HEFCE's role in funding medical and dental education and training

Undergraduate medical and dental training takes place in university medical and dental schools and is jointly funded by HEFCE and the NHS along with the fees that institutions charge. Our funding takes the form of a grant allocated as part of our annual funding allocations to each university.

We calculate these grants according to the number of medical and dental students in each medical and dental school, and are regulated by the target intake.

Medical and Dental total target intakes (home and overseas) for entry in 2013-14

Institution	Medical Target	Dental Target
University of Birmingham	374	79
University of Brighton	138	n/a
University of Bristol	251	79
University of Central Lancashire	n/a	32
University of Cambridge	292	n/a
University of East Anglia	167	n/a
University of Hull	141	n/a
Imperial College	322	n/a
Keele University	129	n/a
King’s College London	403	165
University of Leeds	258	85
University of Leicester	241	n/a
University of Liverpool	361	80
University of Manchester	371	79
University of Newcastle	343	79
University of Nottingham	327	n/a
University of Oxford	184	n/a
University of Plymouth	86	65
University of Exeter	130	n/a
Queen Mary, University of London	316	79
St George’s Hospital Medical School	259	n/a
University of Sheffield	237	79
University of Southampton	242	n/a
University College London	322	n/a
University of Warwick	177	n/a

Research

Research into medicine and dentistry is fundamental to the long-term development of knowledge and understanding of the subjects.

We fund medical and dental research through our core funding for research.

The allocation of these funds follows a formula and is intended to support the research infrastructure - salaries, premises, libraries and central computing facilities.

Specific research programmes and projects are funded through the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Department of Health and research charities such as the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK. The Department of Health also supports hospital research costs through its 'support for science' stream (formerly SIFT-R).

Clinical academic training and collaboration

With the Department of Health we fund the Clinical Senior Lectureship Awards. These awards aim to develop high-quality capacity and secure long-term sustainability in research and teaching among clinical academic staff.

Clinical academic staff are doctors and dentists who carry out research at the highest level, playing a vital role in developing the treatments of tomorrow as well as teaching medical students and treating patients.

The Clinical Senior Lectureship Awards are supported by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). This is a partnership of organisations working to establish the UK as a world leader in clinical research.

The partnership brings together the key organisations and groups that shape the clinical research environment in the UK. This includes the main funding bodies, universities and colleges, the NHS regulatory bodies, bioscience and pharmaceutical industries, and patients.

Page last updated 28 February 2013