Sheffield Medical School

Coordinates: 53°22′41″N 1°29′35″W / 53.378°N 1.493°W / 53.378; -1.493

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Type	Medical school
Established	1828
Location	Sheffield, England
Affiliations	University of Sheffield Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Website	http://www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/

The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sheffield is a medical school active in three fields of medicine: teaching, researching and practising.

1830 engraving of Surrey Street in Sheffield. The School of Medicine is on the right of the image.

The medical school was founded in 1828. The school operated independently as the Sheffield School of Medicine until its mergers with Firth College in 1879 and with Sheffield Technical School in 1884.^[1] In 1897 the schools were renamed University College Sheffield.

The University of Sheffield Medical School is one of 32 bodies entitled by the General Medical Council (GMC) to award medical degrees in the United Kingdom. The GMC is the body responsible for registering doctors to practise medicine as well as regulating medical education and training in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Applying for a place to study Medicine at Sheffield is competitive. As of 2013 the medical school admits some 214 home students and a further 23 overseas students per year.^[3] For entry in 2013 the school received over 3,000 applications.^[4]

Research

The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, part of which is the main building of the Medical School.

The school's research focuses in seven areas, cardiovascular science; endocrinology and reproduction; infection, inflammation and immunity; musculoskeletal science; neuroscience; oncology; and primary care and ageing.^[5]

The school has been associated with a number of notable medical discoveries.^[1] In the 1920s, Edward Mellanby's studies on rickets established that cod liver oil prevented the disease, which helped lead to its eradication. In the 1930s, Cecil Payne became the first to use Penicillin to effect a cure. Also in the 1930s, Sir Hans Krebs made significant advancements in the study of cellular energy, codifying his observations in the Krebs Cycle, for which work he received a Nobel Prize in 1953.

References

1 2 Sheffield Medical School. "History and Background". shef.ac.uk/medicine. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
↑ "www.gmc-uk.org General Medical Council". gmc-uk.org. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
↑ "www.ukmedicalschools.com UK Medical School Statistics". ukmedicalschools.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
↑ http://www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/prospective_ug/applying
↑ Sheffield Medical School. "Research". shef.ac.uk/medicine. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

Medical schools in the United Kingdom

Medical education in the United Kingdom

England

London	Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Imperial College School of Medicine King's College London School of Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine St George's, University of London UCL Medical School

Midlands	Aston Medical School University of Birmingham Medical School Keele University School of Medicine Leicester Medical School University of Nottingham Medical School Warwick Medical School

North	Durham University School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health¹ Hull York Medical School Lancaster Medical School Leeds Medical School Liverpool Medical School Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Manchester Medical School Newcastle University Medical School Sheffield Medical School

South	Brighton and Sussex Medical School Bristol Medical School University of Cambridge Medical School University of Exeter Medical School Norwich Medical School Oxford University Medical School Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry Southampton Medical School

Northern Ireland

Queen's University Belfast Medical School

Scotland

Wales

Overseas Territories

Saint James School of Medicine - Anguilla
St. Matthew's University - Cayman Islands
University of Science, Arts and Technology - Montserrat

¹In conjunction with Newcastle, 2 year pre-clinical course only
²Pre-clinical course only

Category
List (historical)

University of Sheffield

People	Chancellor: Lady Justice Rafferty Vice-Chancellor: Sir Keith Burnett Academics Alumni Associates

Schools and research	Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism Management School Medical School School of Architecture Sheffield iSchool Sheffield Software Engineering Observatory

Buildings	Alfred Denny Building Arts Tower Drama Studio Firth Court Goodwin Sports Centre Hicks Building Information Commons Octagon Centre Sheffield Bioincubator Sir Frederick Mappin Building St George's Church, Portobello Turner Museum of Glass University House

Student life	Students' Union Bummit Endcliffe Student Village Film Unit Forge Press Forge Radio Orienteering Club Student housing Twikker

Affiliates	Russell Group CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield N8 Research Partnership White Rose University Consortium

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