Cardiff University School of Medicine
Medical school in Cardiff, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cardiff University School of Medicine (Welsh: Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd) is the medical school of Cardiff University and is located in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Founded in 1893 as part of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, it is the oldest of the three medical schools in Wales.
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Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd | |
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Type | Medical school |
Established | 1893; 131 years ago (1893) |
Dean | Acting Head Professor Rachel Errington |
Academic staff | 638 |
Undergraduates | 1000 |
Postgraduates | 1100 |
Location | , |
Affiliations | Cardiff University |
Website | medicine |
It is one of the largest medical schools in the United Kingdom, employing nearly 600 academic and 450 support staff; and with over 1000 undergraduate and 1100 postgraduate students enrolled on medical and scientific courses. The school has an annual financial turnover of over £50 million, of which nearly half comes from competitive external research funding. The school is based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. It offers extensive undergraduate and innovative postgraduate programs in teaching and research across the Centre for Medical Education and divisions such as Cancer and Genetics, Infection and Immunity, Population Medicine, and Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences. According to the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), 92% of the school's research activity is world-leading or internationally excellent.[1] Committed to excellence, innovation, and inclusivity, the school recently received a prestigious Athena SWAN Silver Award for its commitment to gender equality.