Sheffield Medical School

University of Sheffield
Medical School
Coat of arms[1]
MottoLatin: Ars longa vita brevis
Motto in English
Art is long, life is short
TypeMedical school
Established1828 – Sheffield School of Practical Anatomy and Medicine
Parent institution
University of Sheffield
DeanChris Newman[2]
Head of FacultyAshley Blom[3]
Studentsover 2,000[4]
Location
Sheffield
,
South Yorkshire
,
England

53°22′41″N 1°29′35″W / 53.378°N 1.493°W / 53.378; -1.493
Websitesheffield.ac.uk/medicine

The University of Sheffield Medical School is a medical school based at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school traces its history back to at least 1828. It operated independently until its merger with Firth College and Sheffield Technical School in 1897, and is now an integral part of Sheffield's Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health.

The medical school consists of four academic and research departments, which are Academic Unit of Medical Education; Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease; Neuroscience; and Oncology and Metabolism,[5] and is active in three fields of medicine: teaching, researching and practising.

Sheffield was ranked 12th in the UK in clinical, pre-clinical and health in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.[6] As of 2020, its five-year MBChB programme admits 273 home students and a further 18 overseas students per year.[7] It is a founding member of the UCAT consortium[8] and one of 32 bodies entitled by the General Medical Council to award medical degrees in the UK.[9]

  1. ^ "May 2004 Newsletter (No. 1)". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. College of Arms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ Chris Newman
  3. ^ Ashley Blom
  4. ^ "About". Sheffield MedSoc. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ "The Medical School". The University of Sheffield. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ "World University Rankings 2020 by subject: clinical, pre-clinical and health". Times Higher Education. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Medicine admissions 2020". The University of Sheffield. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Undergraduate prospectus 2021". The University of Sheffield. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ^ "General Medical Council". gmc-uk.org. Retrieved 1 August 2010.