Yale School of Medicine

Yale School of Medicine
Coat of arms
TypePrivate medical school
Established1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Parent institution
Yale University
DeanNancy J. Brown
Academic staff
5,166[1]
Students1,977[1]
Location
New Haven
,
Connecticut
,
United States
Websitemedicine.yale.edu

The Yale School of Medicine is the medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813.[2]

The primary teaching hospital for the school is Yale New Haven Hospital. The school is home to the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, one of the largest modern medical libraries which is known for its historical collections. The faculty includes 70 National Academy of Sciences members, 47 National Academy of Medicine members, and 13 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.[1]

For the class of 2022, the school received 4,968 applications to fill 104 seats. The median GPA for the class was 3.89, and the median MCAT was 521.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Facts and Figures 2018-19" (PDF). Yale School of Medicine. Yale University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "About Yale School of Medicine". Yale School of Medicine. Yale University. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures 2018-2019" (PDF). Medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 29 June 2019.[permanent dead link‍]