Bachelor in Physiotherapy in Europe

Studying Bachelor in Physiotherapy in Europe is taking the first steps into an incredibly rewarding and worldwide respected profession. The curriculum of the 3 or 4-year bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy in Europe are also available in English, structured around core competencies (developing physical assessment, treatment and communication skills), internationally recognised.

Physiotherapy (physical therapy) is a branch of the para-medical sciences dealing with the treatment of disease, pain, injury, or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery. Physiotherapy may be divided in orthopaedics(rehabilitation), Neurophysiotherapy (cerebral palsy), and cardiorespiratory physiotherapy(cardiopulmonary).

Best Bachelor in Physiotherapy courses in Europe

Are you motivated to become physiotherapist, but you couldn’t secure a seat in bachelor’s degree program in physiotherapy in your country and you are academically and financially well prepared to study physiotherapy abroad in Europe?
Bachelor physiotherapy degrees from any EU/EEA (European Union and Suisse Confederation / European Economic Area) countries are highly appreciated in the whole community and worldwide.
There are many options to study physiotherapy in Europe. Most of Physiotherapy schools in Europe are organised in English. To choose the best school of physiotherapy in Europe for you, we would recommend you consider the language of study, admission criteria, tuition fee, facilities of each course, as well as its location.

Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy courses in English in Europe

Beside English-speaking countries such as UK, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, there are many schools of physiotherapy in English in Europe.

• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Romana,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Poland,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Check Republic,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Hungary,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Latvia,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in English in Lithuania,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in in English in Malta,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in in English in Cyprus,
• Bachelor program in Physiotherapy in in English in Spain,
• Etc.

Requirements to get into bachelor program in Physiotherapy

• Languag proficiency (English or other language, at least B2 level),
• Capacity to establish cause-effect relationships,
• Enough knowledge of experimental sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics,
• Knowledge of computer science at a user level and interest in new technologies,
• Skills in independent learning, teamwork, analysis, leadership and search of bibliographic sources,
• Motivation for physiotherapy studies: vocation to serve and care for others,
• Awareness of the need for continuous training throughout professional life,
• Interest in working in groups, ability to adapt to new situations, international openness and empathy.

How many years is the physiotherapy course in Europe?

Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy in Europe is a university program of 4 years or 3 years for accelerated program and for those with solid knowledge of prerequisite subjects (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and physical education).
The duration of bachelor’s degree program in Physiotherapy may vary also within different countries or even university in Europe.

More and more students are seriously considering studying Medicine abroad. Some view it as an alternative if they don’t get an offer to study Medicine in the UK. But an increasing number now consider studying Medicine in Europe their first choice.

There is a real hunger among students, parents and teachers to learn more about the options for studying Medicine in Europe: how it works, how much it costs, how you can transition back to the UK and the options for practising overseas.

This page, brought to you in partnership with Medical Doorway, provides the headline information on studying Medicine abroad, before offering a step-by-step guide on wha

Medical schools in Europe

Medical schools in Europe in English, French or national language offer trade-offs with a lower tuition rates, lower admission requirements, fewer years in school and good quality of education. Those medicals schools in Europe award professional degrees for physicians and surgeons, such as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MBChB, BMBS).

Medical schools in Europe are individual medical schools or medical schools within universities as an educational institution that provides a full program of instruction leading to a basic medical qualification, that permits the holder to obtain a license to practice as a medical doctor or physician. In many cases, universities with medical schools have also dental schools, pharmacy schools, etc.

Medical schools in Europe, socio-politically, can be classified as medical schools in European in EU/EEA (Union/ European Economic Area) and medical schools in European beyond UE/EEA and Medical schools in Europe beyond EU/EEA. Those medicals schools may be also public or private schools.

All accredited medicals schools in Europe in EU/EEA offer undergraduate medical programs leading to medical professional qualifications automatically recognised in all EU/EEA community (professions with harmonised minimum training conditions: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental medicine, Doctor of Veterinary medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy, etc), while medical qualifications from medical schools in Europe beyond EU/EEA may well be recognised in most of EU/EEA countries, but students will have to take professional examinations before they can work.
The medical schools listed beyond are also listed in World Directory of Medical Schools, and lead to professional qualifications recognised all over the world.

Medical schools in Bulgaria

• Medical University 'Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov' Varna, Faculty of Medicine;
• Medical University of Plovdiv, Faculty of Medicine; 
• Medical University of Sofia, Faculty of Medicine;     
• Pleven Medical University; 
• Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Medicine;   
• Trakia University Faculty of Medicine in Stara Zagora;

Medical schools in Check Republic

• Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague (1. Lékařská Fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy in Praha);
• Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague (2. Lékařská Fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy in Praha);
• Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague (3. Lékařská Fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy in Praha;
• Faculty of Military Health, University of Defense Hradec in Kralove (Fakulta Vojenského Zdravotnictví, Univerzity Obr)any Hradec in Kralove);
• Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Hradec Králové Hradec (Lékařská Fakulta UK v Hradci Králové Hradec);
• Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague and Plzen (Lékařská Fakulta v Plzni, Univerzita Karlova v Praze in Plzen);
• Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine in Brno (Masarykova Univerzita Lékařská Fakulta in Brno);
• University of Ostrava, Faculty of Medicine (Ostravská Univerzita v Ostravě Lékařská Fakulta)
• Palacky University in Olomouc Faculty of Medicine (Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci Lékařská   Fakulta);

Medical schools in Cyprus

• European University Cyprus School of Medicine in Nicosia;
• Near East University Faculty of Medicine in Lefkosa;
• University of Cyprus Medical School in Nicosia;
• University of Nicosia Medical School in Nicosia;

Medical schools in Croatia

• Medical School in Split (Medicinski Fakultet u Splitu);
• Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb (Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilišta u Zagrebu);
• University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine (University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine);
• University of Zagreb, Split Branch;

Medical schools in Estonia

• University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine

Medical schools in Hungary

• Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine;
• University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine;
• University of Pécs Medical School;
• University of Szeged Faculty of Medicine;

Medical schools in Italy

• Humanitas University Medical School in Rozzano;
• Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences Rome (Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences in Rome);
• University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Rome (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Rome);
• Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 'Agostino Gemelli' Rome (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia 'Agostino Gemelli' Rome);
• University of Molise Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Campobasso (Università degli Studi del Molise Facoltà di Medicina eCampobasso);
• University of Eastern Piedmont Faculty of Medicine Surgery and Health Sciences Novara (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Facoltà di Medicina Chirurgia e Scienze della Salute Novara);
• University of L'Aquila Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Aquila (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Facoltà di Medicina eAquila);
• University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli School of Medicine and Surgery Naples (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Naples);
• University of Bari Aldo Moro Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Bari (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Bari);
• University of Bologna School of Medicine and Surgery Bologna (Università degli Studi di Bologna Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Bologna);
• University of Brescia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Brescia (Università degli Studi di Brescia Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Brescia);
• University of Cagliari Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Monserrato (Università degli Studi di Cagliari Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Monserrato);
• University of Catania Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Catania (Università degli Studi di Catania Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Catania);
• University of Ferrara Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Ferrara (Università degli Studi di Ferrara Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Ferrara);
• University of Florence School of Human Health Sciences Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze Scuola di Scienze della Salute Umana Florence);
• University of Foggia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Foggia (Università degli Studi di Foggia Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Foggia);
• University of Genoa Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Genoa (Università degli Studi di Genova Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Genoa);
• University of Messina Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Evolutionary Age Messina (Università degli Studi di Messina Dipartimento di Patologia Umana dell'Adulto e dell'Età Evolutiva Messina);
• University of Milan Bicocca Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgian Milan);
• University of Milan Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Milan);
• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Modena (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Modena);
• University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine and Surgery Naples (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Naples);
• University of Padua School of Medicine and Surgery Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Padua);
• University of Palermo School of Medicine and Surgery Palermo (Università degli Studi di Palermo Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Palermo);
• University of Parma Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Parma (Università degli Studi di Parma Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Parma);
• University of Pavia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Pavia (Università degli Studi di Pavia Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Pavia);
• University of Perugia Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Perugia (Università degli Studi di Perugia Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Perugia);
• University of Rome 'La Sapienza' Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' Facoltà di Farmacia e Medicina Rome);
• University of Rome 'La Sapienza' Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' Facoltà di Medicina e Odontoiatria Rome);
• University of Rome 'La Sapienza' Faculty of Medicine and Psychology Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia Rome);
• University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Rome);
• University of Salerno Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Fisciano (Università degli Studi di Salerno Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Fisciano);
• University of Sassari Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Sassari (Università degli Studi di Sassari Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Sassari);
• University of Siena Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Siena (Università degli Studi di Siena Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Siena);
• University of Turin School of Medicine Turin (Università degli Studi di Torino Scuola di Medicina Torino);
• University of Trieste Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Trieste);
• University of Udine Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Udine (Università degli Studi di Udine Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Udine);
• University of Verona Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Verona (Università degli Studi di Udine Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Udine);
• University of G. d'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara School of Medicine and Health Sciences Chieti (Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara Scuola di Medicina e Scienze della Salute Chieti);
• University of Magna Graecia of Catanzaro Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Catanzaro (Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Catanzaro);
• University of Insubria Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Varese (Università dell'Insubria Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Varese);
• University of Naples Faculty of Medicine Naples (Università di Napoli Facoltà de Medicina Naples);
• University of Naples, Faculty of Medicine I Naples (Università di Napoli, Facoltà de Medicina I Naples);
• University of Pisa Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Pisa (Università di Pisa Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Pisa);
• University of Reggio Calabria Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Catanzaro (Università di Reggio Calabria Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Catanzaro);
• Marche Polytechnic University Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Ancona (Università Politecnica delle Marche Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Ancona);
• Vita-Salute University San Raffaele Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Milan (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Milan);

Medical schools in Latvia

• University of Latvia, Faculty of medicine;
• Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Medicine;

Medical schools in Lithuania

• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine in Kaunas;
• Lithuania Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine;

Medical schools in Malta

• Barts and The London School of Medicine Malta in Victoria;
• Malta University of Malta Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Msida;

Medical schools in Romania

• University "Dunărea de Jos" from Galati, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Galati (Universitatea 'Dunărea de Jos' din Galați Facultatea de Medicină și Farmacie);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Faculty of Medicine Bucharest (Universitatea 'Dunărea de Jos' din Galați Facultatea de Medicină și Farmacie);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Faculty of Medicine Craiova (Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie din Craiova Facultatea de Medicină);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures (Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie din Tîrgu Mureş);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa, Faculty of Medicine Iasi (Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Grigore T. Popa Iasi, Facultatea de Medicină);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Haţieganu, Faculty of Medicine Cluj-Napoca (Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Iuliu Haţieganu Facultatea de Medicină);
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Faculty of Medicine Timisoara (Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie Victor Babeş Facultatea de Medicină);
• West University "Vasile Goldis" from Arad, Faculty of Medicine Arad (Universitatea de Vest 'Vasile Goldis' din Arad Facultatea de Medicină);
• University of Oradea Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Oradea (Universitatea din Oradea Facultatea de Medicină și Farmacie);
• Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Medicine 'Victor Papilian' Sibiu (Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu Facultatea de Medicină 'Victor Papilian');
• Ovidius University Constanta, Faculty of Medicine (Universitatea Ovidius Constanta Facultatea de Medicină);
• Titu Maiorescu University, Faculty of Medicine and Dental Medicine Bucharest (Universitatea Titu Maiorescu Facultatea de Medicină și Medicină Dentara);
• Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Medicine Brasov (Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov Facultatea de Medicină);

Medical schools in Poland

• Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika;
• Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Zabrze;
• Jagiellonian University MedicalKrakow;
• Jan Kochanowski University School of Medicine in Kielce;
• Medical University of Bialystok;
• Medical University of Gdansk;
• Medical University of Lodz (Military Medical Academy of Lodz and Medical University of Lodz);
• Medical University of Lublin;
• Medical University of Silesia, School of Medicine in Katowice;
• Medical University of Warsaw;
• Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie);
• Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine I;
• University of Rzeszów Faculty of Medicine;
• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Collegium Medicum, School of Medicine;
• University of Zielona Góra Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences;
• Wroclaw Medical University;

Medical schools in Slovakia

• Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University (Jesseniova Lekárska Fakulta v Martine, Univerzita Komenského);
• Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave (Slovenská Zdravotnícka Univerzita v Bratislave);
• University of Comenius in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine (Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Lekárska Fakulta);
• University of P. J. Safarik Lekárska Faculty (Univerzita P. J. Safárika Lekárska Fakulta);

Medical schools in Slovenia

• University of Ljubljani Faculty of Medicine;
• Slovenia University of Maribor Faculty of Medicine,

Slovak Medical University in Bratislava

Slovak Medical University in Bratislava in Bratislava organises 6-year medical program in English for international students.  Admission requirements are high school certificate, English, test in Biology and chemistry and tuition fee of 9500€/year.

Slovak Medical University in Bratislava was founded on September 1st, 2002 as a state university of higher education. The Faculty of Medicine at Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is the direct successor to the Slovak Postgraduate Academy, which has been active under various names since 1953 and strove to offer postgraduate education to physicians, pharmacists, and other health care workers with higher education. 

The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava in Bratislava is an educational institution proudly keeping the tradition of education of healthcare workers in specialized studies and continuous life-long education in Slovakia and as one of the best institution providing medical university studies not only in Slovakia, but in all over the word.  The 6-year medical program of the Faculty of Medicine at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava in Bratislava attracts students from all-over the world.

The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is a public institution of higher education acting under the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, with the following four faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine,
• Faculty of Public Health,
• Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies,
• Faculty of Health,

Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health

The Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies at Slovak Medical University started its activities in 2003/2004 academic year. The Faculty organizes educational, scientific, and other specialized activities in Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Radiological Science, Urgent Medical Care, Social Work with emphasis on social health care for senior citizens, as well as in the field of specialized health studies.

The faculty offers:

• Undergraduate studies leading to Bachelor’s degree: Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Radiological Science, Urgent Medical Care and Social Work with emphasis on social health care for senior citizens;
• Graduate programmes leading to Master degree: Nursing;
• Postgraduate study program leading PhD degree: Nursing;

Basic admission requirements, high quality of education and qualification valid in all EU/EEA countries, save and intercultural environment, reasonable tuition fees and living expenses, 6-year medical in English and Slovak, available scholarship, student accommodation, and different programmes offered by medical, public health, nursing and professional health studies faculties at bachelor, Master and PhD and specialisation level attract national and international students.

Study Medicine in english at Jozef Safarik University in Kosice (Medical school and dental school in Kosice- Slovakia)

Why Medical study at Faculty of Medicine in Kosice - Slovakia?

• Admission guarantee,
• Student transfer possible,
• Up-to-date infrastructure,
• Available student accommodation,
• Safe and multicultural environment,
• Reasonable tuition and leaving costs,
• Qualification valid in all EU/EEA countries and recognised worldwide,

Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

The Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, the second largest town in Slovakia provides medicine and dentistry program in English and Slovak, and Physiotherapy, Nursing, and public Health only in Slovak. The Slovak Republic is a member of the European Union since 20o4 and qualifications obtained from Slovak universities are valid in all EU/EEA countries and recognised all-over the world.

Košice with its rich history offers many cultural and sport events and activities for multicultural student community.
As all state universities, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University functions under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. It is accredited according to the rules and regulations of the Higher Education Act of the Slovak Republic.

The Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice closely co-operates with many significant universities and institutions in Prague, Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux, Padova, Essen, Giessen, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Zürich, Turku, Oulu, Salamanca, Krakow, etc.
Faculty of Medicine in Kosice is one of 5 faculties (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public administration, Faculty of Arts) of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Slovakia. 

The faculty of medicine in Kosice provides education on Bachelor, Master, Doctor’s and PhD levels in English and Slovak languages. General Medicine and Dental Medicine in English are especial designed for international students who have good command of English and high school certificate giving access to university studies in their country.

Admission into Medicine in English in Kosice in Slovakia

The admission into medical programs (medicine and dentistry) in English at the faculty of Medicine of of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Slovakia in Kosice is based on entry test of Biology and chemistry high school level.

The entrance examination test consists Multiple chose questions of 100 questions in Biology and 100 questions in Chemistry and takes 2hours and 30 minutes. All well-prepared students pass the entry test. On request, medical study guide can provide learning materials for this purpose.
Medical student transfer based on ECTS is possible.

Tuition fees of Medical studies in English in Kosice

Applicants who choose to study in English can only benefit from tuition fee places, while EU/EEA student who decide to study in Slovak, he get automatically Slovak scholarship.

Tuition fees for medical studies in English in Kosice:

General Medicine: 6-year program leading Doctor of General Medicine (MUDr): 10500€/year; 200 available seats;

Dentistry: 6-year program, leading to Doctor of Dental Medicine (MDDr.): 11000€/year; 30 available seats;

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice-Slovakia

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University was founded in 1959 as the second classical University in Slovakia based on the legacy of the historic UNIVERSITAS CASSOVIENSIS, having continuously operated in Kosice from 1657until 1921.
The university is named after Pavol Jozef Safarik, a Slovak poet, historian, and university professor, and its establishment meant a significant asset to the development of education and scientific research activities in Kosice.

The current structure of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University includes five faculties (Faculty of Medicine from 1949, Faculty of Natural Science from 1963, Faculty of Law from 1073, Faculty of Public Administration from 1998 and Faculty of Arts from 2007).

The university offers around 200 Bachelors, Masters and Doctors programs. Most of popular programs are general medicine and dentistry available in English and Slovak at the faculty of medicine, Biology and geography at the faculty of Natural Sciences, Psychology, Media studies, and British and American studies at the faculty of Arts available in slovak.