Becoming regionally competitive from the outset, the SSST Department of Medicine boasts cutting-edge laboratories, equipment, and software, coupled with highly accomplished and qualified professors and instructors.
Its outstanding performance as SSST’s fastest-growing department, led to the expansion of the Sarajevo Medical School to now Include the Department of Dentistry, Department of Pharmacy, and the Health Study Department, all offering full degree programs.
Students complete the clinical portion of their training at the Clinical Centre of the University of Sarajevo (KCUS), the city’s main hospital, while SSST holds additional contracts and agreements with a number of supplementary clinics, hospitals, and emergency services in the country. Students are trained not only in the science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease but also in effective communication with patients. From the earliest days of their medical school career, students already have contact with patients. The strength of this program lies in its intense clinical practice, focus on communication with the patient, and ethical standards of medical practice.
The curriculum of the Sarajevo Medical School Department follows the world’s latest trends in science and research. Graduates at Sarajevo Medical School are already working as medical doctors throughout Europe, the USA, and all around the world. With our extensive research program, we teach our students to conduct and present medical research at conferences and publish works. Our aim is to prepare graduates to excel in the dynamic world of modern medicine, competing at a global level.
Welcome to SSST's Faculty of Medicine - Sarajevo Medical School!
SSST’S Medical program is a twelve-semester (six-year) Medical Study program in the English language. Upon graduating from this program, students receive a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD).
The pre-clinical portion of the program utilizes the most modern laboratories, boasting state-of-the-art, and cutting-edge technology located on the SSST campus. At the same time, the clinical part of the study program requires a hands-on, practical approach. We introduce first-year students to emergency medicine as one of their primary courses immediately teaching them how to successfully interact with patients.
This program entails all aspects of clinical practice in an ample amount. Next to the required practical component of this study, students are required to have 75 hours of summer practice as well. Our faculty conducts this study program in small groups, allowing for individual attention towards students, and ensuring a thorough understanding of all medical procedures and skills. We work with 14 medical institutions in primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare within Sarajevo and throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina including hospitals, clinical centers, ER and healthcare centers.
At Sarajevo Medical School, we train our students not only in the science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease but also in the art of effective communication with patients. From the earliest days of their medical school career, students begin working with patients in a professional medical environment. Our aim is to prepare physicians to excel in the ever-changing world of modern medicine. We have had many international students and recent graduates from all around the world such as the USA, Norway, Syria, Slovenia, Bangladesh, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, and the UAE.
Our faculty consists of both expert professors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as international professors from Europe and the USA, with visiting lecturers well experienced in renowned clinics throughout the world, providing our students with a resourceful group of medical experts and healthcare professionals widely proficient in all fields of medicine and medical procedures.
Our faculty works with students in small groups, allowing for an individualized approach while conducting progress report monitoring and academic assessments for a better academic understanding of continual student progress. The study program also makes use of the Innovation Lab located on SSST campus by merging medicine with developing digital healthcare through startups and programs, introducing students to modern medical trends and making them especially competent in establishing themselves as medical professionals and industry experts of the future.
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 assesses the examinee's ability to apply medical knowledge and patient-centered skills. USMLE Step 1 is the first of three exams that must be successfully passed by any examinee wishing to obtain a license to practice medicine in the US. Students are eligible to take USMLE Step 1 after completing the 2nd year of Sarajevo Medical School. The obtained score is an important determinant of future medical residency in the US.
At SSST we have been conducting USMLE preparatory course for five years. Our lecturers include doctors that have passed the USMLE and are practicing medicine in the US as well as our own students who have successfully passed USMLE’s first step.
In addition, USMLE-style questions are incorporated into different courses and examination practices and our students are well-trained to comprehend the specific style of these questions.
Sarajevo Medical School registered in the World Directory of Medical Schools
The Faculty of Medicine – Sarajevo Medical School of the University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology – is recognized by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), incorporated as a foundation of ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates), and has been registered in its World Directory of Medical Schools.
The mission of the World Directory of Medical Schools is to list all medical schools in the world, and include accurate and comprehensive information on each school. The validated information in the World Directory will enable students, faculty, medical regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders in society to access information proving that a doctor has attended a genuine medical school of a good standard, and has demonstrated the competence required to become a certified medical doctor.
Only medical faculties registered in the World Directory are internationally recognized and validated. Their graduates are able to have international careers, and get internships, work, or continue their studies in the USA, Canada, etc.
Our Sarajevo Medical School is one of the two medical faculties from BiH registered in the World Directory.
For more details, please visit: http://www.faimer.org/resources/world-directory.html
Entrance examinations for Sarajevo Medical School
Entrance examinations start at the University SSST’s premises (Hrasnička cesta 3a, Ilidža, Sarajevo; tel: +387 33 975 001/002), from April to September every year. Follow entrance exam appointments here.
Prospective candidates take examinations in English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Candidates transferring from other medical schools in the Balkan region (transfer students) only take a test in English.
The online entrance exam procedure is available for candidates who are residing outside Bosnia and Herzegovina. Please contact our Registry Office for more information regarding this.
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Aida Hajdarpašić, PhD
Associate Professor, Dean of Medical Faculty
The Sarajevo Medical School is engaged in building up stronger, diverse generations of highly trained doctors and medical professionals through innovative theoretical and practical training programs that apply an optimistic outlook and perspective on future generations. We strive for excellence in research, the community, patient care and above all, education.
With the ever-progressing twenty-first century accent on science, and medical sciences in particular, it is our mission to propel the community forward with professional ambition and an up to date academic environment. We offer state-of- the-art basic and clinical education, with both in-house and off campus facilities. It is our great privilege to welcome you to the Sarajevo Medical School.
We prepare students for modern workspaces with quality practical knowledge.