Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice - Faculty of Medicine

Life brings different situations and sometimes unexpectedly tests our abilities. Recently,  the readiness and knowledge of our medics, who revived their classmate after a heart failure during a floorball match, were challenged. His parents thank his teammates for saving Samuel's life and say that his angel was firmly standing over him last Monday - and so were his friends!

The fate of Ukrainian refugees has also strongly appealed to many of our international students. Medical students from Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Iraq, and other countries are also helping Ukrainian refugees in this situation...

Students of our Faculty are helping the situation in Ukraine in various ways - they have announced a collection of material aid for Uzhhorod hospital, they organize accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, and even spend their free days with refugees at the border...

Concerning the questions of our international students and partners in connection with the military conflict in Ukraine, we would like to inform you that the situation in Slovakia is calm and the membership of the Slovak Republic in the EU and NATO fundamentally determines the international position of our state and its security...

The Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ participated in an extensive study aimed at detecting antibodies to COVID-19 in unvaccinated people in Slovakia, which clarified the percentage of their already developed antibodies against the disease and made it possible to predict the development of the third wave of the pandemic...

The Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ was given the opportunity to present its newly established Center of Simulator and Virtual Medicine at EXPO2020 in Dubai as part of the official delegation of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Slovak Republic at the thematic week "Knowledge & Learning"...

The award ceremony took place in the Košice Historical Town Hall on Friday, November 12, 2021. Among the awarded persons were two employees of our Faculty and a team of students, to whom the awards were presented by the Mayor Jaroslav Polaček.

The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Eduard Heger, visited the Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ met with representatives of medical students and appreciated their significant help to the Slovak healthcare system during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, November 3, 2021....

The ceremonial ribbon was cut by the Rector of UPJŠ prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc., the Dean of UPJŠ FM prof. Daniel Pella, M.D., PhD., the Vice-Dean for Grants, Development and International Relations prof. Monika Halánová, D.V.M., PhD. and the Head of the Center of Simulator and Virtual Medicine MDDr. Jakub Jánošík, MPH, MSc...

The Rector of Charles University in Prague, prof. Tomáš Zima, M.D., DrSc., MBA visited our Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ on Wednesday, August 18, 2021...

The graduation ceremonies of fresh graduates took place in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ  on July 01 and July 02, 2021...

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to the Slovak Republic, Makoto Nakagawa visited the P.J. Šafárik University in Košice and its Faculty of Medicine on Monday, June 21, 2021...