CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HYOGO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
Based on the bilateral agreement with the School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Japan, on 1 October 2025, the Faculty of Medicine announces the Call for applications for the election of two three-year students and three fifth-year students of the University Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Study of Medicine and/or University Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Study of Medicine conducted in the English language, who will participate in the student exchange programme at the School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Japan, in 2026.
Application deadline: 15 October 2025 (12 pm)
The student submits all documentation by sending it to the email address pisarnica@medri.uniri.hr in pdf format.
Contact person for additional questions:
Paola Car, M.Ec.
E-mail: paola.car@medri.uniri.hr
Tel: 051 651 295
Call for applications-School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Japan, 2026
Matriculation week for first-year students of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka from 29 September to 8 October 2025
Matriculation lecture for first-year students will be held on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 according to the following schedule:
- Lecture room 2 – Study programme of Medicine – 9:00 am
- Lecture room 1 – Study programmes of Pharmacy, Environmental and Public Health and Medical Laboratory Diagnostics – 10:00 am
- Lecture hall (15) – Study programme of Medicine in English – 11:00 am
Besides the matriculation lecture, we have prepared many interesting events.
CALL FOR NEAR-PEER TEACHER (DEMONSTRATOR) APPLICANTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025./2026.
We invite students, years II. – VI. of the integrated undergraduate and graduate university study of ‘Medicine’ in English, interested in near-peer teaching at english-language courses conducted by the Department of Anatomy, to send in their filled application by emailing mariana.fucic@medri.uniri.hr with mia.medic@medri.uniri.hr in CC, by September 21st, 2025 at 23:59 CEST at the latest. Please title your email as ‘Call for demonstrators – application – your name and surname’.
All applicants will be informed via email (during the week subsequent to the deadline for applications, September 22nd – 28th, 2025) about the results of the Call, as well as of the time of the first near-peer teacher meeting.
We are looking forward to your applications!
Sincerely,
Department of Anatomy
Professor Ivana Marić, MD, PhD
Call for applications- peer teachers 2025-2026
Application form-peer teacher 2025-2026
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR PEER TEACHERS (DEMONSTRATORS) AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
Dear students,
we would like to inform you that the Department of Physiology, Immunology and Pathophysiology has opened a competition for the selection of peer teachers (demonstrators) in the academic year 2025/2026.
We invite students from 3rd to 6th year of Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Study of Medicine in English who are interested in participating as peer teachers, to send the completed Application Form (attached) to the e-mail address: silvijalj@medri.uniri.hr no later than September 16, 2025 (subject: Application_Peer Teachers).
You will receive notification of the selection by e-mail by September 22, 2025. The first meeting will be held at the beginning of the academic year.
Head of the Department of Physiology, Immunology and Pathophysiology
Prof. Pero Lučin, MD, PhD
AUTUMN ENTRANCE EXAM TERM – ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
The autumn entrance exam will not be opened since we have fulfilled all our study places for the academic year 2025/2026 in the spring and the summer entrance exam term.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Professor Vlatka Sotošek, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for the Study of Medicine in English and International Relations
Matriculation lecture for newly-enrolled students, September 30, 2025
Dear students,
We hereby inform you that the matriculation lecture for newly-enrolled students will take place on Tuesday September 30, 2025, at the main Faculty building, Braće Branchetta 20, lecture hall 15 on the third floor, starting at 11:00am.
A detailed programme will be posted in September.
Kind regards,
MEDRI Team
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE SUMMER ENTRANCE EXAM – 07/07/2025 | ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
Dear applicants,
Please find enclosed the official results of the summer entrance exam.
Applicants who have passed the entrance exam will receive the official Acceptance Letter.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Professor Vlatka Sotošek, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for the Study of Medicine in English and International Relations
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025/2026
Academic year 2025/2026: October 01, 2025, to September 30, 2026
Beginning of the academic year: Wednesday, October 01, 2025
End of the academic year: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
University Christmas and New Year Holidays: December 25, 2025, to January 06, 2026
WINTER SEMESTER
Teaching period: October 01 to January 30
Winter exam period (no classes): February 2 to February 27
SUMMER SEMESTER
Teaching period: March 2 to June 12
Summer exam period (no classes): June 15 to July 24
Autumn exam period (no classes): September 1 to September 25
| January 1 | January 6 | April 5 and April 6 |
| New Year’s Day | Epiphany | Easter and Easter Monday |
| May 1 | May 30 | June 4 |
| International Workers’ Day | Statehood Day | Corpus Christi |
| June 22 | August 5 | August 15 |
| Anti-Fascist Struggle Day | Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day | Assumption of Mary |
| November 1 | November 18 | |
| All Saints’ Day | Remeberance Day for Homeland War Victims | |
| December 25 | December 26 | |
| Christmas | Saint Stephen’s Day |
Entrance exam – Summer term 07.07.2025
Dear applicants,
The entrance exam will take place on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 09:00 AM, and will be held in hybrid mode.
The entrance exam will last for three hours.
It consists of 120 multiple-choice questions:
- 40 questions in Biology
- 40 questions in Chemistry
- 40 questions in Physics
Passing Criteria:
- To pass the entrance exam, applicants must answer at least 60 questions correctly in total.
Results:
- The results of the entrance exam will be posted on the official website on Monday, July 7, 2025, after 1:00 PM.