List of medical schools in Ireland

There are seven medical schools in Ireland from which students can obtain a medical degree, including six schools in the Republic of Ireland and one school in Northern Ireland. Medical schools in the Republic of Ireland are accredited by the Medical Council, while Northern Ireland is regulated by the General Medical Council. All schools except University of Limerick Medical School offer undergraduate courses in medicine.

Republic of Ireland

Name	City	Established	Comments	Degree awarded	Ref.
National University of Ireland, Galway School of Medicine	Galway	1845	Medicine was one of the original founding Faculties of the University.	MB BCh BAO	[1]
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine	Dublin	1784	RCSI is the only independent, not-for-profit medical school in Ireland. Medical qualifications are awarded jointly by the National University of Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which has independent degree awarding status.	MB BCh BAO LRCP&SI	[2]
Trinity College, Dublin School of Medicine	Dublin	1711	Medicine was taught at Trinity College Dublin in some form since at least the early 1600s, but it was not until 1711 that the School of Medicine was officially founded.	BA MB BCh BAO	[3]
University College Cork School of Medicine	Cork	1849	The first intake to the medical school was 20 students. At the time, the primary medical degree was an MD.	MB BCh BAO	[4]
University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science	Dublin	1854	The Medical School was originally part of the Catholic University, based in Dublin City Centre.	MB BCh BAO	[5]
University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School	Limerick	2007	University of Limerick is the only medical school in Ireland based on Problem-Based Learning. It does not offer medical degrees to undergraduates.	BM BS	[6]

Northern Ireland

Name	City	Established	Comment	Degree awarded	Ref.
Queen's University Belfast School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences	Belfast	1821	Only United Kingdom medical school to award graduates Bachelor of Obstetrics (BAO) degree.	MB BCh BAO	[7]

See also

• List of medical schools in the United Kingdom

References

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2. "About RCSI - Royal College Surgeons in Ireland". rcsi.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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4. "About Us - University College Cork (UCC)". ucc.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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7. "Queen's University Belfast > About Us". Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 2007-08-20.