Zdravstveno učilište Zagreb

The Zagreb Health School is a secondary school educating students for the following vocations in the field of medicine.

- Medical laboratory technician
- Sanitary technician
- Pharmacy technician
- Medical  cosmetician
- Dental technician
- Dental assistant
- Physical therapy technician

When the School was founded in 1931, it started with the Department of sanitary technicians and in the following years other programmes were gradually introduced. Pharmacy technicians have been educated since 1948, and in 1999 the Department of medical cosmeticians was introduced. Finally, we started the programme of dental assistants in 2011.

We pride ourselves on 925 regular students, 105 employees and 11 cutting-edge and well-equipped labs together with an IT facility with 16 computers. For many years, we have cooperated with many prominent public health care institutions such as hospitals, clinics and laboratories. We also cooperate with many companies in the field of pharmacy and cosmetics such as: Cedevita, Belupo, Jadran Galneski Laboratory, Gradske ljekarne Zagreb (Zagreb pharmacies) and Afrodita Kozmetika and Magdis d.o.o. As a part of the cooperation with these institutions and companies, our professors and students regularly take part in gaining additional education and keeping up to date with new methods, technological processes and products that are launched to the domestic and international markets. The School continually organizes adult education and retraining for the following vocations: medical laboratory technican, sanitary technican, pharmacy technican and physical therapy technician.

Medical Laboratory Technician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students may be employed in diagnostic laboratories in the field of laboratory medicine. These laboratories are an integral part of hospitals, clinics, health centers and institutes.

Sanitary Technician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employed in the institutes of health protection, as well as other health and non-health institutions such as city sanitation service, DDD (disinfection, desinsection and deratization) jobs, preserving jobs in the care of the environment and health, ecology and so on. It is possible to open a private sanitary service company.

Pharmacy Technician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employed in a pharmacy, specialist store selling OTC (over-the-counter) medicines and medical preparations, wholesalers, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, and the analytical and pharmaceutical laboratories.

Dental Technician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employedin the laboratory of dental technique where they make a variety of dental restorations for the upper and lower jaw as part of the dental team. It is possible to open a private laboratory of dental technique.

Dental Assistant

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employed in the offices of dental medicine, health centers or clinics as a dentist’s assistant.

Physical Therapy Technician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employedin hospitals, rehabilitation centers, health resorts and the hotels that have the conditions to carry out therapeutic, sports and recreational procedures.

Medical Cosmetician

Upon completion of the program and the execution and presentation of the final paper and completed traineeship, students can be employedin the centers of Aesthetic Medicine and corrective dermatology, dermatological clinics and polyclinics, clinics or departments for plastic and reconstructive surgery and burns, the department of maxillofacial surgery and traumatology, spas, health tourism centers in the beauty salons or in private beauty salon (as an individual or as a part of a team ). It is possible to open a private beauty salon and medical- beauty salon.