Imperial College School Of Medicine

Imperial College School of Medicine is the medical school of Imperial College London in England, and one of the United Hospitals. The School was formed in through the merger of several historic medical schools, and has core campuses at South Kensington, St Mary's Hospital, London, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The School is ranked fifth in the world and third in the UK in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is ranked 8th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2014 and 3rd in the UK by the 2017 Complete University Guide. It was ranked 2nd in the UK for research in the latest RAE in 2008, behind the University of Edinburgh Medical School. The School is especially known for its heart and lung transplant surgery skills led by Sir Magdi Yacoub, rheumatology treatments by Sir Marc Feldmann, and recent robot-assisted surgery techniques by world leading surgeon Lord Darzi. The School receives well over 2000 applications, interviews 600, accepts 400 and matriculates 277 each year. It has an acceptance rate of 20% and a matriculation rate of 69% . HistoryImperial College London first gained a medical school by merger with St Mary's Medical School in 1988. The current School of Medicine was formed in 1997 by the merger of St Mary's Medical School with Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (formerly Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and Westminster Hospital Medical School), the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the National Heart and Lung Institute.

Imperial College School of Medicine is the medical school of Imperial College London in England, and one of the United Hospitals. The School was formed in through the merger of several historic medical schools, and has core campuses at South Kensington, St Mary's Hospital, London, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The School is ranked fifth in the world and third in the UK in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is ranked 8th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2014 and 3rd in the UK by the 2017 Complete University Guide. It was ranked 2nd in the UK for research in the latest RAE in 2008, behind the University of Edinburgh Medical School. The School is especially known for its heart and lung transplant surgery skills led by Sir Magdi Yacoub, rheumatology treatments by Sir Marc Feldmann, and recent robot-assisted surgery techniques by world leading surgeon Lord Darzi. The School receives well over 2000 applications, interviews 600, accepts 400 and matriculates 277 each year. It has an acceptance rate of 20% and a matriculation rate of 69% . HistoryImperial College London first gained a medical school by merger with St Mary's Medical School in 1988. The current School of Medicine was formed in 1997 by the merger of St Mary's Medical School with Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (formerly Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and Westminster Hospital Medical School), the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the National Heart and Lung Institute.