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UNIVERSITY OF PÉCSMEDICAL SCHOOL

www.medschool.pte.hu

Hints for Freshmen 2014

Administrational Guide for Medical Students at the

UPMS


Technical Background

ETR https://www.tr.pte.hu(native and web-based platforms)- setting student status, - booking courses, booking exam dates, - checking status, payments, grades- contacting fellow students and teachers

CooSpace (Modulo) https://coospace.tr.pte.hu/(„Cooperation in virtual space” web-based community site with scenes)- Contacting teachers, fellow students, even consultation- Sharing educational materials (up- and downloading lecture materials, home works, mid-

term test results, exam sheets, etc.)

Faculty website http://aok.pte.hu- Downloadable publications (timetable, program booklet, forms, schedule, etc.)- Contact details for departments/clinics and for teachers

username for ETR = university IDlost password → ask RO for a new one


ETR


COOSPACE


www.aok.pte.hu


General Medicine 2014 or General Medicine 2013?General Medicine 2013:-all the necessary subjects transferred from Oslo AND-summer courses successfully completed (Anatomy 1 and Histology 1)-General Medicine 2013 tuition fee: 1st semester: 8300 USD, 2nd semester: 7000 USDGeneral Medicine 2014:-if a necessary subject is missingand/or-fail to complete both or one of the summer courses-General Medicine 2014 tuition fee: 1st semester: 8300 USD, 2nd semester: 7000 USD


Transferred credits from Oslo UniversityCourses in Oslo Accepted courses in Pécs

STK1000 Introduction to Applied Statistics

OAAMET Biometrics and Computing

FYS1000

Physics-The Foundation of Natural Sciences and Medicine

OAABI1 Biophysics 1

OAABI2 Biophysics 2KJM1110 Organic Chemistry 1 OAABEB Introduction to Biochemistry

KJM1100General Chemistry

OAAORK Medical ChemistryOAROKA General ChemistryOAEBSK Bioinorganic Chemistry

MBV1010

+

MBV-KJM1030

Cell Biology and Genetics

OAAMB1 Molecular Cell Biology 1

General Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry

OAAMB2 Molecular Cell Biology 2


Transferred credits from Bjørknes HoyskoleCourses in Bjørknes Accepted courses in Pécs

Basics of Health Prevention

OAABMA Public Health 1 (Basics of Health Prevention)

General Epidemiology and Demography

OAAAED Public Health 2 (General Epidemology&Demography)

Hungarian Language

OAEH1A

Medical Hungarian 1/A

OAEH1B Medical Hungarian 1/B

OAEH2A Medical Hungarian 2/B

OAEH2B Medical Hungarian 2/B

Signaling and Cancer

An Introduction to Molecular Medicine

OAFTCH Technical Subjects

First Aid OARELS First Aid

Physical Education OARTE1

OARTE2 Physical Education 1 and 2


Checking Curriculum

-3rd semester courses if requirements are completed (plus Behavioral Sciences 1-2)

-Summer Practice in Hospital Care in the upcoming summer

-practice accepted only in accredited university teaching hospitals


MATRICULATION

Between 18 August, 8 am and 30 August

Username and password is the same as to ETR

Collective enrolment August 28th

Through Modulo

Guide to matriculation on the first page

Check your personal data!

If you have a problem → e-mail to Korinna (print screen)

[email protected]


MATRICULATION


Course registration

Obligatory courses between 22 August and 30

August

Elective/optional courses between 22 August

and 5 September

Courses based on each other → see prerequisites

criterion requirements must be booked via ETR too

Don’t forget to close your registration

If you have any problem → e-mail with a print

screen to Korinna ([email protected])


Course registration via ETR


Enrollment in the later semesters

Later semesters: enrolling (decision on continuing / suspending studies): in ETR

Active semester: book subjects, attend classes, take exams, get grades and credit points – pay tuition fee

Passive semester: no classes, no exams, no grades, status suspended – no tuition fee


Studies – A general overview


Credit System- „credit points’” for each educational component/subject

RULES

- 1 credit = 14 class hours (generally…)

- Collect at least the minimum number of credits to get the degree (360 points)

- 20/40 rule: Complete 20 (15 obligatory) in the first 2 active semesters and 40 (20

obligatory) in the first 4 active ones (credit transfer may confuse this → if you are not

sure, contact RO)

- only 6 chances (in sum) to pass a subject

- Get 30 ± 3 credits in each semesters – requested by Lånekassen

- No years (first year, etc.). The total number of credit points shows your progression

- Prerequisites: subjects are built on each other (max. 3 prerequisite subjects for

each)

- Recommended curriculum: contains the obligatory components and criterion

requirements for each semester


Recommended curriculum Only obligatory subjects and criterion

requirements!

http://aok.pte.hu → English → Students → Registrar’s Office → Booklets and Curricula → „Recommended curriculum 2013/2014” under your major + „course descriptions”

General Medicine 2014 available after 20 August

http://aok.pte.hu/


Recommended curriculum


Types of courses

Obligatory subjects: a course-unit the completion of which is

required from each and every student of the programme (80% of

the total number of credits)

Elective and Optional subjects: (15% + 5%= 34+18)

Criterion requirement: a requirement to be fulfilled obligatorily to which no credit is allocated. (summer practices, physical education, language requirement)

Exam courses: when granted the end of semester signature

can’t attend classes, only exam

pre-scheduled exam (only in fall semester): first three days of

the registration period; if it”s successfull student can take up

courses, based on that course


Course description


Studies – The school year


The School Year

School year (2014-2015)10 months: September – July

Exact dates always on the website of the RO (Announcements)

Fall Semester14 weeks: September – January

Spring Semester14 weeks: February – July

1. Registration period: 2 weeksenrolling/matriculation,

booking courses

2. Instruction period: 14 weeksclasses, mid-term attendance, papers…

3. Exam period: 7 weeksexams, exams, exams

1. Registration period: last week of previous exam period

enrolling, booking courses

2. Instruction period: 14 weeks1 week extra: Easter holiday

classes, mid-term attendance, papers…

3. Exam period: 7 weeksexams, exams, exams


Timetable


Timetable

• 1. Capital letter lectures

• 2. Small letter practices and seminars

• * odd week

• **even week

• Contains only the obligatory subjects

• Hungarian language (final exam at the end of the second year)

• Groups set by the RO, appr. 25 people

- attending practices and seminars in groups

- for changing group the departments’ permission is needed

- Group leader / year representative


Completing a course

End of semester signature (testifying attendance in course) only electronic

signature in ETR; if denied, you cannot take exam!

Absent

from less than 15% of the classes of the course-unit cannot be condemned

for absence (unless the course director informed the students about stricter

expectations in the course description or in writing at the beginning of the

semester)

between 15 and 25%, course director shall decide on accepting the semester

reaches 25% (for any reason, with or without a certified excuse) you cannot

be granted entry to examination.

The course director can refuse to give electronic signature for

other reasons announced at the beginning of the semester – e.g.

missing a mid-term task or assignment – and can allow the student to make up for

it until the end of the second week of the examination period. - See

conditions/expectations for acceptance of the semester.


Dismissing or Terminating studiesDismissal- Using 6 chances and not passing the subject- did not set semester active after 2 passive

semesters in ETR- 20 (15 obligatory) / 40 (20 obligatory) credits

Terminating (exmatriculation)- on request (write request)


Financials


Tuition fee 1

- To be paid for active semesters. (Active but no courses

→ 30%)

- Pay by bank transfer (additional costs)

- E-mail notification about payment details appr. 2-3 weeks

before semester start

- Deadline for payment: 08 September, 2014

- Proof to be submitted to the RO until 15 September,

2014

- Tution fee contract later.


Tuition fee 2

Delayed payment

- For those, who pay their fee from loan and it’s not received until

the enrolment.

- Request forms: http://aok.pte.hu → English → Administration →

Registrar’s Office → Downloads and Forms

- Submitting to the RO until 5 September 2014

- Delayed payment until 31 October in fall semester, until 31

March in spring semester .

http://aok.pte.hu/


Reductions

Reduction can be granted from the basic amount

– by application!

Reduction based on social needs: in special circumstances and only with written proof in English

After two completed semesters:

Reduction based on number of credits (twice during the studies)

Reduction based on academic achievement (only for the fall semester)


Service fees and penalties

Paid at cashiers in HUF, cash

- missing deadlines (pay tuition fee, submit proof about

payment)

- C chances (exam or final exam) – 4900HUF

- unjustified exam absences – 4900HUF


QUESTIONS?


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