option material trains the wrong instinct.

Online, remotely, on every 2027/28 date. It is computer-based, in English and video-proctored by the testing provider Scio: on its exam page for the 7 August 2026 sitting you sit at home on your own computer with webcam and microphone on, a smartphone as a second camera, blank paper for notes and an online calculator inside the test, after a Mandatory Equipment Check in the days before. The faculty can also set an in-person date, as it scheduled for a fourth round on 3 September 2026. You can sit the exam more than once in a cycle: if a round goes badly, apply for a later one with a new application and fee.

One point for a correct answer, nothing for a wrong one (no negative marking) across 80 questions, so the paper scores from 0 to 80. Both facts match the wording of JFMED's own 2023 preparation guides, and the 0–80 range follows from Internal Regulation No. 35/2025 (Art. 6(3): 40 Biology and 40 Chemistry questions, one point each). Because there is no penalty, you should answer every question: a blind guess across six options is worth about +0.167 points and a blank is worth exactly zero. Do notice how little guessing buys you, though: blind-guessing the whole paper expects only about 13 points out of 80.

No fixed one, and this is the published rule rather than a gap. Article 12(7) of the faculty's Internal Regulation No. 35/2025 states that admission for this programme runs in three separate rounds, each evaluated independently, and that the admissions committee sets a separate admission score threshold for each round after the results come back, varying with the number of applicants and the remaining capacity of the programme. So the threshold is generated by your round, not published before it. Observed figures exist: the Dean-signed results notices for the three online sittings of 2026 (28 March, 27 June and 7 August) all divided 'Successful candidate' from 'Below passing score' at 30 out of 80. Each was that round's own committee-set cut, not a standard.

80 minutes for the 80 questions, one minute each. That is Article 6(3) of Internal Regulation No. 35/2025, the faculty's binding regulation for 2026/27, and the testing provider Scio's exam page for the 7 August 2026 sitting ('The test contains 80 tasks. You have 80 minutes'). JFMED's older 2023 preparation guides still say the exam lasts two hours (120 minutes); prepare for 80 minutes.

Probably, and in a direction you can reason about. Each round is evaluated independently and its threshold depends on applicant numbers and remaining capacity. Applicant numbers can move either way between rounds, but remaining capacity out of the 150 places can only fall as the cycle proceeds, so there is structural upward pressure on later rounds' thresholds, without any guarantee; in 2026 all three online rounds cut at 30 out of 80. Where you have the choice, enter the earliest round you are genuinely ready for. If a round goes badly you can register for a later one, with a new application and fee, once the date you sat has passed; each sitting uses a different set of questions.

Yes. Plants is one of the five areas of JFMED's official Biology scope, alongside cytology, animals, genetics and human biology. Expect plant cell walls and organelles, meristematic tissue, parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma, xylem and phloem, roots, stems, leaves and flowers, photosynthesis compared with plant respiration, and plant hormonal regulation. Comparative animal biology across the classes is in scope too. This is the block candidates arriving from Italian or Czech medicine tests have usually never covered, and in a 40-question Biology paper drawn from five areas there is nowhere to hide from it.

One hundred and fifty places a year on the English-taught programme, the clearest published seat count of Slovakia's three medical schools in IvyTest's catalogue. There is no interview: the written test is the entire selection, which makes this a simpler process than most but also one with no second chance to make an impression. JFMED publishes no acceptance rate. Its results notices list each round's candidates by code: across the three online rounds of 2026, 166 of the 269 with a valid score were 'successful candidates' (another 30 attempts were declared invalid), which is not the same as enrolments.

JFMED's General Medicine page says its diploma is recognised in all European Union countries and many regions outside the EU, and lists the World Health Organisation's World Directory of Medical Schools, ECFMG and USMLE (United States). Graduates receive the title MUDr. (Doctor of Medicine). Outside the EU, recognition is a matter for each country's regulator. For the UK, under the Medical Act 1983 (section 21B, as in force on 12 October 2026), a Slovak medical degree (MUDr.) is a 'relevant European qualification', so a graduate who applies to the GMC with one, whatever their nationality, is not asked to show the knowledge and skills other international graduates prove through PLAB/UKMLA; evidence of English is still required, and the rule is UK policy that can change. As general guidance, not a JFMED statement, US-bound graduates need ECFMG certification via USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK.

Yes. The IvyTest simulator runs JFMED-format practice (80 questions, 40 Chemistry and 40 Biology, timed at the paper's 80 minutes) in timed, tutor and review modes, with per-subject analytics and a free diagnostic available without payment.

JFMED publishes no full past papers: its regulation binds everyone who handles the test questions to confidentiality. What it does publish, free on its Admission process page, are two PDF preparation guides from 2023, one for Chemistry and one for Biology. Each sets out the subject's scope and 40 mock questions 'selected from the previous entry exams', with six options a) to f) and the correct answers at the end, so together they make an 80-question practice paper. The practice questions on this page are IvyTest's own.

JFMED has published three online dates for 2027/28: Saturday 20 March 2027 (apply by 6 March 2027), Saturday 26 June 2027 (apply by 12 June 2027) and Friday 6 August 2027 (apply by 23 July 2027). Applications open on 1 December 2026 through the faculty's e-application. The Dean's admission committee meets at the end of March, June and August 2027; results take about seven working days, and the written decision follows within 30 days of the test. The semester begins in September 2027.

The content stays within the scope of complete secondary education (Art. 6(1) of the regulation), so the difficulty is in the shape: 80 six-option questions in 80 minutes, plant and comparative-animal biology that most other medical tests leave out, and no third subject to make up for a weak one. The bar has not been high: in the three online rounds of 2026 the committee set the cut at 30 out of 80 each time, and 166 of the 269 with a valid score were successful (another 30 attempts were declared invalid). That can change with applicant numbers and the places left.

Tuition for General Medicine in English is €11,500 for one academic year (two semesters), paid by bank transfer before the semester starts (mid-September 2027 for the next intake). The application fee is €70 for each round you apply for, paid when you submit the application. It is not refunded if you miss the exam, but if you paid for a round and did not sit it, you pay nothing again to apply for a later round (Art. 16(4) of the regulation).

Completed secondary education (EQF level 4) with its school-leaving certificate, a pass in the Biology and Chemistry admission exam to the round's standard, a doctor's certificate of fitness to study (English or German accepted) and the €70 fee. With the application you upload a passport or ID scan and the fee confirmation; the certificate and the fitness note can follow. After a conditional offer you post an officially certified copy of the certificate with a recognition statement or nostrification, and admitted students also send confirmation of Hepatitis B vaccination. No English certificate is listed.

Six years, full-time, in the ECTS credit system, each year split into a winter and a summer semester of about 13 weeks. The first three years teach the structure and function of the human body and the mechanisms of disease; the last three build clinical and specialist clinical skills. The 2026-27 study plans are a PDF on the programme page, and Slovak Language 1 to 4 is compulsory in the first two years for students without a Slovak school-leaving exam. Graduates receive the title MUDr.

JFMED's pages give no national or world ranking position. Its own Faculty page says it 'ranks among the best faculties of Comenius University but also among prominent institutions of graduate medical education all over the world', and that most of its clinical teaching bases are at Martin University Hospital. IvyTest does not rank universities and publishes no student reviews of its own; the faculty's site has pages on its student residencies and on the city of Martin.