The process of the merger was completed on 1 December 2004 when the Act of Parliament transferring UWCM's assets to Cardiff University received Royal Assent.

However, from September 2010 Swansea University began independently providing medical education in a revised 4-yr Graduate Entry Degree.

This has been funded with £12.5 million from the Welsh Assembly[5] and will lead to the trebling of the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales over a four-year period.

[citation needed] In November 2011 Cardiff University's School of Medicine officially opened the Cochrane Building, a health education centre offering students the latest teaching, library and simulation facilities.

[10] The school's offers an MBBCh in Medicine course and clinical placements occurs in partnership with over a dozen NHS Trusts and over 150 general practices, covering the whole of Wales.

[citation needed] C21 Curriculum In 2013, Cardiff School of Medicine launched a major redevelopment of its undergraduate medical education programme.

C21 resulted from a comprehensive review of the undergraduate curriculum, its delivery and the supporting structures, mechanisms and processes and improve the quality of the medical education delivered at Cardiff University.

Led by the Division of Medical Education, and in partnership with colleagues from across the university, student and patient representatives, the NHS and Welsh Assembly Government, C21 consisted of 5 coordinated projects.

Many courses are aimed specifically at qualified doctors and health care professionals, such as the Diploma in Practical Dermatology and the MSc in psychiatry.

[citation needed] Across the school, five institutes lead research that covers a spectrum from basic laboratory science to bedside practice.

[citation needed] The school also houses the Institute of Medical Genetics, winner of a 2007 Queen's Anniversary Prize.

Medical graduate, Professor Azeem Majeed, is Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London.

In August 2009, the General Medical Council asked the School of Medicine to carry out a full investigation after serious errors were made in the qualifying Final MB Examination.

[17] Following allegations of research misconduct in 2012, a formal investigation was launched into the laboratory of the dean of medicine, Paul Morgan.

An investigation was carried out by the former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dinesh Bhugra, and subsequently reported that a number of students had been involved in an impersonation of a lecturer at the school through 'Black face', which was both racist and homophobic in nature.