The SSST
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The SSST Entrance Exam for Medicine is sat in one day: a 90-minute English Language paper, a 90-minute combined Biology, Chemistry and Physics paper and a Candidate Interview, with sittings on around twelve dates a year. This guide is built on the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology's own published papers and question banks.
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Who this is for
Built for SSST Entrance Exam applicants specifically.
Medicine & Surgery applicants
Sitting the SSST Entrance Exam for SSST's English-taught MD programme.
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Applying to Sarajevo School of Science and Technology in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from abroad.
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The SSST Entrance Exam at a glance
Checked against Sarajevo School of Science and Technology's own published rules. Where something isn't published yet, we say so rather than guess.
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Dates, scoring and admissions
Key dates
- Sitting dates published
- Not yet published2027 not yet published. For 2026/27 entry SSST published two sittings a month: 10 and 24 April, 8 and 22 May, 5 and 19 June, 10 and 24 July, 7 and 21 August, 4 and 18 September 2026, all at 10:00
- First sitting of the cycle
- Not yet published2027 not published; the 2026 series began in April
- Final sitting of the cycle
- Not yet published2027 not published; the 2026 series ran to September
- Individual date on request
- Not yet publishedNo fixed date: SSST arranges individual sittings on request; contact admissions@ssst.edu.ba
- Results issued
- Not yet publishedNo calendar date: results and the final decision are emailed within five days of whichever date you sit
- Enrolment deadline
- Not yet publishedEnrolment deadline not yet announced
- Application deadline
- Not yet published2027/2028 not published (checked 12 October 2026). For 2026/2027, SSST's call of 10 June 2026 took online applications from 10 June to 15 September 2026
- Preliminary rank list
- Not yet publishedNo calendar date: SSST's 2026/2027 call says the preliminary rank list is published on its website and notice board at the latest two days after the last day of the entrance exam, with written objections possible within three days
How it's scored
- English Language total
- 100 marks: Grammar 40, Reading 20, Essay 20, Oral 20
- English pass mark
- 61% (61 of 100)
- English written part
- 80 of the 100 marks (Grammar 40 + Reading 20 + Essay 20); the remaining 20 come from the separately held Oral
- Science pass mark
- Not yet publishedNot published. SSST states no threshold for the combined Biology/Chemistry/Physics paper
- Correct answer
- Not yet publishedNot published. IvyTest models +1 as an estimate, the commonest and the neutral assumption
- Incorrect answer
- Not yet publishedNot published. IvyTest models 0 as an estimate. SSST states nothing either way about a penalty for a wrong answer
- Unanswered question
- Not yet publishedNot published. IvyTest models 0 as an estimate
- Answer options
- Not fixed across the exam: Biology is four (A-D) throughout its 150-item bank and five (A-E) in its 15-question sample, the 45-item Physics set is five (A-E) and the four 2014 Physics papers three to five, and Chemistry mixes four, five, combination and no-option items
- Component weighting
- Not yet publishedNot published. SSST's 2026/2027 call says candidates are selected on their entrance-exam results and their grades in the subjects relevant to the programme, but it gives no weights, and SSST does not state how the English paper, the science paper and the interview weigh against each other
- Interview scoring
- Not yet publishedNot published; no marking scheme, weighting or threshold for the 30-45 minute Candidate Interview
- Reserve questions
- None published. SSST's equivalent safety net is procedural instead: around twelve sittings a year, individual dates on request, results within five days, and an explicit right to re-sit
- Calculator
- Not yet publishedNot published. Prepare to calculate by hand: the Physics items are the most calculation-heavy on the paper
Admissions: Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
- Degrees
- Medicine and Dentistry, both English-taught, admitted through the same entrance exam
- Language
- English: the programme, all three exam components and every paper
- Campus
- University SSST, Hrasnička cesta 3a, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Tuition
- €13,200 / yearFor students who are not citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina; citizens pay €7,900 a year. The same figures apply to Medicine and Dentistry, and SSST says the fee covers required course materials and books
- Application fee
- Not yet publishedNot published on SSST's entrance-exam, fees or application pages, nor in its 2026/2027 call; confirm directly with SSST
- Seats
- General Medicine 70, Dentistry 30 (2026/2027)From SSST's call for enrolment in 2026/2027, published 10 June 2026. It states no applicant volume
- Remote option
- An online procedure exists for candidates resident outside Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Scholarships
- New applicants may apply if they have an excellent school record, pass the entrance exam and score well at the interviewSSST's posted application due dates are from 2020
- In-country licensing
- Split between two entitiesBosnia and Herzegovina's healthcare regulation runs separately in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Republika Srpska, each with its own medical chamber and licensing framework: more fragmented than a single-state system
Checked against 12 official sources, most recently on 12 October 2026. Read the full SSST Entrance Exam guide →
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Built from official sources
Every section is developed directly from SSST's published syllabus and official exam criteria, cross-referenced against multiple years of past-paper data for accuracy.
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Revised every cycle
When SSST updates its syllabus or exam structure, the guide is reviewed and revised to match before the next admissions cycle.
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15 mapped topics across the SSST Entrance Exam syllabus, aligned to the official Sarajevo School of Science and Technology regulations.
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5 topics- The Chemistry of Living Things
- The Cell as the Basis of Life
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- Reproduction and Inheritance
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Chemistry
5 topics- Structure of Matter and the Periodic Table
- Chemical Bonding and Properties of Matter
- Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions
- Equilibria, Acids-Bases, and Redox
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- Thermodynamics
- Electrostatics and Electrodynamics
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Yes. Sarajevo School of Science and Technology delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
Yes. The admission day runs a dedicated English Language paper first, then a combined biology/chemistry/physics test, followed by a candidate interview.
No. It's an EU candidate country, not a member, so a Bosnian medical degree doesn't get the automatic EU recognition an EU-issued degree would. A graduate wanting to practise in an EU member state goes through that country's own national procedure for recognising a non-EU qualification, which varies by country and is handled case by case.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules Sarajevo School of Science and Technology 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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