University Hospital Sites

The Education Centre at the Royal Derby Hospital is based in one of the biggest hospitals in the East Midlands. It provides state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities for students and is fully equipped with social and administrative facilities. 

The centre offers:

• flexible classrooms
• a four-bed bay skills suite
• simulation suite
• virtual learning hub
• a large multidisciplinary library

Studying at the Royal Derby Hospital

The Royal Derby Hospital is home to the School of Medicine with over 1200 students on the following courses: 

• Graduate Entry Medicine
• BSc Medical Physiology and Therapeutics

This student community provides many opportunities for interprofessional learning.

There is also clinical and translational research, spanning molecular mechanisms through to clinical trials. Research is funded by the Biological and Biotechnological Sciences Research Council, British Heart Foundation, Health Technology Assessment, Action Medical Research, Kidney Research UK, amongst others.

Being a student at Derby

The University of Nottingham at Derby (UNAD) Committee represents all students at Derby and works hard to ensure the student experience in Derby is the best it can be. That means organising events and activities, but also putting forward any ideas or concerns you might have about life at the Derby Campus. 

Facts about Derby

• Derby is the most central city in the country
• Derby is close to the M1, the M6, East Midlands Airport and is on a direct train line to London St Pancras
• £2b is currently being invested in the city – projects include renovating the railway station and transforming the riverside
• Darley Park, near the centre of Derby, hosts the UK's largest free classical music concert 

Approximately four miles north east of University Park Campus, Nottingham City Hospital is accessed by a regular bus service from the Queen’s Medical Centre (adjacent to University Park).

Purpose-built University facilities have been developed at Nottingham City Hospital, which is the base for education for physiotherapy and sport rehabilitation students. 

Facilities

The Clinical Sciences Building at City Hospital is purpose-built and contains:

• a 200-seat lecture theatre
• two large lecture rooms
• several smaller tutorial and meeting rooms 
• four large practical rooms
• state-of-the-art human performance laboratory
• large group study area

These are stocked with all the equipment necessary for practical skills teaching. The brand new Clinical Skills Suite at the Medical School is used for some interprofessional and skills teaching.

Full library services are available on site. There is free Wi-Fi throughout the building and a fully equipped computer suite, available for use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A new common room with kitchen and laptop points gives students a base on days when teaching is timetabled most or all of the day.