DPU Medicine Admission Test 2027: Complete Preparation Guide

The stated emphasis of the procedure, and the largest block to prepare. DPU's recommended text is 'Fit fürs Abi: Biologie Oberstufenwissen' (Uhlenbrock).

• Cell biology: cell theory and unicellular against multicellular organisation, plasma membrane structure and selective permeability, diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport, endocytosis and exocytosis, organelles and their functions, cellular respiration and ATP, the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis with crossing-over, apoptosis against necrosis and uncontrolled growth in cancer, receptors and second messengers
• Biomolecules and molecular biology: water polarity, hydrogen bonding and solvent properties, proteins and amino acids with levels of structure and denaturation, carbohydrates, lipids and membranes, nucleic acids with base pairing and directionality, chromosomes, chromatin and genes, DNA replication and repair, transcription, RNA processing and translation, the genetic code and mutation types, and gene regulation in broad terms
• Genetics and human genetics: dominant, recessive, codominant and incompletely dominant inheritance, monohybrid and dihybrid crosses with Punnett squares, sex-linked inheritance, pedigree interpretation of autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and X-linked patterns, nondisjunction with trisomy and monosomy, structural chromosome abnormalities, mitochondrial and maternal inheritance, allele frequency, selection and genetic drift, Hardy-Weinberg reasoning, and gene-environment interaction and multifactorial risk
• Microbiology, virology and immunology: the bacterial cell wall and the Gram concept, binary fission, toxins, antibiotics and resistance, sterilisation and hygiene, DNA and RNA viruses, capsid and envelope, host-cell dependence and replication cycles, antivirals, fungi and prions, the microbiome and dysbiosis, innate against adaptive immunity, inflammation, antibodies and T cells, vaccination and immunological memory
• Anatomy and histology: levels of biological organisation, epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue, blood as a tissue, body planes and directional terms, the major organ systems and their core functions, the heart, lungs, kidney, liver, pancreas, brain, spinal cord and endocrine glands, basic musculoskeletal vocabulary, and the relationship between structure and function
• Physiology and homeostasis: homeostasis and negative feedback, blood-glucose regulation by insulin and glucagon, heart chambers and valves, circulation, blood pressure and cardiac output, ventilation, gas exchange, haemoglobin and carbon dioxide transport with the pH link, neurons, action potentials, synapses, neurotransmitters and reflexes, hormones, receptors and feedback loops, digestion and absorption, renal filtration, reabsorption, secretion and water and electrolyte balance, and the basics of gametogenesis and fertilisation

Keep it medically anchored: DPU frames chemistry as the support for physiology, biochemistry, toxicology and laboratory diagnostics. Recommended text: 'Fit fürs Abi: Chemie Oberstufenwissen' (Kirsch).

• General chemistry: protons, neutrons, electrons, isotopes, atomic number and mass number, electron configuration, valence and the octet rule, groups, periods and periodic trends including electronegativity, ionic, covalent, polar covalent, metallic and hydrogen bonding, intermolecular forces, states of matter, the mole and molar mass with Avogadro's number, balancing equations and simple limiting-reactant work, and molarity, dilution and percentage concentration
• Water, acids, bases and buffers: water polarity and hydrogen bonding, hydrophilic against hydrophobic molecules, the logarithmic pH scale and pH plus pOH, strong against weak acids and bases, dynamic equilibrium and Le Chatelier's principle, neutralisation, buffer systems and blood pH, and acidosis and alkalosis as broad concepts
• Redox, energetics and enzymes: oxidation as loss and reduction as gain of electrons, oxidation numbers and simple redox balancing, biological redox and the NAD+/NADH couple, exergonic against endergonic reactions, ATP as the energy currency, activation energy and catalysts, enzymes as biological catalysts and the effect of temperature, pH and concentration, and competitive against non-competitive inhibition
• Organic chemistry and biochemistry: carbon bonding, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic rings, the functional groups (alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, esters, amides) and their medical relevance, condensation and hydrolysis, structural and stereoisomerism at basic level, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids as macromolecules, and glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation at overview level

The area where DPU's own module description goes further than most admission syllabuses: ionising radiation and magnetic resonance are named explicitly. Recommended text: 'Fit fürs Abi: Physik Oberstufenwissen' (Kähler).

• Measurement, units and graphs: SI base units, metric prefixes and unit conversion, scientific notation and orders of magnitude, significant figures, precision against accuracy, reading axes, slopes and areas under a curve, direct and inverse proportionality, rearranging formulas and dimensional analysis
• Mechanics and fluids: velocity, acceleration and kinematics, forces and Newton's laws, work, energy and power, momentum, circular motion, levers and torque, pressure as force over area, fluid pressure and flow, viscosity and flow resistance, and the medical links: blood pressure against vessel radius, the mechanics of breathing
• Heat, electricity, waves and optics: temperature, heat capacity, heat transfer and thermal equilibrium, charge, voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law, capacitance, electromagnetic induction, frequency, wavelength, amplitude and wave speed, sound and the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection, refraction, lenses and magnification, and the medical links: nerve signals, the ECG concept, the optics of the eye, ultrasound
• Radiation and medical imaging: atomic and nuclear structure, alpha, beta and gamma decay, half-life, ionising radiation and X-ray image formation through tissue absorption, dose and biological effects, radiation protection by time, distance and shielding, magnetic resonance and hydrogen nuclei at non-specialist level, and comparison of imaging modalities

The least anchored area in this guide: DPU names no such section. It is here because DPU states the admission procedure exists to identify applicants who can independently learn scientific thinking, and because these are the skills the interview's natural-sciences part draws on even if the written paper does not.

• Experimental design: the scientific method, independent, dependent and controlled variables, choosing an appropriate control group, placebo and standard-treatment comparators, randomisation and blinding at basic level, sample size and sources of bias, and distinguishing a supported conclusion from an overreach
• Data and graph interpretation: reading axes, units and scales before the options, identifying trends and turning points in a curve, comparing series, reading values from tables, interpolation against extrapolation, and selecting the statement a data set actually supports
• Correlation and causation: association against causation, confounding variables, reverse causation, the role of randomisation and a plausible mechanism, evaluating whether a stated conclusion follows from the evidence given, and spotting absolute claims such as always, never and only
• Quantitative reasoning: percentages and percentage change, ratios, proportions and rates, fractions, decimals and scientific notation, unit conversion, rearranging formulas and solving simple equations, mean, median and range, simple probability, and concentration, dilution and dosage calculations of the kind used in clinical arithmetic

It is the first stage of Danube Private University's admission procedure for Human Medicine in Krems: a written test sat online via Zoom on an individually scheduled sitting. DPU states that it must be passed before the admission interview is scheduled. DPU does not describe the test's content; the science it names (biology, chemistry and physics, with the emphasis on biology) is for the interview's second part, and this guide prepares the written test on the same three sciences.

No. The MedAT is the standardised test Austria's public medical universities use. DPU is a private university and does not use it: it writes its own written test and runs its own interview, on its own timetable and in its own format.

Online. DPU lists its Human Medicine admission-test sittings as online sessions held via Zoom, arranged individually rather than on a fixed national test day; its own site has listed specific sittings, such as one at nine o'clock on a Tuesday morning.

DPU has never stated this, which is worth knowing precisely. What is confirmed is that the programme is German-taught, that the admission interview is conducted in German, that sufficient German is an admission requirement, and that the three preparation texts DPU recommends are German. German is the safe assumption on that evidence, but it is an inference rather than a DPU statement; confirm it with humanmedizin@dp-uni.ac.at before you plan your preparation around it.

DPU does not publish a marking scheme, an option count, a question count or a duration. Both the German and English admissions pages were read directly on 12 October 2026 and state none of them: this is confirmed unpublished rather than simply hard to find. What DPU does state is the consequence: the written test must be passed for an interview to be scheduled.

DPU requires the written test to be passed but publishes no threshold for what passing means. There is no number to aim at, which in practice means clearing any plausible line comfortably rather than targeting a figure, and then treating the interview as the stage that actually decides the outcome.

It is conducted in German by DPU's admission committee and lasts up to one hour. After an introductory discussion of your application documents it runs in two parts: a multiple mini-interview section, then a section on medicine and the natural sciences. The second part covers biology, chemistry and physics at upper-secondary level, with the emphasis on biology, asked aloud: the same sciences this guide prepares for the written test, which is why rehearsing the science in spoken German pays for both stages at once.

Applications are accepted year-round and test dates are announced individually rather than on an annual calendar; DPU sets no application deadline. The 16 June and 26 June 2026 dates reported for 2026/2027 were scholarship deadlines, not application deadlines. First-year entry is in the winter semester: DPU's Bachelor regulations name only the winter semester as the start. Lateral entry into a higher semester is set individually, depending on the study group and capacity, and direct entry into the Master is possible with a Bachelor's degree in Human Medicine.

DPU does not publish a seat count, an applicant volume or an acceptance rate for its Human Medicine programme. The one cohort figure it has published is that 150 students began in the winter semester 2025/26 (its April 2026 press release), so any percentage quoted elsewhere is an estimate rather than a university figure.

DPU states on its tuition-fees page that its training concept is recognised throughout the EU, and its Bachelor study guide lists the EU directive on the recognition of professional qualifications (2005/36/EC) among the rules the programme follows. The rest is general guidance rather than anything DPU states. Austria has no national licensing exam after graduation: the route to practice runs through registration and supervised training, a general Basisausbildung period followed by either a roughly three-year general-practice track or a five-to-six-year specialist track, administered by the Austrian Medical Chamber and ending in the right to practise. Outside the EU recognition isn't automatic as a rule, but the UK is an exception. Under the Medical Act 1983 (section 21B, as in force on 12 October 2026), the Austrian Dr. med. univ., the degree DPU awards and the title Annex V of the EU Directive lists for Austria, 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. US-bound graduates need ECFMG certification via USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, the same requirement every international medical graduate faces.

Yes. The IvyTest simulator runs DPU-format practice across biology, chemistry, physics and scientific reasoning in timed, tutor and review modes, with a free demo of the simulator available without payment. Because DPU publishes no question count, duration or marking rule, the simulator is built to the confirmed shape of the syllabus rather than to an invented specification.

DPU has published no 2027 Medicine sitting yet. On 12 October 2026 its studies page listed only Tuesday 15 September 2026 at 09:00, online via Zoom, now past. There is no application deadline: DPU accepts applications year-round, you name your preferred test date when you email the complete application to humanmedizin@dp-uni.ac.at, and you can agree it with the Human Medicine office beforehand (+43 676 842 419 328). First-year studies start in the winter semester. DPU's next online information event is on 21 October 2026 at 17:00.

DPU does not describe the written test's content. What it publishes is for the interview that follows: after a discussion of your application, a multiple mini-interview with several stations, then a part on the foundations of medicine (biology, chemistry and physics, with the emphasis on biology) at upper-secondary level. For that part it recommends three books, 'Fit fürs Abi Oberstufenwissen 2018' for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and for the MMI the guides by Hakobyan and Desai. This guide prepares the written test on the same three sciences.

DPU publishes no pass mark, no question count, no applicant numbers and no acceptance rate, so its difficulty cannot be put in figures. What it does publish: the written test must be passed before you are invited to the interview, the interview runs in German for up to an hour, and the admission committee then decides on your personal suitability from your final school grade, CV and motivation letter, prior knowledge of the sciences and the multiple mini-interview. Its April 2026 press release says 150 students began in the winter semester 2025/26.

Start from what DPU recommends: the three 'Fit fürs Abi Oberstufenwissen' volumes for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Biology first, and the MMI guides by Hakobyan and Desai for the interview. DPU publishes no sample test and no past papers. Practise explaining the science aloud in German, because the interview asks for it again. DPU's own preparatory science course (eight days, EUR 1,450, late August to mid-September) is for students who lack four weekly hours of science at school and runs before studies start, so it is not a course for the admission test.

As DPU describes it: you email your complete application with a preferred test date, the admission committee checks it for completeness, and you sit the written test online via Zoom. Once you pass, the committee interviews you in German with your completed test, your personal results report and your application in front of it. An offer or rejection usually follows within about two weeks, after a review by the university management, and then the study contract. First-hand accounts: at DPU's online information event on 21 October 2026 at 17:00 a Master's student describes her studies, and at its campus days on 28 and 29 October 2026 (register by 23 October) you can sit in on classes.

DPU charges EUR 14,175 per semester for the Bachelor and the same for the Master, EUR 85,050 for each six-semester stage (EUR 170,100 in all, if the rate stays the same). Its foundation scholarship usually covers about 50 per cent of tuition for all 12 semesters and is applied for with your study application (for 2026/27 by 26 June 2026). The Lower Austria state scholarship requires you to work in Lower Austria afterwards, six years for a full and three for a partial one (2026/27 deadline: 16 June 2026). Enrolled students can also apply for merit scholarships of EUR 750 to 1,500 (federal merit scholarships; 30 ECTS per semester and a MED1/MED2 average of 2.0 or better; the 2025 call closed 4 December 2025).

You need a general university entrance qualification (Matura, Abitur, International Baccalaureate or equivalent) and the special one for medicine: Latin (10 weekly hours after the eighth school year, or DPU's Latin exam, passed by the Bachelor's exam) and 4 weekly hours of science (or DPU's preparatory course with an oral exam), plus knowledge of German. You email the application form, a CV with photo, a motivation letter of at least one A4 page, certified certificates and a passport copy to humanmedizin@dp-uni.ac.at; on request you can be admitted to the interview before your school-leaving qualification is complete.

In two stages of six semesters each. The Bachelor (B.Sc., 180 ECTS) in Krems has 35 modules in eight groups, starting with Biology, Chemistry and Physics/Biophysics/Radiation Science, and ends with the MED1 comprehensive exam (written, oral-practical and an OSCE). The Master in Wiener Neustadt (180 ECTS, Dr. med. univ.) has 21 modules, the MED2 exam and the clinical practical year (60 ECTS, 1,500 working hours), with bedside teaching at the state clinics of Wiener Neustadt, Hochegg and Neunkirchen. The study guides and regulations are PDFs on DPU's Studienaufbau und -inhalte page.