Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences FHMS
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development programmes in subjects from Nursing and Midwifery to Chemistry and Nutrition.
We run six research themes that cover a variety of areas of study please look at our Research section for more information on these themes. If you require FHMS Ethics approval for your research, please go to Faculty Ethics Committee, where you will find guidelines and forms to help you prepare your submission.
Please look at the departments section for more information on the departments that make up the faculty.
If you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student looking for a high quality course please peruse our study section.
We also offer a variety of continued professional development (CPD) courses and run a Graduate School which offers research degrees (PhD, DClinPrac).
If you are already a student here please visit our Current Students section.
If you represent a businesses looking at working with the university or using our services please see the Business section
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Key Facts
- Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 Over 60% of research ranked world-leading or internationally excellent
- Top 5* Rated institution in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise
- In the last two RAE (2001, 2008) biomedical research of Faculty rated in top 5% of institutions in the country
- £14 million recent refurbishment investment provides state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment
- Our Masters programmes were judged 'highest quality' by HEFCE, an assessment endorsed by external examiners
- Our graduates have an excellent employment record in research, health and industry
- Industrial collaboration ensures that postgraduate training is relevant and responsive to future employment