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The University of Edinburgh Medical School was founded in 1726 and was the first formally established medical school in the UK. This was followed by Glasgow in 1744, although the school was without a teaching hospital until 1794. [11] The oldest medical school in England is St George's, University of London, which began formal teaching in 1751 ...
In the United Kingdom, medical school generally refers to a department within a university which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners. All leading British medical schools are state-funded and their core purpose is to train doctors on behalf of the National Health Service.
The Catholic University of Ireland's School of Medicine was set up in Dublin under British rule in 1855. The university's qualifications were not recognised by the state, but the medical students were able to take the licentiate examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which still runs the last surviving non-university medical school in the British Isles.
Critics argue that the UK’s limited medical school capacity exacerbates workforce shortages in the NHS and forces students to seek education abroad. Some experts have proposed increasing government support for international training pathways, where students study at accredited European medical schools and return to work in the NHS.
Medical schools found at universities in the United Kingdom. These tend to be universities with a large campus, and a propensity towards scientific courses. In recent years, the UK government has opened many new medical schools often jointly hosted by two nearby universities to spread the running costs of these establishments.
Medical schools in England. See also Education in England. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. L. Medical schools in London (6 C, 19 P)
Under 2017 Complete University Guide Rankings, Southampton Medical School ranked 22nd in all United Kingdom Medical Schools [22] The 2017 Guardian University league tables placed Southampton 9th out of all medical schools in the UK. [23] It is ranked as the 12th best medical school in the UK for clinical medicine by U.S. News & World Report. [24]
The School of Clinical Medicine is the medical school of the University of Cambridge in England.The medical school is considered as being one of the most prestigious in the world, ranking as 1st in The Complete University Guide, [1] followed by Oxford University Medical School, Harvard Medical School, and Stanford School of Medicine and 2nd in the world in the 2023 Times Higher Education ...