St George's, University of London is a specialist institution, offering medicine, biomedical sciences and healthcare sciences, and students benefit from our reputation for producing excellent healthcare professionals. We have nearly 280 years' history of excellence and innovation in education and research. We undertake world-class research in cardiology, stroke, epidemiology, cell signalling, and genetics. Globally, we focus on the fight against HIV and infectious disease, and locally we pursue the application of advances in child health and cardiology. Our innovations in curriculum development include the use of new technologies, and our work in the development of virtual patients and virtual clinics goes from strength to strength.

Our team of highly respected and internationally renowned staff includes professors who have held presidencies of Royal Colleges, chairs of review bodies and boards and those at the cutting-edge of medical research. We also offer a warm and friendly environment in which staff and students really get to know each other. Our smaller size lends a genuine community feel for our students, who come from over 50 countries to study at St George's, and contributes to the strong support networks that we provide for students and our alumni.

Number of students
3200 on foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses
149 overseas (non-EU) students

Subjects on offer at SGUL
Medicine and Surgery; Biomedical Sciences; Physiotherapy; Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiography; Healthcare Science; Healthcare Practice; Midwifery; Nursing; Paramedic Science; Clinical Practice; Physician's Assistant Studies. SGUL is a specialist medical and healthcare sciences university, as reflected in our range of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Everyone at the university and the hospital next door is engaged in the study, teaching, exploration, advancement or practice of the health sciences.

Alumni

• John Hunter – the 'father of modern surgery', surgeon to King George III and Surgeon General of the British Army, who pioneered an experimental basis for surgical practice.
• Edward Jenner – pioneer of immunology whose work on developing the smallpox vaccine has been credited as having saved more lives than the work of any other person.
• Henry Gray – author of the Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical, more commonly known as Gray's Anatomy, which now in its 40th edition remains one of the most comprehensive and detailed textbooks on the subject, used by medical students throughout the English-speaking world.
• Edward Wilson – physician and polar explorer; and chief scientific officer on Robert Scott's final ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.

For further information please contact:
International Development Office
global@sgul.ac.uk
+44 208 266 6877