Evaluation examination for transfer students

About the evaluation exam

The evaluation examination consists of a written and an oral part. Subjects of the evaluation examination depend on the targeted year of study.

Transfer to 2nd year

Complex examination in the following 1st year compulsory subjects

Anatomy, Histology and Embryology I,II - 40 questions

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics I,II - 20 questions

Medical Chemistry I, II - 20 questions

Medical Physics I, II (including Medical Statistics) - 20 questions

Written exam time limit: 150 minutes

Transfer to 3rd year

Complex examination in the following 1st and 2nd year compulsory subjects

1st year compulsory subjects:

Anatomy, Histology and Embryology I,II - 40 questions

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics I,II - 20 questions

Medical Chemistry I, II - 20 questions

Medical Physics I, II (including Medical Statistics) - 20 questions

Written exam time limit: 150 minutes

2nd year compulsory subjects:

Head, Neck and Neuroanatomy - 20 questions

(incl. Histology of the Nervous System and Sense Organs)

Physiology I, II - 20 questions

Biochemistry I, II - 20 questions

Written exam time limit: 90 minutes

In case of applying to transfer to 3rd year the complex 1st year evaluation examination (written and oral parts) has to be passed successfully in order to take the 2nd year complex examination.

Please note that only those applicants will receive an invitation to the oral evaluation examination who score at least 50 % at the written examination (in every subject separately).

Absence from the evaluation exam without a previous withdrawal is considered a used exam chance without valuable result. Please note that evaluation examinations cannot be repeated!

Written part:

• The examination is conducted on the University’s online testing platform Coospace. The exam will be monitored via Zoom.
• There is a time limit to the test.There is no time limit set by question and you will see only one question at a time.
• The questions are multiple-choice questions. You will have to select one answer out of the 4-5 choices given for each question. When you have selected the answer you can go forward to the next question. It is only possible to move to the next question, moving backward to a former question is NOT possible. It is only possible to move forward to the next question if you have selected an answer. The „No answer” choice cannot be chosen. The system will ask you to click ’OK’ every time you would like to move forward with the questions.
• Each correct answer equals 1 point. (No points will be deducted if you give a wrong answer.)
• For completing the Chemistry test you will need a periodic table and a calculator, please prepare them before beginning the test.

• The oral part of the examination – committee interview – is conducted via Zoom and will last approximately 30 minutes.
  
• Following a conversation on general issues you will be asked questions in each subject in English Language.
  
• The schedule of the oral exam will be announced after the written exam.
• Please make sure to dress appropriately for the examination.

Rules for fraud prevention

• The applicant's identity will be checked before the examination, therefore please make sure that you have your passport / ID card at hand.
  
• Please keep the schedule of both the written and the oral examination. In case of late login to any platform, or any part of the exam, applicants cannot join the examination.
• For both, written and oral parts of the examination the applicants are required to use two technical devices: the first one is the actual platform of the examination, the second one serves monitoring. Please make sure that the camera of the second device is set up in such a way that both the applicant and the screen of the first device are clearly visible.
• The use of any further technical devices is stricly prohibited (headsets, earphones, smart watches, personal digital assistants etc.).
• The applicant has to be alone in the room for the entire duration of the examination.

Any violation of the above procedure may result in cancellation of your scores, dismissal by the test center staff, or banning from future exams. Failing to log on the required ZOOM meeting while taking the written examination in Coospace, may result in an invalid test.

Please note that you will be asked to accept the above conditions in the Dream Apply upon examination registration.

Topic list is available in the Curriculum of the Medical School. Please check the weekly breakdowns of the subjects listed above (starting from page 49.):

http://www.med.u-szeged.hu/download.php?docID=137104