UCL Medical School is the medical school of

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

(UCL) and is located in

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. 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. It is internationally renowned and is currently ranked 7th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2022. 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 Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England. First opened as the Middlesex Infirmary in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally clos ...

(in 1987) and

The Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Bar ...

Medical School (in 1998). The School's clinical teaching is primarily conducted at

University College Hospital University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in the Fitzrovia area of the London Borough of Camden, England. The hospital, which was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834, is closely associated with University College Lond ...

, The Royal Free Hospital and the

Whittington Hospital Whittington Hospital is a district general and teaching hospital of UCL Medical School and Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences. Located in Upper Holloway, it is managed by Whittington Health NHS Trust, operating as Whittin ...

, with other associated teaching hospitals including the

Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospit ...

Moorfields Eye Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, which is adjacen ...

, the

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (informally the National Hospital or Queen Square) is a neurological hospital in Queen Square, London. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was the ...

and the

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (the RNTNEH) was a health facility on Gray's Inn Road in London. It closed in October 2019 when services transferred to the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street, L ...

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in the London Borough of Harrow, United Kingdom, and a part of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most comprehensive range of ...

and

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is an acute hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people in southern Bedfordshire, the nor ...

History

UCL Medical School formed over a number of years from the merger of a number of institutions: * The

opened in Fitzrovia in 1745 and was training doctors from 1746 onwards, when students were 'walking the wards'. *

opened in 1834 as the North London Hospital, with the purpose of providing the then newly opened

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

with a hospital to train medical students after refusal by the governors of the Middlesex Hospital to share its facilities with UCL. Middlesex Hospital and University College Hospital merged their medical schools in 1987 to form University College & Middlesex School of Medicine (UCMSM). * The

London School of Medicine for Women The London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW) established in 1874 was the first medical school in Britain to train women as doctors. The patrons, vice-presidents, and members of the committee that supported and helped found the London School of Me ...

was established in 1874 by

Sophia Jex-Blake Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher and feminist. She led the campaign to secure women access to a University education when she and six other women, collectively known as the Edi ...

, as the first medical school in Britain to train women. In 1877 The Royal Free Hospital agreed to allow students from LSMW to complete their clinical studies there and by 1896 was renamed The London Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine for Women and became part of the

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. 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. In appreciation of the historic beginnings of UCL Medical School, its student society has retained the name "RUMS" (Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students Society) and runs clubs and societies within

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Teaching

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The medical school is one of the largest in the country with a yearly intake of 334 students. Undergraduate teaching is spread across three campuses based in Bloomsbury (including

), at Archway (including

) and in Hampstead (including the Royal Free Hospital). Teaching takes place in arguably some of the best clinical sites in the country including:

, The

(Queen's Square),

The Heart Hospital University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, named The Heart Hospital until refurbished and renamed in 2015, was a specialist cardiac hospital located in London, United Kingdom until 2015. It is part of the University College London Hospi ...

, The

and the

. The school is not only widely regarded as one of the best medical schools in the country (frequently ranked between number 1–5 in the country), but also one of the best in the world; being ranked consistently in the top 10.

Course

The course in medicine at UCL leads to the award of the

MB BS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

and

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(Hons) degrees and is a six-year integrated programme: Years 1 and 2 Fundamentals of Clinical Science; Year 3 Integrated BSc degree; Year 4 Integrated Clinical Care; Year 5 The Life Cycle and Specialist Practice and Year 6 Preparation for Practice.

Admission

Admission to the medical school, in common with all 44 medical schools in the UK, is extremely competitive. The medical school receives approximately 2,500 applications yearly (over 2700 for 2018 entry) of which up to 700 applicants are selected for interview. Approximately 450 offers are given for 322 places. Prospective students must apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). As of 2021 entry, conditional offers for entry include grades A*AA at A-level, to include at least Chemistry and Biology, and an additional subject at A-level. The

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB D ...

(Full Diploma), although less common, is also an acceptable entry qualification. The course is also open to graduates with a minimum of a 2:1 required. Additionally, applicants must sit an entrance exam, the

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(BMAT) which is used alongside the rest of the UCAS application to determine selection for interview. The interview process involves a 20-30 minute panel interview conducted by a panel of UCL academic staff, members of the healthcare team or medical students.

Associated hospitals and research institutes

Hospitals

UCL Medical School is associated with the following hospitals: *

* Royal Free Hospital *

Eastman Dental Hospital The Eastman Dental Hospital was based on Gray's Inn Road until it co-located with the University College London ear, nose, throat, balance and hearing services on Huntley Street, London as the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals in Oc ...

Research institutes

UCL Medical School is associated with the following research institutes: * UCL Cancer Institute *

UCL Ear Institute The UCL Ear Institute is an academic department of the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) located in Gray's Inn Road in the Bloomsbury district of Central London, England, next to the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear H ...

UCL Eastman Dental Institute The UCL Eastman Dental Institute is the dental school of University College London (UCL) and an academic department of UCL's Faculty of Medical Sciences. The institute is based on Gray's Inn Road in the Bloomsbury district of London, United Kingd ...

UCL Institute of Child Health The UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) is an academic department of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1946 and together ...

UCL Institute of Neurology The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. Together with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, an ...

* UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine *

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, United Kingdom. The institute conducts research and post-graduate teaching in the area of ophthal ...

* UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science *

UCL Wolfson Institute The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL is an academic department of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of University College London located in London, United Kingdom. The Institute is situated in the Cruciform Building, formerly t ...

for Biomedical Research at UCL *

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(NIMR) UCL Medical School forms part of the UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences, together with the Division of Medicine, Division of Infection and Immunity, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL Cancer Institute,

and

Rankings

In the 2022, '' QS World University Rankings by Subject'' UCL was ranked 7th in the world (3rd in Europe, 1st in London) for Medicine. In the 2022 '' Academic Ranking of World Universities'' subject tables, UCL was ranked 16th in the world (and 4th in Europe) for Clinical Medicine.

Student societies

All students at UCL Medical School are also members of The Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students’ Association (RUMS MSA) - a student-led organisation that is independent of UCL Medical School. RUMS has a proud and illustrious past having been formed in the wake of the merger between the three constituent medical schools in 1998. Its predecessor, The Middlesex Hospital Medical Society is reportedly the oldest student society in England having been formed in 1774. Since its formation in 1998 RUMS
RUMS
has gone from strength to strength and now provides social events, sports teams, societies, welfare services and representation to the 1200 or so medical students at UCL Medical School. In 2011, UCLU Medical Society was established separate from RUMS MSA to provide careers advice and peer teaching for medical students, as well as special interest events. These events can be centrally organised or by various subdivisions or "sections" within the society ranging from those devoted to medical specialities such as Paediatrics or General Practice to Medical Leadership & Management and Global Health. Since 2012, one of the most popular sections of UCLU Medical Society has been UCLU Med Soc Education, which provides

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and near-peer teaching events, run by medical students for other medical students. The novelty of this section is their collaboration with the medical school faculty to ensure quality and validity of the student-produced material and student-led teaching on offer.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of UCL Medical School and its predecessor institutions include: *

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, Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the

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* Josephine Barnes, championed the cause of women's health throughout her illustrious career. First female president of the British Medical Association in 1979 *

Herbert Barrie Herbert Barrie (9 October 1927 – 20 March 2017), was a British consultant paediatrician and a leading figure in neonatology. He was a pioneer in the emerging specialty of paediatrics and neonatal medicine; and he developed one of the first ne ...

, neonatologist * Charles Bolton, appointed

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(CBE) *

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, pioneer of

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* Michael Brown, former

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* George Budd, physician after who Budd-Chiari Syndrome is named after * Walter Carr, physician and surgeon * G. Marius Clore FRS, Member of the

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, molecular biophysicist and structural biologist known for foundational work in three-dimensional protein and nucleic acid structure determination by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. *

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, physician who pioneered randomised controlled studies and after whom The Cochrane Library is named. * Leslie Collier, virologist who helped to create the first heat stable smallpox vaccine key in the eventual eradication of the disease. *

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, child psychiatrist * Jane Dacre, former President of the

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(2014–2018), only the third female President in its nearly 500-year history *

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, leading expert on auto-immune diseases *

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, director of the

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, Clinical Professor in Medicine at the

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, comparative anatomist and 2nd director of the

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. *

Eva Frommer Eva Ann Frommer (6 September 1927 – 8 August 2004) was a German-born British consultant child psychiatrist, working at St Thomas' Hospital in South London. Her specialism was to apply the arts and eurythmy to the treatment of pre-school chil ...

. Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, child psychiatrist and pioneer of arts therapies in hospital, for children. *

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, physician who linked raised urate levels in the blood as the cause of gout *

Clare Gerada Dame Clare Mary Louise Francis Gerada, Lady Wessely, (born November 1959) is a London-based general practitioner who is President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and a former chairperson of the RCGP Council (2010–2013) ...

, former Chair of the

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(2010–13), the first female Chair for 50 years * Alan Powell Goffe, pathologist whose research contributed to the development of the polio and measles vaccines *

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, academic and science writer *

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, Professor of Public Health,

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(1925–2012), general practitioner and broadcaster * Gillian Hanson, intensive care specialist *

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, neurologist who co-authored the first paper which identified pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutation in human disease (in Kearn-Sayre syndrome). *

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, pioneering Neurosurgeon *

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, one of the founders of the

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, physician, politician and leader of the

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on whom

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based his poem If-. * Donald Jeffries, leading expert on

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* Christian Jessen, television presenter *

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, biochemist and writer * Thomas Lewis, cardiologist who was appointed CBE and also knighted. *

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pioneer of anti-septic surgery, who after receiving a bachelor's degree from UCL, trained at UCLH winning several gold medals during his time there Kalman Mann, 8th director general of

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, CBE, DSO & 2 bars, MC, MRCS. Brigadier Royal Army Medical Corps * Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon who was appointed CBE. *

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, soldier who received both the

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and the

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. * Clare Marx, first female president elected at the

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(2014-2017) *

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, consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine and Associate National Clinical Director for Elective Care for NHS England * Michael Mosley, television journalist and presenter * Gladys Miall-Smith, first doctor in

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, father of

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in Britain *

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, medical doctor and journalist * Amanda Ramirez, professor of liaison psychiatry at King's College London *

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, the

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is named after him * Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro, former President of the

(2005–08). Life peer in House of Lords since 2010. * Sydney Ringer, a British clinician, physiologist and pharmacologist, best known for inventing Ringer's solution. *

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, ethnographer * Rosemary Rue, physician and civil servant *

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, thoracic surgeon * Elizabeth Joan Stokes, clinical bacteriologist * Edward Treacher Collins, ophthalmologist and first described

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, rugby union international who represented England (1871–75). *

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, first female president elected at the

(1989-1992) *

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, gynaecologist and obstetrician to

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, physician and medical administrator * R. A. Young, physician and expert on tuberculosis

References

Sources

* ''University College Hospital and Its Medical School: A History'' by W R Merrington (1976)

External links

UCL Medical School official website

Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students Society website

UCL Medical School Clinical Assessment Centre website

UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science
* How British Women Became Doctors: The Story of the Royal Free Hospital and its Medical School - Neil McIntyre/Wenrowave Press 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ucl Medical School Departments of University College London Medical schools in London United Hospitals Education in the London Borough of Camden