Degree courses from the Division of Surgery
Our innovative bachelor degrees align medicine and surgical practice with disciplines such as business, enterprise, and sports and exercise science.
At master's level, we offer a selection of theoretical and practice-based programmes in areas such as aesthetics, burns, perioperative and regenerative medicine.
You will emerge with the skills to make medical advances and to develop and deliver these successfully, preparing you for competitive job markets.
Medical Business and Innovation degrees
At the Faculty of Medical Sciences, we offer courses that feature business, innovation, or enterprise either within the curriculum or among the transferable skills you will develop as a student.
Sport Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation degrees
We offer courses in Sport, Performing Arts Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation. Join our world-class Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences.
Surgery, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine degrees
We offer a broad range of postgraduate and master’s programmes in aesthetics, burns and plastic surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.
Switch degrees if your interests change
Most of the undergraduate degrees offered by the Faculty of Medical Sciences have a shared first year. This means that you have the option to switch degrees if your interests change.
Our shared first yeariBSc degrees
Our iBSc programmes are intercalated degrees. They are for students who have completed two years of an undergraduate medical programme to build a specialist skill set in any of our available areas. These are delivered by clinical experts and academics undertaking world leading research.
iBSc Sport & Exercise Medicine
An exciting opportunity to study the scientific basis of Sport and Exercise Medicine, the newest medical specialty.
iBSc Surgical Sciences
The Surgical Sciences iBSc introduces surgical skills, surgical practice and research methodology to medical trainees, in a different way to the standard undergraduate curriculum.
Intercalated iBSc degrees
UCL offers a limited number of iBSc places to external students who are currently studying at a UK medical school.
Postgraduate Research in Surgery
Postgraduate Research
Join the next generation of academic surgeons with a research degree. Become part of a unique environment where practitioners from various backgrounds come together to carry out research in surgery.
CPD and Short Courses in Surgery
CPD and Short Courses
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a priority area for our Division. It is important for your own development to keep your knowledge and skills up to date and this is a key facet of CPD.
Why study at UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science?
- We are ranked 8th in the world for Medicine (QS World Rankings by Subject, 2025).
- We are rated first in the UK for research power in life and medical sciences (REF 2021).
- Our students get to be hands-on with world-class facilities, from virtual reality to 3D bio-printing.
- Our top partner hospitals and institutions include UCLH, The Royal Free and the Francis Crick Institute.
- From the NHS to clinical trial companies, our graduates enter professions that match their passions.
- We teach the latest techniques using the most advanced equipment.
What our students say
Student testimonial - Harriet McCaffrey
Physiotherapist Harriet McCaffrey tells us about her experience studying the MSc Pain Management with the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science.
1 December 2018
Student testimonial - Gertrude Huss
Gertrude from Jersey returned to study with us after a positive previous experience. She sought a professional qualification, the MS Aesthetics, to make a mark in a low-regulation aesthetics industry.
17 November 2023
Student testimonial - Dr Hansel Misquitta
MSc Burns, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery graduate Dr Hansel Misquitta describes the many benefits of our degree, including participating in real-life cases and accessing state-of-the-art facilities
9 September 2024
Lectures and seminars were led by experts from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, including clinicians, academics and patients living with the studied condition, which was a great privilege.
Open Days
Undergraduate Open Days and Taster Sessions
Come and meet our tutors and current students at an Open Day. We have an in-person event on campus in the summer and we hold virtual events and taster sessions at other points in the year.
Postgraduate Open Days and Information Sessions
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.
