Royal College of Surgeons

ependent, not-for-profit Irish university, dedicated to education, training, and research in medicine and health sciences. It is the home of Ireland’s largest medical school and the largest clinical simulation facility in Europe. Founded in 1784 to set and support professional standards for surgical training and practice in Ireland, the university has seven schools offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and professional qualifications aligned with Ireland’s national framework of qualifications. RCSI is home to numerous healthcare institutes as well as leading research centers driving pioneering breakthroughs in human health. Located in the heart of Dublin, with international campuses in Bahrain and Malaysia and a student community of over sixty nationalities, RCSI offers an international perspective on training tomorrow’s clinical professionals today. A deep professional responsibility to enhance human health through innovation and collaboration in education, research, and service informs all that RCSI does. The university welcomes students and researchers into programs of academic excellence and a lifelong community of colleagues that is clinically led, nurturing, and supportive, enabling them to realize their potential to serve the global patient community. RCSI remains committed to institutional independence, service, academic freedom, diversity, and humanitarian concern. Its independence enables it to chart its own course in service of excellence in human health. Placing the patient at the center of all that it does, RCSI's values of Respect, Collaboration, Scholarship, and Innovation continue to unite and direct its purpose. RCSI degrees are accredited via compliance with the national qualifications agency Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) as well as professional regulators across each discipline. RCSI is home to numerous health sciences research collaborations and centers with leading research minds driving pioneering breakthroughs in human health. Its research is focused on translational research: clinical, laboratory-based, and health service research informed by bedside problems and societal and global health challenges. It is focused on innovative research that leads to improved diagnostics, therapeutics, and devices; tackles important healthcare delivery issues; informs policy and clinical practice; and enhances the quality of education of healthcare professionals.