The North Wales Medical School (Welsh: Ysgol Feddygol Gogledd Cymru) is the school of medicine, biomedical sciences, and pharmacy at Bangor University in North Wales. It was established as an separate school from the School of Health Sciences in 2023. Student intake for Medicine commenced in September 2024, and Pharmacy will commence in September 2025 (subject to General Pharmaceutical Council approval).
The University has delivered Years 2 to 5 of the C21 Medicine programme on behalf of Cardiff University under a franchise arrangement which began in 2018. Two year groups of graduates have successfully completed their medical studies entirely in North Wales. In September 2021, the Welsh Government first proposed that a new, independent, North Wales medical school should be developed at the University, a commitment that was subsequently incorporated into the Programme for Government.
Health Minister Eluned Morgan established a North Wales Medical School Programme Board, which recommended that the school should grow to have an annual intake of 110 school-leavers and 30 graduate entrants, with the school commencing its first intake in Autumn 2024. In August 2023, the General Medical Council confirmed that the School would commence the quality monitoring process for new medical schools. The University recruited 80 applicants who commenced medical studies in September 2024. The intake will rise until the planned intake of 140 is reached in 2029. Both Direct Entry 5-year and Graduate Entry 4-year Medicine programmes are provided.