Medicine University of Rijeka

Overview

About the program

The Medicine program at University of Rijeka (uniri) was founded in 1955 and has grown in the past six decades into one of the most significant educational and scientific institutions recognised in Croatia and abroad. 

The mission of the Faculty of Medicine as a public teaching and scientific institution is to educate students of medicine, sanitary engineering, medical laboratory diagnostics, pharmacy, as well as other cadres in the field of biomedicine and health and other interdisciplinary areas to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for the prevention of diseases, preservation and improvement of health, patient treatment and rehabilitation and sustainable development of the society. The basis for further development is the Faculty’s permanent commitment to investing in the quality of the education process, scientific, research and professional work in biomedicine and health and in interdisciplinary scientific fields. The close connection of its core activities will contribute to the integration of scientific and professional results and findings into the education process, resulting in the better, faster, comprehensive and sustainable development of the society in which we live. To achieve the objectives set, the Faculty will actively work on cooperation with the leading national and international healthcare, educational and scientific institutions to enable professional prosperity to its students, teachers and staff, thus contributing to the development of the Faculty, University and the society in which we live.