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Referral to medical examinations

A medical certificate issued by an occupational physician is required for candidates qualified for admission to the study fields for which such a certificate is needed. The examination is carried out in Poland. 

A referral for examination is made available to candidates with the ‘qualified’ status in the IRK system.

The certificate should be downloaded from My Account > Enrollment Applications > Documents and Further Steps.

The candidate must submit a medical certificate stating that there are no health contraindications to study to the dean’s office of the relevant faculty. According to the schedule, the certificate must be submitted by the end of the first week of classes in the first term.

The list of facilities carrying out examinations in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship can be found at: https://mwomp.pl/medical-examination-of-pupils/medical-examination-of-pupils-students-doctoral/https://mwomp.pl/badania-uczniow/badania-uczniow/

Residents of other voivodeships can get information on facilities carrying out such examinations on the website of the relevant Voivodeship Occupational Medicine Centre.

Please familiarise yourself with the list of harmful, strenuous or hazardous factors to which students may be exposed during their studies in the chosen field of study. These factors will also be included in the medical examination referral.

The list of study fields taught in English for which a medical certificate issued by an occupational physician is required can be found below:

  • Biotechnology

    Biotechnology: first-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents in laboratories (concentrated acids and bases, acetone, toluene, lower alcohols, formaldehyde);
    • dust of plant and animal origin;

  • Civil Engineering (spec. Engineering Infrastructure)

    Civil Engineering: second-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents in laboratories (acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric, nitric; hydroxides: sodium, potassium; chromates and dichromates, sodium hypochlorite, phenolphthalein, heavy metal salts, acetone);
    • contact with soil;
    • contact with building materials (cement);
    • dust – quartz dust;
    • noise;
    • work hours < 0.5h, noise intensity measurements < 85 dB;
    • screen monitor usage < 4h;
    • construction site internships, microclimate variations.

  • Environmental Engineering (spec. Modern Engineering in Water Managment)

    Environmental Engineering: second-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents in laboratories (acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric, nitric; hydroxides: sodium, potassium; chromates, and dichromates, sodium hypochlorite, phenolphthalein, heavy metal salts, acetone);
    • contact with surface water and groundwater;
    • contact with wastewater;
    • contact with soil;
    • dust – quartz dust;
    • noise;
    • work hours < 0.5h, noise intensity measurements < 85 dB;
    • screen monitor usage < 4h;
    • construction site internships, microclimate variations.

  • Enviromental Protection (spec. Restoration and Management of Environment)

    Environmental Protection: second-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents in laboratories (acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric, nitric; hydroxides: sodium, potassium; chromates, and dichromates, sodium hypochlorite, phenolphthalein, heavy metal salts, acetone);
    • contact with surface water and groundwater;
    • contact with wastewater;
    • contact with soil;
    • contact with flora and fauna;
    • dust;
    • noise; work hours < 0.5h, noise intensity measurements < 85 dB;
    • screen monitor usage < 4h;
    • traineeship in the natural environment (forests, meadows); microclimate variations.

  • Food Science - Technology and Nutrition

    Food Science Technology and Nutrition: first-cycle programme

    • physical factors: dust of plant and animal origin, working at a computer screen;
    • biological factors: microorganisms (bacteria, yeast and moulds in food);
    • chemical factors: inorganic salts and their solutions, excluding heavy metal salts; concentrated and dilute acid solutions and precursors and precursors, concentrated and dilute alkaline solutions; organic solvents, alcohols, pH indicators, extracts and essential oils and terpenoids, aldehydes, ketones and phenols, amines and their derivatives, halogen derivatives, stable radicals and their solutions, food allergens (e.g., proteins of cereals, milk and others).

  • Forest Information Technology

    Forest Information Technology: second-cycle programme

    • biological factors: allergens of animal and plant origin, zoonotic diseases including tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease;
    • dangerous factors associated with moving through a wooded area intended for afforestation (scratches, tumbles).

  • Organic Agriculture and Food Production

    Organic Agriculture and Food Production: first-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents: dilute mineral acids (hydrochloric, sulfuric), dilute sodium hydroxide, dilute salts (potassium chromate, ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium acetate), 1-naphthol; diphenylamine; hydroxylamine hydrochloride, toluene, phenol;
    • working with a microscope;
    • pollen of flowering plants on field activities;
    • microorganisms;
    • dust of plant and animal origin;
    • contact with dried, mashed and sieved soil.

  • Sustainable Horticulture

    Sustainable Horticulture: second-cycle programme

    • chemical factors: chemical reagents in laboratories (acids, bases, acetone, lower alcohols, etc.); mineral fertilisers;
    • biological factors: contact with soil and pollen;
    • physical factors: working in the greenhouse and outdoors under varying weather conditions.

  • Veterinary Medicine

    Veterinary  Medicine: long-cycle programme

    • chemical reagents in laboratories: acids, bases, organic solvents (chloroform, acetone), alcohols (ethanol, methanol, isoamyl alcohol), formaldehyde;
    • infectious agents: bacteria, viruses, fungi, bee venom, parasites;
    • contact with animals and animal secretions.