The Semmelweis University
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The Semmelweis Entrance Examination is four separately timed 20-minute tests of 20 questions each, in Medical Biology, Medical Chemistry, General English and Biomedical English, sat online at home, followed by an oral interview. This guide is built on Semmelweis University's own published admission rules and format.
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The Semmelweis Entrance Exam at a glance
Checked against Semmelweis University'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
- Applications open
- Not yet publishedNot yet announced: the programme pages say the application start is 'to be announced soon'
- Application deadline
- 31 May 2027Per the Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences programme pages, checked on 28 September 2026
- Entrance examination window
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published. Semmelweis's admission rules set the window from early February to the end of June, with exams once or twice a week booked through the SEMAPHOR portal
- Oral interview
- Not yet publishedHeld on announced dates after the written tests, in person by default, though online interviews are also offered; no fixed interval between the two is published
- Results published
- Not yet publishedNo calendar date: the programme pages give notification within 2 weeks after the exam, and the Admission Rules say the decision letter follows within a week of the oral interview
- Enrolment deadline
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published. Semmelweis's FAQ puts the first semester's tuition (less the deposit) and the enrolment fee before 21 August, the date the school-leaving certificate is due; its 2026/27 Admission Rules set 31 July 2026
How it's scored
- Correct answer
- +1 point
- Incorrect answer
- Not yet publishedA proportional fragment of a point is subtracted: the mechanism is official, the fraction is not published
- Unanswered question
- 0 points
- Maximum possible score
- 80 points (four tests of 20)
- Minimum eligible score
- Not yet publishedNo pass mark or qualifying threshold appears on the official entrance-exam page, the official FAQ or the programme pages
- Answer options per question
- Not yet publishedNot published: the official page states only that one option is correct at each question
- Revisiting a question
- Not possible: questions are presented one at a time in a fixed order and cannot be returned to once you proceed
- Automatic submission
- Yes: each 20-minute test submits whatever you have answered when its clock expires
- Per-subject floors
- None. Semmelweis publishes no per-test minimum, and Hungary has no counterpart to the Italian OFA subject floors
- What follows the written tests
- An oral interview in Biology, Chemistry and English, which also assesses motivation and communication
Admissions: Semmelweis University
- Degrees
- Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (English-taught), all admitted through this entrance examination
- Language of instruction
- English
- Campus
- Budapest: the campus clusters across the 8th and 9th districts along Üllői út, connected by Metro Line 3
- Tuition
- €18,680 / year€9,340 per semester, as the General Medicine programme page gives it (read 7 October 2026), plus one-time fees
- Application fee
- USD 350The admission-procedure fee, paid on application (official FAQ, read 7 October 2026). Admitted applicants then pay a non-refundable USD 2,000 deposit, deducted from the first semester's tuition, and a USD 220 enrolment fee. The General Medicine page and the 2026/27 Admission Rules give USD 400 and USD 230 instead (both read 14 October 2026)
- Interview
- Yes: an oral examination in Biology, Chemistry and English that also assesses motivation and communication
- Exam attempts
- Up to two exam occasions per calendar year
- English certificate
- Not requiredSemmelweis expects English at upper-intermediate level but asks for no language certificate
- Motivation letter
- Required
- Recommendation letters
- OptionalYou may upload them to SEMAPHOR, or a teacher may email one directly
- Document requirements
- Originals or certified copies, in English or with a certified English translationThe 2026 Admission Rules state no legalisation or apostille requirement
- Cost of living
- €500–800 / month in BudapestCentral one-bedroom apartments run higher, around €600–650
- Seats available
- Not yet publishedSemmelweis publishes no seat count for the English-taught programmes
- Application process
- Apply directly to the university, book an entrance-exam slot through the SEMAPHOR portal, then sit the four written tests before a separate oral interview
Checked against 7 official sources, most recently on 14 October 2026. Read the full Semmelweis Entrance Exam guide →
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Every section is developed directly from Semmelweis 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 Semmelweis University updates its syllabus or exam structure, the guide is reviewed and revised to match before the next admissions cycle.
What's included
4 tested areas. Every topic Semmelweis Entrance Exam can test.
10 mapped topics across the Semmelweis Entrance Exam syllabus, aligned to the official Semmelweis University regulations.
Medical Biology
5 topics- The Chemistry of Living Things
- The Cell as the Basis of Life
- Bioenergetics
- Reproduction and Inheritance
- Evolution, Anatomy, and Physiology
Medical 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
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
General English
Biomedical English
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The campus
Semmelweis's Basic Medical Science Center (EOK)
Semmelweis University's buildings are spread across Budapest; the model shows one of them, the Basic Medical Science Center (Elméleti Orvostudományi Központ, EOK) at Tűzoltó utca 37–47. Its four parallel wings, with gardens between them, hold the theoretical institutes, from Physiology and Biochemistry to Molecular Biology and Biophysics, behind a central lobby, three lecture halls, seminar rooms, the library and the Directorate of International Studies. A second building, EOK II, is being built.
Central lobby
The building's main entrance and its heart, also used for exhibitions, with a passage towards Klinikák metro station.
Institute wings (corridors A–D)
Four parallel wings with gardens between them, home to the theoretical institutes: Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Physiology, Clinical Pathophysiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Lecture halls
The Szent-Györgyi (320 seats), Hevesy (160 seats) and Békésy (320 seats) lecture halls.
Library
The EOK library, on the ground floor beside corridor C.
Questions
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Yes. Semmelweis University delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
Yes, at all four Hungarian schools in our catalogue. At Semmelweis, Debrecen and Szeged it re-tests science orally in English (at Debrecen, biology and the second subject you chose). At Pécs it is a 20 to 30 minute personal interview with a professor on motivation and medicine-related questions, which per Pécs's own FAQ includes two biology and two chemistry questions.
At three of the four Hungarian schools in our catalogue, yes. Semmelweis, Pécs and Szeged score English as a separate written subject, split into general and medical English. Debrecen doesn't: its written papers are biology plus chemistry or physics, although the whole exam and the oral are held in English.
Not a separate one. Hungary's final ('closing') exam, the záróvizsga, is built into year six of the degree itself, combining a clinical internship with finals across internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology, neurology, psychiatry and paediatrics. Registration afterwards with Hungary's national register of healthcare professionals is automatic rather than competitive. A separate specialist exam (szakvizsga) applies later, but only for those pursuing specialty practice after residency, not as a general precondition to work as a doctor.
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