Semmelweis University

Semmelweis University (Hungarian: Semmelweis Egyetem) is the oldest medical school in Hungary, founded in 1769. The faculty became an independent medical school after the Second World War and developed into a university teaching medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences, and health management, as well as physical education and sport sciences. The university is named after Ignác Semmelweis (1818-1865), the obstetrician who discovered the cause of puerperal fever in the 1840s.

Semmelweis University

Semmelweis University (Hungarian: Semmelweis Egyetem) is the oldest medical school in Hungary, founded in 1769. The faculty became an independent medical school after the Second World War and developed into a university teaching medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences, and health management, as well as physical education and sport sciences. The university is named after Ignác Semmelweis (1818-1865), the obstetrician who discovered the cause of puerperal fever in the 1840s.