Cardiff University

Cardiff University School of Medicine was founded in 1893 when the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Bacteriology were... founded at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire , in the same year. Students finishing their preclinical studies at Cardiff went on to other medical schools to continue their clinical studies. Most went to University College Hospital in London, part of University College London to complete their clinical studies. In 1931, the Medical School established a separate identity as the Welsh National School of Medicine, and in 1984, its name changed to University of Wales College of Medicine. In 2004, University of Wales College of Medicine was re-united with Cardiff University, forming the Cardiff University School of Medicine. As of 2008 the medical schools accepts some 305 British medical students per year and an additional 25 students from overseas, making Cardiff one of the largest UK medical schools . The Medical School is situated at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
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Cardiff Business School is a Business school in Cardiff, Wales. Part of Cardiff University, it was created in its current form in 1987 and opened by... Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Cardiff Business School currently serves 2,500 students a year, 700 of which are postgraduate students. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the School was ranked 4th in the UK of all business and management schools, 70% of the School's research was judged to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The School's research programme is ESRC recognised and has 140 PhD students currently studying within the School. Its research informs organisations such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the United Nations, the Treasury, the Department for Trade and Industry and the Department for Communities and Local Government and working on consultation projects for blue-chip, global firms.
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