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The year 2026 marks 300 years of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Here at Edinburgh Medical School, we're planning a year-long programme of events and activities, but the anniversary will be more ambitious than that. We'll reflect on where our past has led us and chart a course towards a more equitable future, celebrating the people who will take us there.

Our world is changing and medicine is too. In 2026, we will commemorate our past but also define our leadership, now and into the future. 

Abstract montage of Edinburgh Medical School buildings

The background to the project and our plans for the future.

Montage of four people: three historical figures and a current MBChB student

Three centuries of medicine at the University of Edinburgh.