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Events and open days

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Medical Sciences Campus Tours

UCL Medical Sciences are based across a number of sites across London. Come and explore our buildings and facilities at the Bloomsbury campus in central London with a 60-minute Medical Sciences Tour.

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Undergraduate Open Days and Taster Sessions

Join us online for a taster session with our tutors and students this autumn. We’re also hosting on-campus tours, events and virtual open events run year-round.

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Graduate Open Events

With a medical sciences postgraduate degree from UCL, you’ll be ready to make your mark. Find out what studying with us is like by attending a virtual open day. Register for an event below.

News

UCL strengthens research links during Qatar visit
UCL strengthens research links during Qatar visit

UCL strengthens research links during Qatar visit

UCL has begun a new collaborative partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation following a recent visit to Qatar by a delegation from UCL’s Division of Medicine.

16 Jan 2026

UCL Eastman academic awarded Royal Society grant
UCL Eastman academic awarded Royal Society grant

UCL Eastman academic awarded Royal Society grant

Dr Linh Nguyen has received a Royal Society International Exchanges 2025 Cost Share Award to support a two-year collaboration on sustainable injectable biomaterials for dental bone regeneration.

14 Jan 2026

HBV/HIV co-infection linked to stronger immune responses than HBV alone
HBV/HIV co-infection linked to stronger immune responses than HBV alone

HBV/HIV co-infection linked to stronger immune responses than HBV alone

Contrary to long-held assumptions, new UCL-led research shows people with both hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV can maintain strong immune responses to hepatitis B when it is treated with antivirals.

22 Dec 2025

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About

We're at the forefront of innovation and research in the medical sciences. Our research leaders and dedicated NHS-based teachers provide our students with the highest quality education and training.

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Our history

University College London has been advancing medical education since 1834. Discover more about the history of our faculty and our major achievements.

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Fellowship opportunities

There are a range of fellowship options designed to support the highest calibre early career researchers to establish their careers and become research leaders of the future.

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Innovation and enterprise

We work with commercial and industry partners to make major breakthroughs and help organisations to innovate.

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Day in the life

Get an authentic sense of life at UCL by following a day in the life of some of our medical science students.

Services in the Medical Sciences

National Amyloidosis Centre
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National Amyloidosis Centre

The NHS National Amyloidosis Centre offers diagnosis, staging, monitoring, and management advice for amyloidosis patients. We conduct with clinics via phone, video, or in person.

Tissue Access for Patient Benefit
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Tissue Access for Patient Benefit

We facilitate access, storage, use and transfer of human organs, cells, and tissue between clinical centres at UCL, academic groups, universities, hospitals, medical researchers, and biotech firms.

Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC)
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Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC)

We build meaningful international partnerships with both new and established institutions and organisations to share knowledge across the medical education landscape.

Got questions? Get in touch.

Contact us if you have any questions about the UCL Faculty of Medical Science.

UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences

Click to email. fms.education@ucl.ac.uk