UCD School of Medicine

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UCD School of Medicine
Type Medical school
Established1854;170 years ago (1854) (as Catholic University Medical School) [1]
Dean Professor Michael Keane
Administrative staff
165 [2]
Undergraduates 2,154 [1]
Postgraduates 699 [1]
194 [1]
Location,
Campus Belfield, Dublin
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
St. Vincent's University Hospital
Affiliations Universitas 21
Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group
International Association of Universities
Worldwide Universities Network [3]
Website Official website

The UCD School of Medicine (Scoil an Leighis UCD) at University College Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 1854. [1] At undergraduate level, the school offers programmes in Medicine MB BCh BAO (undergraduate and graduate entry), BSc Biomedical Health and Life Sciences, and the BSc Radiography. [1] At graduate level, the school UCD offers over 40 programmes for health care professionals. [1]

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Health Sciences building, Belfield campus, UCD. UCDhealthScience.jpg
Health Sciences building, Belfield campus, UCD.
The Conway Institute, Belfield campus, UCD. ConwayInstitute.jpg
The Conway Institute, Belfield campus, UCD.

History

The Catholic University Medical School was founded in 1854 and in 1908 it became the medical faculty of UCD. [1] After 75 years at its original location on Cecilia Street, it moved to Earlsfort Terrace. [4] In 2007 UCD moved again, to Belfield campus. [4] The Health Science building sits adjacent to the Conway Institute (a biomedical and biomolecular research centre), Ireland's Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, and the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology. The UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory is also located on the Belfield campus. [2]

The University College Dublin degree in Radiography is the oldest in Europe with the first graduates being conferred in 1994. It is the only Diagnostic Imaging Programme in the Republic of Ireland.

Medical school curriculum

A pre-medicine year is completed by approximately 85% of undergraduate entry students. Thereafter, undergraduate entry medical students embark upon a three-year pre-clinical programme, followed by their final two years of clinical training in one of the affiliated teaching hospitals, either St. Vincent’s University Hospital or the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. [2] [5] [6] Graduate entry medical students study a 2-year-pre-clinical programme and study the final two years in the affiliated hospitals. [2] Both graduate and undergraduate students complete specialist training rotations at The National Maternity Hospital, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, and Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street. [2] Upon graduation students are awarded bachelor's degrees in medicine, surgery and obstetrics.

In September 2005 there was a restructuring of the medical programme in the systems-based model, as part of a university wide implementation.

UCD has connections with several prestigious North American institutions, allowing medical students to participate in funded electives at Harvard Medical School, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. [7] The medical school also has a twinning medical programme with the RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus. [8]

Admissions and rankings

National

In 2020, of the five medical schools offering medical degrees to undergraduates in the Republic of Ireland, UCD had the highest required CAO points to gain entry, at 737. [9] In 2021 points required for undergraduate entry into UCD Medicine rose from 737 to 743, tied with Trinity for the highest requirement. [10] Likewise in 2022, UCD once again was tied with Trinity for highest required CAO points at 743, to study medicine in Ireland. [11] In 2023 the points requirement for UCD medicine was 736, making it the second highest points requirement behind Trinity at 741. [12]

International

In the subject listed as "Medicine", the 2023 QS World University Rankings gave University College Dublin a ranking of 151–200. [13] The US News 2022 "Best Global Universities for Clinical Medicine" rankings gave UCD a position of 228 among 1,000 schools scored, the highest among Irish schools. [14] [15]

For American applicants who wish to enter the four-year graduate entry medical program, the minimum GPA required from a completed undergraduate degree program is 3.0 and the MCAT must be a 503 or higher. [2]

Global graduate destinations

UCD students have secured residencies at (but not limited to) the following training programmes: [3] [16]

Notable alumni

Notable UCD alumni and former students of the School of Medicine include:

List of deans

Below is a list of the deans of the UCD School of Medicine, Cecilia Street School of Medicine and the Catholic University Medical School: [34]

Deans
No.NameYears
1Ambrose Birmingham (Registrar)1890–1905
2Francis John Boxwell Quinlan1889–1890
3Christopher Nixon1900–1905
4 Denis Coffey 1905–1908
5Edward Patrick McLoughlin1909–1941
6James Malachy O'Connor1941–1956
7John A. McGrath1956–1957
8Edward Keenan1957–1962
9Thomas Murphy1962–1964
10Denis K. Donovan1965–1973
11 Patrick Meenan 1973–1985
12Geoffrey Bourke1985–1991
13Ronan O'Regan1991–2000
14Muiris Fitzgerald2000–2006
15William Powderly2006–2013
16Patrick Murray2013–2018
17Michael Keane2018–present

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