The Paracelsus Medical University
Admission Guide
The Paracelsus Admissions Test for Human Medicine in Salzburg is a written test of about 3.5 hours: natural sciences and English 40%, cognitive abilities 40% and work style 20%, with the test result making up 80% of the ranking. This guide is built on Paracelsus Medical University's own published regulations.
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In the full exam
Approximately 3.5 hours for the whole written test.
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Built for Paracelsus Admissions Test applicants specifically.
Medicine & Surgery applicants
Sitting the Paracelsus Admissions Test for Paracelsus Medical University's German-taught MD programme.
International applicants
Applying to Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg, Austria from abroad.
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The Paracelsus Admissions Test at a glance
Checked against Paracelsus Medical University's own published rules. Where something isn't published yet, we say so rather than guess.
Before you apply
Dates, scoring and admissions
Key dates
- Applications open
- 1 November 2026 (registration for the 2027 procedure, on PMU's application portal)
- Application deadline
- 31 March 2027
- Written admissions test
- 14 and 15 April 2027 in Nuremberg; 20 to 22 April 2027 in Salzburg. You choose the place and date; it does not decide where you study
- Admission interviews
- 7 to 18 June 2027, at both campuses
- Decisions issued
- End of June 2027: the admissions committee decides on admission and the waiting list
- Enrolment deadline
- Not yet publishedEnrolment deadline not yet announced
How it's scored
- Correct answer
- Not yet publishedNo per-item marking rule is published. IvyTest's working estimate is one mark per correct answer, the neutral assumption
- Incorrect answer
- Not yet publishedNot published. PMU neither states nor rules out a penalty
- Minimum eligible score
- None; there is no absolute score to publish
- How results are calculated
- Relatively, within that year's applicant cohort; both the test result and the ranking (Durchführungsverordnung §1.1)
- Ranking formula
- 20% school grades · 80% test result
- Invited to interview
- The top 405 ranked candidates nationally (240 for Salzburg, 165 for Nuremberg)
- Proposed to the committees
- The best 135 of those 405
- Admitted
- 80 in Salzburg and 55 in Nuremberg
- Attempts permitted
- Three; the SPO caps participation in the Bachelor admission procedure at three times
Admissions: Paracelsus Medical University
- Degree
- Human Medicine (Bachelor programme, with a subsequent Master stage)
- Campus
- Salzburg, Austria; PMU also runs a Nuremberg campus under the same ranking
- Language
- Not yet publishedPMU does not name the written test's language outright. Its application page asks for school-leaving-level English and C1 German for the test, its Durchführungsverordnung sets German at C1 and English at B2 for admission (its admission-requirements page puts both 'between B2 and C1'), and the test includes an English comprehension area of its own; confirm directly before planning around either
- Where the test is sat
- On PMU-provided laptops, over approximately 3.5 hours
- Interview
- Required for the top 405 ranked candidates nationally; the best 135 then go to the selection committees
- Seats
- 80 in Salzburg · 55 in Nuremberg
- Attempts permitted
- Three, by the Studien- und Prüfungsordnung
- Preparation material from the university
- None: PMU states it provides no preparation materials of its own; a test description and sample questions follow when you book a test date
- Tuition
- €22,300 per year in the Bachelor stage (PMU's published rate); the first year comes to €22,615 with the application fee and a €25 lab coat, and the three Bachelor years to €68,479 including the USMLE Step 1 fee; the Master stage is priced separately
- Application fee
- €290, invoiced once you submit the application form and not refunded
- Application process
- Register on PMU's application portal between 1 November 2026 and 31 March 2027 and upload your documents, including a CV and a motivation letter; after a formal check you are invited to the digital test at the campus and date you choose (the test location does not bind your study campus); the top 405 ranked candidates are then interviewed
Checked against 10 official sources, most recently on 16 October 2026. Read the full Paracelsus Admissions Test guide →
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Why this guide holds up
Built from official sources
Every section is developed directly from Paracelsus Medical University's published syllabus and official exam criteria, cross-referenced against multiple years of past-paper data for accuracy.
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Each resource is reviewed by subject-matter specialists and validated against the latest published exam criteria before release.
Revised every cycle
When Paracelsus Medical University updates its syllabus or exam structure, the guide is reviewed and revised to match before the next admissions cycle.
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- Chemical Bonding and Properties of Matter
- Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions
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- Fluid Mechanics and Optics
- Thermodynamics
- Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
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PMU doesn't say. Its application page expects C1 German and school-level English, and the written test includes an English comprehension section of its own. Don't assume the science blocks are in English; confirm the test language with PMU before you prepare.
No. The MedAT is Austria's public-university entrance test. The private universities in our catalogue each run their own separate admission test, with different subjects, timing and format from the MedAT and from each other.
Yes, at all three. The written test comes first, then an interview for candidates who pass it or, at Paracelsus, who rank among the top 405 nationally. Format varies by school: Danube's interview, for example, has an MMI part followed by a medicine and natural-sciences part.
No national licensing exam. Austria's pathway runs through registration and supervised training: a general Basisausbildung period, then either a roughly three-year general-practice track or a five-to-six-year specialist track, administered through the Austrian Medical Chamber, ending in the right to practise.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules Paracelsus Medical University has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
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