King's College London GKT School of Medical Education

GKT School of Medical Education,
King's College London

Type	Medical school
Established	1173 (St Thomas's hospital as 'teaching hospital') 1550 (St Thomas's Hospital Medical School) 1909 (King's College Hospital Medical School) 1982 (United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals) 1998 (Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine) 2005 (King's College London School of Medicine) 2015 (King’s College London GKT School of Medical Education )
Dean	Dr Louise Dubras (Interim)
Academic staff	315
Administrative staff	450
Students	2200
Location	London, England
Campus	Guy's Campus
Colours	Navy blue, Gold, Purple, White, Red
Affiliations	King's College London University of London
Website	www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine

King's College London GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London. It is the biggest healthcare training facility in Europe. The school has campuses at three institutions, Guy's Hospital (Southwark), King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill) and St Thomas' Hospital (Lambeth) in London. The school in its current guise was formed following a merger with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals on 1 August 1998.

The medical school has an annual intake of around 335 places on the standard MBBS Programme, 50 places on the Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) and 28 places on the Graduate/Professional Entry Programme (GPEP). It receives more applications for medicine than any other UK medical school and as of 2016 applicants were required to sit the UKCAT admission test.

The medical school is ranked 8th in the world, as adjudged by Times Higher Education (THE) in its World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject (Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health Results), commenting that "...While the overall strength of these countries has dipped, some of their institutions have moved against the tide. One of these is King’s College London, which makes its debut in the top 10 (eighth)." As to QS World University Rankings (Medicine) 2016, the school is ranked 21st globally. The school is ranked 21st in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2016.

The School was named the GKT School of Medicine between 1998 and 2005. However, due to confusion over the official name of the institute, especially with regards to research emerging from the university, it was rebranded as the King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals.

In 2015, to reflect the strong history of the multiple institutions that comprise the medical school, the School once again rebranded as the King’s College London GKT School of Medical Education.