Physician Associate Studies MPAS (Taught Postgraduate) AI MPAS

**City, University of London and St George’s, University of London merged on 1 August 2024. We are now ‘City St George’s, University of London’. For applications for 2026 entry, you will need to apply on the UCAS institution code C60 and choose Tooting campus. Please visit this page to search for courses in the School of Health & Medical Sciences: https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/df2c45af-82a6-43a7-8599-e829bc4a1d72?academicYearId=2026**<br/><br/>On the UK’s longest continuously running Physician Associate Studies programme, you will learn how to take medical histories, perform physical examinations, request and analyse investigations, diagnose illnesses and develop treatment and management plans. It is a challenging but incredibly rewarding experience. The course has an outstanding pass rate on the Physician Associate National Exam.<br/><br/>The MPAS programme is delivered by a multi-professional team including physician associates (PAs), many of whom are alumni, doctors, lecturers from across the university programmes and visiting specialists.<br/><br/>St George’s shares its campus with one of the largest teaching hospitals, making it the ideal place to study the Master’s in Physician Associate Studies (MPAS). With unrivalled access to clinical resources and working professionals, the course will fully equip you with all the skills and knowledge required to support doctors in the diagnosis and management of patients.<br/><br/>We are invested in supporting the profession nationally and many members of the teaching team have held roles with the professional membership body, the Faculty of Physician Associates. We feel that an active presence in different national groups demonstrates our commitment to the profession and to excellence which, in turn, will encourage our students to become informed, professional and outstanding physician associates.<br/><br/>**Course Highlights**<br/><br/>Our Physician Associate Studies course offers students:<br/><br/><br/>- a shared site with one of the largest NHS teaching hospitals<br/><br/><br/>- an outstanding pass rate on the Physician Associate National Examination<br/><br/><br/>- the longest running Physician Associate course in the UK<br/><br/><br/>- a Physician Associate as full-time Course Director<br/><br/><br/>- a mix of Physician Associates and Doctors within the teaching team<br/><br/><br/>- a regular timetable of esteemed visiting lecturers from the UK and the USA<br/><br/><br/>- a Year 1 student to staff ratio of approximately 10:1<br/><br/><br/>- a mix of Physician Associates and Doctors within the teaching team.<br/><br/><br/>- a strong history of staff involvement on the board of the Faculty of Physician Associates at the Royal College of Physicians<br/><br/><br/>- partial scholarships for students on the Physician Associate Studies MPAS, with a value of £3,000 paid in your first year of study.<br/><br/><br/>**About St Georges, University of London**<br/><br/>Established in 1752, St George’s is the UK’s only university dedicated to medical and health sciences education, training and research. We share our site with a major London teaching hospital which is both on the clinical frontline for a diverse local community and a centre of excellence for specialist conditions. At St Georges, you’ll study in a clinical setting with like-minded individuals working across a variety of healthcare professions.<br/><br/>St George’s has enjoyed an outstanding track record of research and innovation in infectious disease ever since the ‘father of vaccinology’ and St Georges alumnus, Edward Jenner, created the world’s first vaccine (against smallpox). Recent research has included a focus on tuberculosis, malaria, HIV in low and middle-income countries and Covid-19.