About the School

The School of Medicine and Dentistry, alongside the School of Medical Sciences offers undergraduate medicine, a BSc programme in Health Science (the only one of its type in Scotland), and a wide range of postgraduate taught courses and research opportunities across the spectrum of medicine and medical science.

The University of Aberdeen had the first chair of medicine in the English-speaking world. This tradition of innovation in medicine and medical science has been maintained. The University of Aberdeen is home to a thriving medical school, which combines high quality teaching and training with excellence in research. A new, graduate entry Dental School opened in September 2008.

The Institute of Medical Sciences and the Institute of Applied Health Sciences have new purpose built buildings, incorporating state of the art facilities, located on the same site as and in close proximity to a new Medical Research Facility and the major teaching hospital serving the North East of Scotland. This environment enables scientists and clinicians to interact and has facilitated the development of high quality translational research programmes within the Schools of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Also on campus a new purpose built and state-of the-art clinical skills and anatomy teaching facility and a new fully equipped dental school building will open in 2009.

School Contacts

Prof David Reid
Head of School of Medicine & Dentistry
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 437967
Email: d.m.reid@abdn.ac.uk 

Mrs Mel Barclay
PA to Head of School of Medicine & Dentistry
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 437967
Email: m.g.barclay@abdn.ac.uk