The University of Portsmouth is to become the latest university to establish a medical school after announcing a partnership with King’s College London to train students.
Under plans announced on 13 December, King’s will more than treble its annual intake of graduate entry trainee medics – from 23 students a year to 77 annually – thanks to the creation of a new branch campus based at Portsmouth’s medical school.
The four-year course, which is open to biomedical life sciences graduates from autumn 2024, will lead to a King’s bachelor of medicine and surgery degree (MBBS) through the expertise of academics from both institutions. It builds on the successful partnership between both universities in the delivery of the King’s undergraduate dental education.
Students will have the opportunity to learn in academic and clinical settings including at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust’s Queen Alexandra Hospital, which will be the lead clinical partner for the new medical school, and with Southern, Solent and IoW NHS Trusts, the region’s GPs and all other regional healthcare bodies and partners.
