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The University of Wales College of Medicine was known until 1984 as the Welsh National School of Medicine. However in that year the School obtained a new Royal Charter which, apart from changing the name of the institution, reflected the School's expanded horizons, size and reputation since its establishment as a medical school in 1931. For now the academic and service activities of the College embrace, not only medicine but also dentistry, nursing and pharmacology and our horizons are still expanding.
The College of Medicine is one of the institutions which make up the federal University of Wales. Indeed in 1988 we were elevated to the same constitutional status within the University as our sister institutions - overdue recognition of the major contribution that we make to the reputation of the University of Wales. Although in many respects each of the constituent Colleges is autonomous in the management of its affairs there is substantial co-operation between them to their mutual benefit and all of the Colleges' courses lead to the conferment of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University of Wales. Therefore students are able to identify with their own particular College, each of which has its special characteristics, and at the same time be truly part of the second largest University in the United Kingdom. |
