A Reproductive and Developmental Medicine student

The Medical School

We train world class clinicians and researchers who prolong and improve lives every day.

Undergraduate study

An undergraduate medical lecture
MBChB Medicine 
An oncology student in the lab
Intercalation 

Postgraduate study

A Reproductive and Developmental Medicine student
Postgraduate taught courses 
A PhD student in the lab
PhD study 

Our research

A medical researcher in the lab

Research themes

We conduct world-leading research across a range of specialist themes including oncology, reproduction, neuroscience, infection, immunity and medical education.

Our research themes and centres

Nerve cells

Flagship institutes

Our flagship research institutes bring together our key research strengths to turn interdisciplinary and translational research into real-world solutions.

Explore our flagship institutes

Microscopic illustration of the coronavirus that was discovered in Wuhan, China - iimage is an artisic but scientific interpretation, with all relevant surface details of this particular virus in place

COVID-19

University of Sheffield Medical School scientists are contributing to the fight against coronavirus, joining a national consortium to map the outbreak

Fighting COVID-19

About us

A medicine undergraduate student
Meet our students 
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Athena SWAN 
The Sheffield Medical School
Social accountability 

News

Genome sequencing
24 March 2020

Sheffield scientists leading the fight against coronavirus join national consortium to map the outbreak

Scientists and clinicians from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined a UK consortium to map how COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads and behaves.
David O'Brien Medical Student
7 April 2020

Blog: The transition from medical student to junior doctor during a global pandemic

Medicine student David has just completed his degree at Sheffield - he tells us more about what it's like to have graduated amid the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Riona Adams Blog
6 April 2020

Blog: A day in the life of a medic - what is placement really like?

Third-year Medicine student Riona gives us insight into what it's really like to experience a typical day on placement.
Medical School
10 March 2020

Sheffield medical students help transform lives through social accountability project

The University of Sheffield Medical School has held an event to thank both students and organisations who are part of its social accountability initiative.

The Star

Our departments

Academic Unit of Medical Education

Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease

Department of Neuroscience

Department of Oncology and Metabolism

Working with industry

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