COURSES/CURRICULUM

Medicine students

MODERN CURRICULUM

A 6-year program to educate medical students and provide health professionals with the highest scientific standards.

Medicine students at lesson

COURSES

Students have to pass the exams in all 83 modules (76 courses and 7 Clinical Traineeships) with a sum of 360 ECTS units. Semester duration: 15 weeks, 1 ECTS unit = 28 hours workload. 

*ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System)

Doctors - faculty

FACULTY

We are home to a vast number
of world-leading educators, 
physicians, surgeons 
and medical scientists.

Doctors - faculty

CURRICULUM

Students inside medicine laboratory

SECTORS
LABORATORIES
& DEPARTMENTS

Aristotle University School of Medicine consists of 82 medical departments and laboratories. Browse all of them and find out more details on their mission.

Academic periods
2023-2024

September Exam Period11.09.2023 - 29.09.20233 weeks
Winter Semester02.10.2023 - 26.01.202415 (17-02) weeks
January Exam Period29.01.2023 - 16.02.20243 weeks
Spring Semester26.02.2023 - 21.06.202415 (17-02) weeks
June Exam Period25.06.2024 - 12.07.20243 weeks

AUSoM Steering Committee

Head of the School: 
Stefanos Triaridis, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

Coordinator: 
Nikolaos Foroglou, Professor of Neurosurgery

Members: 
Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Prodromos  Hitiroglou, Professor of General Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy
Vasilis Vasilikos, Professor of Cardiology
Eleni Argyriadou, Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology – Cardioanaesthesiology
Michail Aivaliotis, Associate Professor of Biochemistry 

Useful Services

E-learning

The elearning.auth.gr platform hosts the digital undergraduate and postgraduate courses 
of all departments of the Aristotle University, as well as courses of other structures 
of the Aristotle University (Lifelong Learning, School of Modern Greek Language, etc.). 
Access is possible only for AUTh members and for external users who are certified 
as partners of the hosted courses. The platform is supported by the Information 
Technology Center and the Library & Information Center of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

1st semester
2nd semester
3rd semester
4th semester
5th semester
6th semester

1st semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater B' (blue cells)

Labs

3 groups of 20 students (a1, a2, a3)
Bio: Medical Biology, GBc: General Biochemistry, Phy: Medical Physics, CSP: Introduction to Clinical Skills and Practice

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
9:00 - 10:00CSP α3CSP α1 CSP α2Introduction to Clinical Skills and Practice
10:00 - 11:00CSP α3CSP α1 CSP α2
11:00 - 12:00Medical BiologyMedical BiologyHistory of MedicineMedical BiologyHistory of Medicine
12:00 - 13:00Medical PhysicsGeneral AnatomyMedical PhysicsGeneral AnatomyMedical Physics
13:00 - 14:00General BiochemistryGeneral BiochemistryGeneral BiochemistryMedical Physics 
14:00 - 15:00     
15:00 - 16:00     
16:00 - 17:00odd weeks
GBc α1 - Bio α2
even weeks:
GBc α3 - Phy α2		Greek Language I
Α1 (beginner)		odd weeks
GBc α2 - Bio α3 - Phy α1
even weeks:
Bio α1 - Phy α3		Greek Language I
Β2.1		 
17:00 - 18:00 
18:00 - 19:00   

2nd semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater B' (blue cells)

Labs

3 groups of 20 students (a1, a2, a3)
MI: Medical Informatics, ΑΙ: Anatomy I, GH: General Histology, BcΙ: Biochemistry I, GPh: General Physiology

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
8:00 - 9:00     
9:00 - 10:00General Physiology General PhysiologyEnglish Medical TerminologyEnglish Medical Terminology
10:00 - 11:00AI α1 - MI α2AI α2 - MI α3AI α3 - MI α1 - GPh α2GPh α1 - GH α2
11:00 - 12:00AI α1 - BcI α2 - GH α3AI α2 - BcI α3AI α3 - BcI α1 - GPh α2GPh α1 - GH α2GPh α3 - GH α1
12:00 - 13:00BcI α2 - GH α3BcI α3BcI α1 GPh α3 - GH α1
13:00 - 14:00     
14:00 - 15:00Biochemistry IBiochemistry IMedical InformaticsBiochemistry IBiochemistry I
15:00 - 16:00General Histology Medical Informatics  
16:00 - 17:00 Greek Language II
Α2 (beginner)		 Greek Language II
Β2.2		 
17:00 - 18:00   
18:00 - 19:00   

3rd semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater B' (blue cells)

Labs

3 groups of 20 students (a1, a2, a3)
MS: Medical Statistics, AII: Anatomy II, SH: Specified Histology, BcII: Biochemistry II, PhI: Physiology I

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
9:00 - 10:00Medical StatisticsBiochemistry IIBiochemistry IIBiochemistry IICommunication with Patient (amphitheater E')
10:00 - 11:00Medical StatisticsAnatomy IISpecified HistologyCommunication with Patient
11:00 - 12:00SH a1 - BcII a2 - PhI a3BcII a1 - Ms a2 - AII a3MS a1 - PhI a2 - SH a3AII a1 - SH a2 - BcII a3PhI a1 - AII a2 - Ms a3
12:00 - 13:00SH a1 - BcII a2 - PhI a3BcII a1 - AII a3PhI a2 - SH a3AII a1 - SH a2 - BcII a3PhI a1 - AII a2
13:00 - 14:00     
14:00 - 15:00Biochemistry II Physiology IPhysiology IPhysiology I
15:00 - 16:00 Anatomy II Anatomy II 
16:00 - 17:00   Greek Language III
B1.1
and C1		 
17:00 - 18:00    
18:00 - 19:00    

4th semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater B' (blue cells)

Labs

3 groups of 20 students (a1, a2, a3)
AIII: Anatomy III, MG: Medical Genetics, BCS: Basic Clinical Skills, E: Embryology, CB: Clinical Biochemistry, PhII: Physiology II

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
8:00 - 9:00MG a1 - E α3    
9:00 - 10:00MG a1 - E α3BCS a1BCS a2BCS a3 
10:00 - 11:00EmbryologyBCS a1AIII a1, BCS a2AIII a2, BCS a3AIII a3
11:00 - 12:00Anatomy IIIAnatomy IIIPhysiology II Physiology II
12:00 - 13:00Basic Clinical SkillsMedical GeneticsMedical GeneticsMedical GeneticsPhysiology II
13:00 - 14:00Basic Clinical SkillsClinical BiochemistryClinical BiochemistryEmbryologyEmbryology
14:00 - 15:00     
15:00 - 16:00 PhII a1 - MG a2 - CB3CB a1 - PhII a2 - MG a3E α1 - CB a2 - PhII a3 
16:00 - 17:00 PhII a1 - MG a2 - CB3CB a1 - PhII a2 - MG a3E α1 - CB a2 - PhII a3Greek Language IV
C1.1
17:00 - 18:00  E α2Greek Language IV
B1.2
18:00 - 19:00  E α2

5th semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater E' (blue cells)

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
8:00 - 9:00 RadiologyClinical Typology

weeks 1 -12 Surgery
8:00 to 11:00 Clinic
12:00 to 14:00 amphitheater

weeks 13-15 Paediatrics
8:00 to 10:00 amphitheater
11:00 to 14:00 Clinic		Clinical Typology

weeks 1 -12 Internal Medicine
8:00 to 11:00 Clinic
12:00 to 14:00 amphitheater

weeks 13-15 Paediatrics
8:00 to 10:00 amphitheater
11:00 to 14:00 Clinic		Clinical Typology
odd weeks (1,3,5,7,9,11,13) Surgery
even weeks (2,4,6,8,10,12,14) Internal Medicine
9:00 - 10:00RadiologyRadiology
10:00 - 11:00RadiologyGeneral Pathology
α1, α3.1
11:00 - 12:00 General Pathology
α2, α3.2		 
12:00 - 13:00General PathologyGeneral PathologyGeneral Pathology
13:00 - 14:00Introduction to PharmacologyIntroduction to PharmacologyMicrobiology I
α1, α3.1
14:00 - 15:00Mental HealthMicrobiology IMicrobiology IMicrobiology I
15:00 - 16:00Mental Health General PathologyGeneral PathologyMicrobiology I
α2, α3.2
16:00 - 17:00Greek Language V
C1		Greek Language V
Β2		Introduction to Pharmacology
lab1: α1, α3.1
lab2: α2, α3.2		Greek Medical Terminology I
17:00 - 18:00Greek Medical Terminology I 
18:00 - 19:00Radiology (in groups of 6)Radiology (in groups of 6)Radiology (in groups of 6)Radiology (in groups of 6)Radiology (in groups of 6)
19:00 - 20:00

6th semester

Theory

Theory classes amphitheater E' (blue cells)

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
8:00 - 9:00Clinical Rotation, 3 weeks in each Department
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00OphthalmologySocial Medicine - Public Health OphthalmologyPathological Physiology
12:00 - 13:00Social Medicine - Public HealthPathological PhysiologyDermatologyOtorhinolaryngologyPathological Physiology
13:00 - 14:00Hygiene - EpidemiologyPathological PhysiologyHygiene - EpidemiologyOtorhinolaryngology 
14:00 - 15:00Microbiology II Microbiology II  
15:00 - 16:00 Greek Language V
15:45-18:15		  Microbiology II
16:00 - 17:00Greek Language V  Microbiology IΙ (lab)
α2, α3.2
17:00 - 18:00  
18:00 - 19:00   Microbiology IΙ (lab)
α1, α3.1
19:00 - 20:00    

Sector of Radiology, Anatomy, Pathology and Technologies

Sector of Physiology, Pharmacology, Biological Sciences and Preventive Medicine

Sector of Neurosciences and Sensory Organs

Sector of Surgery

Sector of Internal Medicine

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