University of foca
The University of East Sarajevo is a public university and it has its seat in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. It has a total of 15 faculties and 2 academies located in various cities. The faculty of medicine and Faculty of Dentistry is located in the small city of Foca, around 80 kilometers south of Sarajevo. The University exists since 1992 and has approximately 13.000 students and 933 academic staff. The University is decentralized and has faculties in cities Podrinje, Semberija, Trebinje, Foča, Pale, East Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Zvornik, and Doboj.

The University is involved in various international projects, such as Erasmus+, Tempus, Horizon 2020, The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), CEEPUS, and tens of bilateral or multilateral contracts with universities from all over the world (for example with Maribor University, University KaHo Sint-Lieven in Belgium, University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania, University Shandong in China, Zhejiang Wanli University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Hangzhou Normal University in China or University of Pisa in Italy). The University also cooperates with various agencies or private companies like European Public Law Organization – UES, Faculty of Law, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Krakow, – UES, Faculty of Technology or with Clinical Center of Montenegro, – UES, Faculty of Medicine.
HISTORY

history:

It is a member of the European University Association, Alpe Adrian Rectors Conference. The University is awarding ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits, which makes the education recognisable abroad as well. The implementation of Bologna process (which is designed for standardization of studies worldwide) started in the academic year 2007/2008.
 

About Faculty of Medicine, University of East Sarajevo

The Faculty of Medicine is offering a program in General medicine. It has 6 years and it is taught in the English language. The faculty started its existence in 1993 with the objective of educating local hospitals with doctors, nurses and dentists. Since then it has evolved into an institution with over 2000 students in various study programs. The Faculty started to implement requirements as per the Bologna process since 2007/2008 in the following study programs: Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Special Education and Rehabilitation (offered in Serbian at that time). There is a scientific-research center for biomedical science  called The Specialist Dentistry Center working since 2016.

The international program in English started in the academic year 2020/21, therefore academic year 2022/23 will be the third intake for a program in General medicine. Students of general medicine come from different countries, such as Italy, Slovenia, Egypt, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India. There will be also a program for Dental medicine opened in 2022/2023 for the first time. The faculty is affiliated with 6 faculties of medicine in Bosnia and work closely with the University hospital, which is located next to the faculties. Teachers have experience from abroad and are holders of various certificates and diplomas from all over the world.
 

Membership in the Faculty of medicine in international associations:

The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of dentistry are listed in the European Associations of Medical faculties (EAMF) and WMF. The medical degree is recognized e.g. by the Medical Council of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or Nepal. There are approximately 240 professors and assistants participate in the teaching process.  Students have access to two modern equipped amphitheatres, many classrooms, the center for research, laboratories for histology, anatomy, pathology, chemistry and biochemistry, clinical skills laboratory, two computer centers and a modern library during their studies.

The approach and teaching style of the Faculty:

International students of general medicine or dental medicine can expect a really special approach from the faculty. Management of the Faculty (especially the international department) are organizing trips and free-time activities for their students. There are also meetings for new students on every Wednesday, where it is possible to ask for improvements or clear doubts. Every student will get tutor (there is ratio of 2 students per tutor) who is available at any point. These tutors are usually selected from students in higher years.

Students are organized into small groups of 5-7 people. All education is organized into theoretical and practical parts ending with a credit test or exam. Classes are usually organized in blocks, which means students have intense learning of a given subject followed by a test. There are not only teachers from Foca but also teachers from different cities coming to teach local and international students. Students might visit also various departments of other hospitals in Bosnia – eg. the Department of tropical medicine in the Hospital in Belgrade or the Department of nuclear medicine.

Students will take also the intensive course in the local language which helps them deal during their clinical classes and to interact with patients in local hospitals. Most of the inhabitants of Foca speak the Serbian language which is the Slavic language.
 

About the program General medicine:

The program General medicine is taught in the English language and is open to all international students. It has 6 years (360 credits) and is the cheapest option for studies of Medicine abroad. The tuition fees are only around 3000€, whereas it’s possible to pay it in 3 installments. There will be a maximum of 50 students accepted for the program. The program is running since 2020/2021, there will be a third intake in 2022/23. There is only one intake, which is in the Winter semester. Students for the first year are starting their education in November so they have enough time to complete their visa process. The academic year has 2 semesters, Winter semester is starting in November (respectively in October for higher years students) and March for the Summer semester. There are 15 weeks of education, exams are running during the whole academic year.
 

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