Since their inception in 2010, the University of Exeter Medical School have seen significant growth and development, and this trajectory is set to continue as they develop new programmes and recruit world-class researchers. All of their activities have one goal in mind: to improve people’s lives, through better care, treatments, therapies and healthcare systems.

In education, they specialise in research-led teaching and in developing socially accountable graduates who are collaborative leaders, committed to life-long scholarship for the service of patients and the public. They work closely with healthcare collaborators in the region, to ensure they are meeting the complex needs of a changing healthcare sector. They are training tomorrow’s doctors, scientists and healthcare professionals, and supporting them to be empathic and inquisitive, and to adopt their ethos of putting people first.

"In research, they excel at swiftly translating their discoveries into new treatments and therapies that have real impact in the South West, nationally and internationally. On their research pages, you can explore some examples of the impact of their wide-ranging work, which is making a real difference to people’s lives in some of today’s greatest global health challenges.