GKT School of Medical Education
GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London. The school has campuses at three institutions, Guy's Hospital (Southwark), King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill) and St Thomas' Hospital (Lambeth) in London – with the initial of each hospital making up the acronymous name of the school. The school in its current guise was formed following a merger with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals on 1 August 1998. As of 2023, the medical school is ranked 5th best in the UK for clinical medicine by U.S. News & World Report, and 10th best worldwide by Times Higher Education.
| Motto | Dare Quam Accipere |
|---|---|
| Type | Medical school |
| Established | 1173 (St Thomas's hospital as 'teaching hospital') 1550 (St Thomas's Hospital Medical School) 1909 (King's College Hospital Medical School) 1982 (United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals) 1998 (Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine) 2005 (King's College London School of Medicine) 2015 (King's College London GKT School of Medical Education ) |
Parent institution | King's College London |
| Dean | Professor Nicki Cohen |
Academic staff | 315 |
Administrative staff | 450 |
| Students | 2200 |
| Location | London , England |
| Campus | Guy's Campus |
| Colours | Navy blue, Gold, Purple, White, Red |
| Affiliations | University of London, United Hospitals, King's Health Partners |
| Website | kcl.ac.uk/lsm/medicine |
The medical school has an annual intake of around 400 places on the standard MBBS Programme, 50 places on the Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) and 23 places on the Graduate/Professional Entry Programme (GPEP), and an additional 2 places on the GPEP course for Maxillofacial (MaxFax) Entry. The intake numbers vary year to year. It receives more applications for medicine than any other UK medical school and as of 2016 applicants were required to sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test.
The School is home to the world's oldest Hospital Gazette, originally published as Guy's Hospital Gazette in 1872, which continues to run under the name GKT Gazette.