Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is a university located in Košice, Slovakia. The university is named after Pavel Jozef Šafárik, a 19th-century Slovak philologist, poet, and historian. The Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is an institution with over 65-year long history. Teaching of medical students began in September 1948, and since then it has educated over 12000 of them for their prospective profession. Since 1992, it enables international students to complete their medical studies in the English language - young people from 40 countries of the world avail themselves of this opportunity at present. The Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is the oldest faculty of this University. Košice is the biggest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains.