Swansea Medical School
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| Motto | "Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn" - Technical skill is bereft without culture |
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| Type | Medical school |
| Established | 2004 |
| Dean | Professor Keith Lloyd |
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Academic staff
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130 |
| Undergraduates | 690 |
| Postgraduates | 200 |
| Location | Swansea, United Kingdom |
| Website | http://www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine/ |
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Swansea University Medical School is a medical school on Swansea University's Singleton campus with additional teaching centres located throughout South and West Wales, including Cefn Coed Hospital, Singleton Hospital and Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest and Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth. The Medical School also has an extensive network of primary care (General Practice) teaching centres.
One of the fastest growing medical schools in the UK, Swansea University Medical School is ranked as the 6th best medical school in the UK by the Complete University Guide. Swansea University is the top university in Wales in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 league table – and has also won the inaugural Welsh University of the Year title.
The Medical School offers a four-year graduate entry medicine degree (MB BCh) alongside BSc degrees in Applied Medical Sciences, Genetics and Biochemistry. The school also offers higher degree programmes, including PhD, MD, MCh and master's degrees. It is one of only two medical schools in the UK which only accepts graduates onto its Medicine degree. In 2017, the Graduate Entry Medicine degree featured in the QS World University Rankings for the first time.
Swansea University Medical School employs four core activities; Learning and Teaching, Research, Enterprise and Innovation and collaboration with the NHS
In January 2017, the British Heart Foundation relocated to Swansea University Medical School and housed itself in the Institute of Life Science. In March, the Medical School announced a new partnership with Pfizer which involves the pharmaceutical company locating itself at the university's Bay Campus.
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