The orientation meeting for first year students of medical and dentist programmes of the School of Medicine in English was held on 1 September in the Teaching and Congress Centre of the JU MC Faculty of Medicine. Freshers come from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, France, Australia, Syria, Slovakia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Welcome address was delivered by Professor Tomasz Brzozowski, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The staf from the School of Medicine in English and the members of Student Government provided freshers with a handful of practical tips.

The meeting concluded with a white coat ceremony. Later on the same day, the newly admitted students visited the JU Chair in Anatomy and the Museum of Anatomy.