Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
| Type | Medical school |
|---|---|
| Established |
1746 (Middlesex Hospital Medical School) 1834 (University College Hospital Medical School) 1874 (London School of Medicine for Women, later The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine) 1987 (University College and Middlesex School of Medicine) 1998 (Royal Free and University College Medical School) 2008 (UCL Medical School) |
| Dean | Professor David Lomas |
| Director | Professor Deborah Gill |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | UCL Medical School |
UCL Medical School is the medical school of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. The School provides a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes and also has a medical education research unit and an education consultancy unit.
UCL has offered education in medicine since 1834. The currently configured and titled medical school was established in 2008 following mergers between UCLH Medical School and the medical school of the Middlesex Hospital (in 1987) and The Royal Free Hospital Medical School (in 1998).
The School's clinical teaching is primarily conducted at University College Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital and the Whittington Hospital, with other associated teaching hospitals including the Eastman Dental Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
The School is currently ranked 4th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2016, 3rd by the Guardian University Guide 2016, and 10th in the world by the QS World University Rankings.
UCL Medical School formed over a number of years from the merger of a number of institutions:
Middlesex Hospital and University College Hospital merged their medical schools in 1987 to form University College & Middlesex School of Medicine (UCMSM).
In 1998 The Royal Free & University College Medical School (RFUCMS) was formed from the merger of the two medical schools. On 1 October 2008, it was officially renamed UCL Medical School.
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