St George's, University of London

"SGUL" redirects here. SGUL also refers to Scottish Golf Union Limited, the board of the Scottish Golf Union.

St George's, University of London

Established	1733
Type	Public research university
Principal	Peter Kopelman
Students	2,916
Undergraduates	1,916
Postgraduates	1,000
Location	Tooting, United Kingdom
Campus	Urban
Colours	Blue and Blue (Institution)         Green and Gold (Students' Union)
Affiliations	University of London Website	http://www.sgul.ac.uk/

St George's, University of London (legal name St George's Hospital Medical School, informally St George's or SGUL)^[1] is a

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• St George's, University of London website
• St George's Students' Union website
• Lists of St George's, University of London students
• Lists of St George's, University of London military personnel, 1914-1918

External links

References

• Peter Kopelman (2008 to present)
• Michael Farthing (2003 to 2007)
• Sir Robert Boyd (1996 to 2003)
• Sir William Asscher (1988 to 1996)
• Richard J West (1982 to 1987)
• Robert Lowe (1971 to 1982)
• Alastair Hunter (1956 to 1971)

Michael Farthing, the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex.

Principals

• Joseph Adams (1756–1818), British physician and surgeon
• Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease
• Walter Butler Cheadle (1836–1910), English paediatrician
• Sir John William Fisher (1788–1876), British surgeon
• Henry Gray FRS (1827–1861), English anatomist and surgeon most notable for publishing the book Gray's Anatomy
• Harry Hill (1964- ), English BAFTA-winning comedian, author and television presenter
• John Hunter (1728–1793), Scottish surgeon
• Mike Stroud (1955-), English physician and eminent explorer
• William Hunter (1718–1783), Scottish anatomist and physician
• Edward Jenner FRS (1749–1823), English scientist and the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine
• Henry Bence Jones (1813-1873), English physician, described Bence Jones protein
• Francis Laking (1847-1914), Surgeon-Apothecary to Queen Victoria, Physician in Ordinary to King Edward VII and George V
• Christine Lee, Emeritus Professor of Haemophilia in the University of London
• Keith McCarthy (1960- ), Writer of crime fiction
• FRS (1751–1858), physician, chemist and early advocate of Jenner's cowpox vaccination
• Paul Sinha (1970- ), Stand-up comedian
• Patrick Christopher Steptoe (1913–1988), British obstetrician, gynaecologist and pioneer of fertility treatment. Responsible for developing in vitro fertilization
• Sir Francis Darwin - botanist, son of Charles Darwin
• Edward Adrian Wilson (1872–1912), English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist
• Thomas Young (1773–1829), English polymath

Notable alumni of St George's include:

Benjamin Brodie

Edward Jenner

John Hunter

Henry Gray

Notable alumni

Notable people

The university owns one hall of residence, Horton Halls, a large modern site which first opened to new students in late September 2007, replacing St. George's Grove the old hall of residence.

St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863.

Sports

Ops in Surgery is an official society of the Student's Union at St George's. The remit of the society is to encourage and promote surgery as a career, with the aim of helping students to develop an interest in the field of surgery and acquire a set of skills and knowledge that will help them in their future career.

Society logo

Ops in Surgery

The Henry Gray Society is the anatomical society of the Students Union at St George's. The society provides lectures on clinical and surgical anatomy, hosts invited guest lecturers, and holds an annual anatomical art competition. The society aims to promote a strong understanding of human anatomy amongst the student body, especially in a medical, biomedical and health sciences oriented environment like St George's.

Henry Gray Society

St George's enters a team into the British television quiz programme University Challenge each year.

Each new student at St George's is assigned a 'mum' or 'dad' in the year above. These 'parents' act as mentors for the new students, giving them advice about the course, often tutoring them when needed, as well as buying them drinks during Freshers' Week and beyond. Over the years the family expands to include siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents etc., spanning all the years of the various courses.

The Students' Union organises various activities including fancy dress discos and a Rag Week, the annual series of fund-raising events, which in the year 2007-2008 raised around £80,000 for various charities including Cancer Research, Barnardos and Leonard Cheshire. In recent years the Union has become more politically aware and shown greater interest in National Union of Students and British Medical Association activities.

Teaching

St George's offers numerous research and taught postgraduate degrees.^[13]

Outside of the UK, the MBBS4 is also offered in University of Nicosia. The new programme was inaugurated and the first student cohort commenced in Nicosia in September 2011. The programme at the University of Nicosia features international clinical placements in Israel and the USA.^[16]

St George's, in partnership with INTO University Partners, has also formed a joint venture, INTO SGUL, to offer a Foundation in Medical, Biomedical and Health Sciences for international students whose qualifications do not allow direct progression into Bachelors level study in the UK, and a six-year MBBS and a four-year graduate stream MBBS programme specifically for international students, with clinical placements overseas. The first student cohort on each international MBBS programme entered St George's in September 2012.^[15]

In partnership with Kingston University, the joint Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences also offers degrees in physiotherapy, paramedic science, nursing, midwifery, social work and diagnostic or therapeutic radiography, including Breast Imaging Foundation Degree, Midwifery/Registered Midwife for registered nurses BSc (Hons), Midwifery/Registered Midwife BSc (Hons), Nursing/Registered Nurse BSc (Hons), Paramedic Science Foundation Degree, Physiotherapy BSc (Hons), Radiography, Diagnostic BSc (Hons), Radiography, Therapeutic BSc (Hons) and Social Work BA (Hons).^[13][14]

St George's offers foundation and undergraduate degrees at its site in Tooting in medical, biomedical and healthcare sciences, including: Biomedical Science BSc (Hons), Biomedical Science Foundation Degree, Healthcare Practice DipHE and BSc (Hons), Healthcare Practice Foundation Degree, Healthcare Science (Physiological Sciences) BSc (Hons), Medicine (four-year graduate stream) MBBS4, Medicine (five-year) MBBS5, and Medicine (six-year) MBBS6, Physician Associate Studies PgDip.^[13][14]

Courses

There is an on-site sports centre including a sports hall, three squash courts, and weights and fitness rooms.^[13]

Teaching facilities at the campus include clinical skills laboratories and a patient simulator which allows students to practice based on real-life situations including surgical and medical emergencies.^[13] The university library has around 42,000 books and subscribes to around 10,000 journals.^[13]

In 2008, St George's announced that it planned to merge with

Campus

[12].^[13]

Most recently St George's, along with other London medical schools, has been the setting for new television drama Vital Signs.

St George's was also the first institution in the United Kingdom to offer a four-year graduate entry Medicine degree based on the program from Flinders University^[6] with which it has an exchange program. The first intake was in 2000 with 35 students and the course has since been emulated by many other universities. Entry to the course is highly competitive with candidates being required to sit the GAMSAT as part of the application process.

Originally set up in 1733 next to

Hyde Park Corner in 1842

History

As of 2008 St George's Medical School accepted around 100 graduates, 175 undergraduates and 10 students from overseas.^[4] St George's is closely affiliated to United Hospitals.

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