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UCL Medical School

UCL is the perfect place for you to further your medical education career. 

We’re acknowledged as a world leader, and you’ll benefit from our excellence in teaching and research, outstanding facilities, and the superior career prospects for our students. These factors help determine our rankings: we’re the ninth-placed university in the world and were named University of the Year 2024. For studying medicine, we’re rated sixth globally and first in London. We’re also seventh in the world for clinical and health subjects. 


You’ll be studying in an inspirational environment, famed for its pioneers. We’re responsible for revolutionising medicine. We have been educating scientists and clinicians since 1834, who have made discoveries in hormones, the immune system, and auto-immune disease. There are 30 Nobel Prize laureates among UCL’s alumni and current and former staff. Six former students and staff from UCL Medical Sciences have been awarded Nobel Prizes. 

You can change the world with us. Our research is remarkable. We are first in the UK for research power in life and medical sciences. We carry out pioneering studies into cancer, COVID-19, surgery and genetics. Working with esteemed partners in the NHS, pharmaceutical giants and ingenious tech companies, we ensure our research directly benefits patients. We’re a uniquely multidisciplinary university and this drives our innovation. With the expertise from within the faculty and across UCL, we work to solve the toughest healthcare challenges. 

Our educators are also at the very top of their fields, and you’ll be inspired by them and our progressive pedagogical approach. Our stimulating and flexible degree programmes are taught using a variety of learning methods as well as the latest technology. 

At UCL Medical Sciences, we nurture scientifically informed, socially responsible professionals. We are a home for the curious and compassionate, where you’ll be challenged and supported. Join us and you’ll belong to a community striving to meet healthcare problems head on, which cares for people and saves lives.

Sources: UCL is 9th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024); University of the Year 2024 (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide); UCL is 6th in the world for Medicine and No. 1 in London (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023); 7th in the world for ‘Clinical and Health’ (THE World University subject rankings); Top in the UK for research power in Life and Medical Sciences (Research Excellence Framework 2021); UCL is ranked as the best university in London, 3rd in the UK and 20th in the world for graduate employability (2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings).

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