The school has multiple sites, having a presence at the site of both of the former colleges at and near their respective hospitals, St Bartholomew's Hospital (in Smithfield in the City of London and nearby in Charterhouse Square), and the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel with an additional site at Queen Mary's main (Mile End) campus, and a satellite campus, commencing 2017, on the island of Gozo in Malta.

The teaching premises were expanded in 1854, when buildings in Turner Street were built and opened, which are still in use today.

This has become an ongoing issue, with Barts and The London Students' Association condemning the way the BL identity and community had been treated.

[citation needed] In 2022, students and alumni reacted with even more anger when University leadership attempted to drop the 'Barts and The London' name entirely and rebrand the School to 'Queen Mary University of London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry'; QMUL responded by claiming that the change was necessary to ensure 'no possible confusion' in its own brand identity.

[12][13][14] The school is split over a total of five campuses, with the main ones based around the location of the former medical colleges and their respective hospitals.

Most medical teaching takes place at the Whitechapel campus, adjacent to The Royal London Hospital.

The Charterhouse Square campus is also the home of the William Harvey Research Institute, focusing on pharmacology, and houses student residences.

Some additional teaching, including anatomy and dissection, takes place at the main QMUL campus in Mile End.

[17] Medical students undertake clinical placements in the following hospitals, the majority of which are located in the City of London and East London, with a few in neighbouring Essex:[18][19] A unique aspect of the Barts curriculum is the use of problem-based learning, which was first developed at McMaster University Medical School in the 1960s.

[20] Students who already have a science or health-related degree and who wish to study Medicine can also choose to apply to the Graduate Entry Programme (GEP).

The medical school has scored highly in a number of independent rankings in recent years, placing it in the top 10 of medical schools in the United Kingdom:[needs update] The dental school has also been ranked highly:[needs update] The William Harvey Research Institute is also widely considered to be the foremost centre for pharmacological research in Europe, and among the top in the world.

[28][29] The school also accepts medical students only from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and St Andrews aiming to complete a three-year direct clinical entry programme.