University of Edinburgh Medical School
| Type | Medical school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1726 |
Parent institution | University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Head of School | David Argyle |
Administrative staff | 2,194 FTE (2024; including 1,325 academic) |
| Students | 1,755 (2023/24) |
| Undergraduates | 1,505 (2023/24) |
| Postgraduates | 245 (2023/24) |
| Location | , Scotland , United Kingdom |
| Campus | The Medical School, Teviot Place Chancellor's Building, RIE Western General Hospital Royal Hospital for Children and Young People |
| Colours | Dark red, light red and pale yellow (or "liver, blood and pus") |
| Website | www |
The University of Edinburgh Medical School (also known as Edinburgh Medical School) is the medical school within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
The medical school was established in 1726, during the Scottish Enlightenment, making it the oldest medical school in the United Kingdom and the oldest medical school in the English-speaking world.
The medical school is associated with 13 Nobel Prize laureates: 7 in the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and 6 in the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Graduates of the medical school have founded medical schools and universities all over the world including 5 out of the 7 Ivy League medical schools (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Dartmouth), Vermont, McGill, Sydney, Montréal, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (now part of Imperial College London), the Cape Town, Birkbeck, Middlesex Hospital and the London School of Medicine for Women (both now part of UCL).