Welcome to UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science
UCD offers the largest number of places in Medicine in Ireland as well as the only training in Diagnostic radiography through our program in Diagnostic Imaging. At our School, we aim to produce competent, caring, scientific doctors and radiographers who are life-long learners and who can respond to the ever-changing needs of the community and the constant evolution of medical science and technology.
The School has a long tradition of excellence, dating its foundation back to the original days of UCD in 1854. Through our partner teaching hospitals we have clinical programs in six major Dublin teaching hospitals, the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St. Vincent's University Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, the Coombe Women's Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children and the Children's University Hospital at Temple Street. In addition, clinical training is also provided at a number of other affiliated hospitals and health care facilities around the country, including Midlands Regional Hospital - Tullamore, Wexford General Hospital, St. Colmcille's Hospital Loughlinstown, National Rehabilitation Hospital, and most recently Mount Carmel. We also have an extensive primary care clinical training network. Students have access to the latest knowledge and discoveries and gain excellent clinical experience at these sites.
The School offers bachelor degree, postgraduate and higher degree programs and undertakes an important research role in a variety of disciplines across the many sites that make up the School. The School in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is also involved in a twinning arrangement which has set up a clinical medical school, Penang Medical College in Malaysia.
Our research spans from fundamental biology through translational research to population and clinical research, with an emphasis on research that can be translated into improvements in human health and well-being. Many faculty members in the School are active investigators in the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and collaborate with other biomedical investigators as part of the Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre.
We, at UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, are proud of the tradition that has led to world-wide recognition our graduates in medicine and radiography and look forward to continuing this commitment to excellence with our current and future students.
I invite you to explore our website to find out more.
Professor William Powderly
Head of School
UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science
