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University of Aberdeen, Scotland The University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, is Scotland's third oldest and the fifth oldest in the UK. Aberdeen is an international university built on serving one of the most dynamic regions of Europe. With over 13,000 students, and over 3000 staff, Aberdeen is at the forefront of teaching and research in medicine, the humanities and sciences. Aberdeen has invested heavily in medical research, where time and again University staff have demonstrated their skills as world leaders in their field. The custom-built Institute of Medical Sciences, completed in 2002, was designed to provide state-of-the-art facilities for medical researchers and their students.
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University of Dundee, Scotland The University of Dundee became an independent university in 1967 after a 70 years relationship with the University of St Andrews - now a key partner. The Sunday Times University Guide named the University of Dundee Scottish University of the Year 2004. Dundee is growing fast in both size and reputation. Broadly-based, it has performed extremely well in both teaching and research assessment exercises, has spawned a range of spin-out companies to exploit its research and has a model wider-access programme. Distance learning - especially in medical related areas - is burgeoning right across the world and now accounts for one in six students. An ambitious project to explore the creation of an international virtual medical school involving all five Scottish medical schools is led by Dundee. Dundee received the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for higher education institutions in 1998, has three of the 20 most cited scientists in the UK - the only Scottish university included - and three "biomedical" knights.
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University of Edinburgh, Scotland The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583, making it one of Scotland’s ancient universities. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1726. As a result of a period of active curriculum development in medicine, beginning in 1996, Edinburgh can truly claim to provide a modern, high quality medical educational experience. Clinical education is delivered in partnership with the National Health Service; the University and the NHS work together to maintain the strong tradition of excellent clinical teaching in Edinburgh and to provide quality patient care to the population of Scotland. In addition, the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine hosts teams who carry out world-class research. The teams working in hospital-based clinical subjects and veterinary science received the very highest ratings in the national research assessment exercise in 2001. Students have the opportunity to work with these teams on project work and to make links and develop interests which are often pursued after graduation.
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University of Glasgow, Scotland The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451. Today, Glasgow is a member of the Russell Group of major research-led universities and a founder member of Universitas 21, an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting world-wide standards for higher education. Glasgow has one of the largest research bases in the UK, with an annual income from research grants and contracts of over £77M in 2002-03, over 3,400 researchers including academic staff, research staff and research students.
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Keele University, England Keele is the UK's largest integrated campus university and occupies a 617 acre estate, with Grade II registration by English Heritage, the central feature of which is 19th century Keele Hall. The University is located in North Staffordshire, in a central location between Birmingham and Manchester, and has good road and rail links. The School of Medicine was created in September 2001 as a further development of the School of Postgraduate Medicine, which had been established in 1978. The School is part of the Faculty of Health which includes the School of Health and Rehabilitation, the School of Pharmacy and the School of Nursing & Midwifery. As part of a collaborative agreement with Manchester Medical School, the first cohort of 50 undergraduate medical students commenced their study at Manchester University and moved to Keele and North Staffordshire for their three clinical years on 9th September 2002. A small group of students from IMU were amongst that first cohort, and have now successfully graduated and are undertaking their foundation year training in the UK. In 2003, the first cohort of students to study all five years of undergraduate medicine at Keele, commenced their course. This is part of a gradual move towards a free-standing School of Medicine at Keele, and this will be taken further as the new Keele medical curriculum commences in September 2007. Until 2012, successful medical students at Keele will graduate with an MB ChB degree which is validated by Manchester University.
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University of Leeds, England Founded in 1904, the University of Leeds has played a leading part in the development of modern higher education in UK. As well as continually strengthening core academic disciplines, Leeds has also developed distinctive areas of specialist expertise in rarer subjects such as Colour Chemistry and Fire Science. Leeds is now among the top ten universities for research in the UK and is internationally acknowledged as a centre of excellence in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines. Its broad research and skills base and superb facilities attract interest from major multinationals and small local businesses alike. Many of its research initiatives cross traditional subject boundaries and Leeds currently promotes projects through 58 inter-disciplinary centres and seven research schools.
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University of Leicester, England A University College was established in Leicester in 1921 and the independent University of Leicester was created by Royal Charter in 1957. The University celebrated its 80th Anniversary in the academic year 2001-2002. The University has a broad academic base that delivers high quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education. The discovery of DNA Genetic Fingerprinting and pioneering space exploration are the University most famous achievements. The University’s Division of Medicine for the Elderly received funding for three national pioneering studies on blood pressure and strokes that are coordinated at the University. The grants represent a great achievement for Leicester which now leads the field in this area and the results of Leicester research will significantly alter the management of stroke patients worldwide.
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University of Liverpool, England The University of Liverpool was one of the first civic universities, founded in 1881 with the establishment of University College Liverpool. Liverpool is renowned for the high proportion of its teaching and research that relates to the professions, including Accountancy, Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Planning and Veterinary Science. This distinctiveness is combined with considerable strengths in every principal area of study in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Research is vital to the university, keeping staff at the cutting edge of knowledge and students are constantly informed of new developments. Liverpool is associated with no less than 8 Nobel Prize winners, including Sir Ronald Ross (1902), who discovered that mosquitoes spread malaria, and Professor R R Porter (1972), for his work on the structure of antibodies.
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University of Manchester, England The University of Manchester has its origins in Owens College, which was established in 1851. The College was granted a Royal Charter in April 1880 as the Victoria University, a federal institution which established colleges in Leeds and Liverpool. These colleges were granted their independence in 1903 becoming the Universities of Leeds and Liverpool respectively, and creating the Victoria University of Manchester. The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy is one of the largest in Europe, set in the heart of the thriving city of Manchester and known for over 200 years for its innovative teaching and extensive research. Although centred around the University, teaching and research is spread over a wide area of Manchester with links to Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Marys, Hope, Wythenshawe, Christie, North Manchester General, Stepping Hill and Tameside General Hospitals, Preston Royal Hospital, Chorley Hospital, North Staffordshire, Booth Hall and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospitals and local community NHS.
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Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland For more than 150 years, Queen’s has combined innovation and excellence in teaching and research with its role of serving the local community. Today, Queen’s is a top 20 United Kingdom University for teaching quality and research power and the premier research university in Ireland. It is also first for teaching quality and third for research among the 15 most popular universities for students from Northern Ireland. Student numbers have multiplied more than 100 times since Queen’s first opened its doors in 1849 with just 195 students. It is now one of the larger universities in the United Kingdom or Ireland, with a full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate population of over 22,000. More than ninety-nine per cent of its students come from state schools, compared with a national average of 86 per cent, making it one of the most socially inclusive research-led universities in the United Kingdom.
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University of Southampton, England The University of Southampton is one of the top 10 research-led universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities. Southampton offers first-rate opportunities and facilities for study and research, and a stimulating working environment. Southampton works closely with business and industry and has a strong enterprise agenda. The University of Southampton currently has nearly 20,000 students and 5,000 staff based across several campuses in Southampton and Winchester.
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St. George’s University of London, England St. George’s University of London is special. It is now the only independent medical school in the United Kingdom, although, it remains steadfastly part of the confederation of colleges that constitute the University of London. On St. George’s main campus is sharing a site with St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the busiest hospitals in the NHS. This unique combination of a supportive learning environment and a wealth of clinical experience may be one reason why the school is so popular. In the last external assessment of our teaching quality the school gained an excellent score of 23 out of 24 in the Quality Assurance Agency’s inspection of medicine - the highest score of any London Medical School. ‘Excellent’ scores were also obtained for Physiotherapy, Radiography and Nursing. In clinical practice St George works closely with the National Health Service both locally and throughout the country and make full use of the interdisciplinary and multi-professional opportunities that they have developed. St. George is totally committed to the principle that high quality education and clinical practice must be backed by a sound and innovative research culture. The institution is extremely active in research and has an especially high reputation in diseases of the heart and circulation and in the science and clinical practice associated with problems of infection and immunity. A new vaccine institute was opened in 1998 by The Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University of London, continuing a history that goes back to Edward Jenner, a student of the school and the man who invented vaccination. Research is also strong in basic medical sciences, particularly cell biology and molecular genetics. St. George research continues to be influential in the fields of medical epidemiology and public health.
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University of Strathclyde, Scotland The University of Strathclyde was founded in 1796 and is Scotland’s third largest, with some 14,000 students from more than 90 countries. The University is recognized as a centre of teaching excellence in Scotland and stands among the best in the world. Its pharmacy course is noted for its progressive and innovative curriculum. The overall quality of educational provision in pharmacy at the University of Strathclyde has been judged “excellent” by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. The particular strengths of the School were considered to be the academic environment; the commitment and motivation of teaching staff; the high quality of student-support materials and the commitment to student-centred learning; the clear specification of module aims and objectives; the range of teaching and learning methods employed; and the strong scientific basis of the course. The School of Pharmacy at the University comprises the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology; and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Teaching and research are carried out at the newly-built John Arbuthnott Building. The website for the School of pharmacy is http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/Pharm Sci/pharmacy.htm
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