Skip to content Accessibility statement
University of York

National accolade for Hull York Medical School

Posted on 20 April 2005

Despite only being in existence for less than two years, the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) has come second in the subject category of the 2005 Guardian University rankings.

HYMS was narrowly beaten by Imperial College but placed higher than a number of long-established institutions.

It achieved its second place despite a nil score under the Job Prospects heading, because no HYMS students have yet graduated. All other institutions in the top 10 achieved a maximum 10 score under that heading.

The Dean of HYMS Professor Bill Gillespie said: "For a medical school which is still in its infancy, this is a remarkable achievement. It illustrates the rapid strides we have made in establishing HYMS as a centre of teaching excellence."

The University of York was eighth overall, being outranked only by Oxford, Cambridge and five London institutions.

Other than HYMS, 11 of York's departments were in the top 10 of their respective subject categories with Psychology achieving the best placing of third. Other York departments in the Guardian Rankings top 10 were Archaeology (5th), Politics (5th), Bioscience (6th), Electronics (6th), Computer Sciences (7th), History and History of Art (7th), Music (7th), Chemistry (10th), Economics (10th), Education (10th).

Notes to editors:

  • HYMS was established by the Universities of Hull and York, in partnership with the NHS. Set up in answer to a national need for more doctors, HYMS welcomed its first students in September 2003.
  • Students at HYMS are based at one of the two universities, and have clinical attachments in primary care and hospitals in North Yorkshire, the East Riding and Northern Lincolnshire.