Our mission is to improve patient health by developing competent, caring healthcare professionals and specialist biomedical scientists who are life-long learners, driven by scientific enquiry and the desire to serve our society’s evolving healthcare needs. 

The UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science aims to be:

• A leading international Medical School where excellence in teaching is supported by a commitment to research and innovation.
• An academic centre that is recognised for its comprehensive portfolio of high quality programmes for undergraduate and graduate study and which support continuous professional development.
• A School which fosters a critical and scientific attitude to learning and through student-centred teaching ensures that all aspects of our students’ educational needs - clinical, practical and interpersonal skills – are addressed.
• The educator of world class healthcare professionals who meet the expectations and needs of our patients and the community at large through effective communication, consultation and clinical skills.
• Recognised for its cohort of translational research scientists that establish Irish leadership in biomedical, biopharmaceutical and bioengineering.
• A centre which improves healthcare through individual- and multi-investigator-led translational medicine research programmes that apply our scientific and clinical expertise.
• A creator and supporter of innovative healthcare enterprise and spin-out companies that drive significant improvement in healthcare.
• An internationally recognised academic medical centre (Dublin Academic Medical Centre) which, in partnership with Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and St Vincent’s Healthcare Group, will significantly improve the health of our patients and the general population, and provide excellent training to healthcare professionals, by purposefully linking treatment, teaching and research.
• Renowned for our clinical leaders and translational medicine role models who contribute to advances in healthcare and scientific discovery.
• Recognised for the commitment to life-long learning by, and ongoing connectivity with our graduates in Ireland and throughout the world.
• A supporter of multi-disciplinary healthcare in conjunction with other UCD Health Science Schools in the health sciences domain and encourage continued collaboration with other Irish Medical Schools.