10 Facts About Semmelweis University

Semmelweis University is a research-led medical school in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 1769.

Semmelweis University is the largest provider of health care services in Hungary.

Semmelweis University was the first Hungarian higher educational institution, which started to offer an international program at the Faculty of Medicine in German in 1983, while its international program in English started in 1987, at the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

From 1 August 2021, the founder's, owner's and operator's rights of Semmelweis University are exercised by the Foundation for National Health Care and Medical Education following the model change in higher education.

Semmelweis University is a specialised university offering undergraduate and graduate courses only in the field of health sciences.

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Bachelor's Programs of Semmelweis University are offered at the Faculty of Health Sciences and at Peto andras Faculty.

Research, development, and innovation at Semmelweis University take place in the areas of living natural sciences, and social sciences.

Patents connected to the Semmelweis University include the iKnife, a surgical device that is able to tell healthy and cancerous tissues apart immediately after the first cut, or the virtual 3D microscope, a device equipped with a microscope slide scanner able to scan 300 slides in one run and a 3D viewer that creates a spatial reconstruction of the serial specimen.

Semmelweis University has a network of international partner agreements with around a hundred universities within the Erasmus+ network and 40 further universities in joint cooperation based on bilateral agreements.

Semmelweis University's Theoretical Building at Nagyvarad ter is the tallest high rise in Hungary.