Imperial College School of Medicine

Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School
Established	1984 as a combined institution; (1834 as separate medical schools)
Location	London, England
University	University of London
Dean	Prof Stephen Smith
Staff
Undergraduates	circa 1,800
Website	http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine

The Imperial College School of Medicine is the medical school of Imperial College London in England. The Faculty was established in 1997, bringing together all the major West London medical schools into one world-class institution. It incorporates the old St Mary's Hospital Medical School, the National Heart and Lung Institute, and the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School.

The Faculty is one of Europe's largest medical institutions - in terms of its staff and student population and its research income. Over 700 Faculty members are active in research, with an annual research income approaching £100 million. It houses many centres of excellence, including the National Heart And Lung Institute, a centre for excellence for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

The Faculty takes more than 300 medical undergraduates a year for a six year course, and has over 1,500 postgraduate students. [1]

Its main teaching campuses include:

• South Kensington (which is the location of the main campus of the parent institution, Imperial College London)
• Charing Cross Hospital
• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• St Marys Hospital
• Hammersmith Hospital

Joint research projects with other faculties include initiatives in imaging technology, tissue engineering, bioinformatics and structural biology.

It was ranked the country's top medical school by The Guardian in 2005, and ranked fourth among medical schools globally by the THES in 2005.

External links

• Official site